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Kev O'Brien · December 6th, 2007, 02:29 PM

a shine/reflect kind of look as if i held a piece of glass infront of the lens
ive tried loads of the std vegas effects but im not even getting close??

Glenn Chan · December 6th, 2007, 02:55 PM

Try the demo of Velvetmatter Glint?

2- Light rays is vaguely close.

3- You might be able to get something vaguely like VM Glint using linear light compositing...

a- Set your project to 32-bit, compositing mode 1.000

b- Duplicate your video clip onto upper layers twice.

c- Change the compositing mode on the tracks to:
- Add
- Add
- Source Alpha

d- On the two upper layers, add:
Linear Blur.
Color Curves. Do a s-shaped curve.

e- Because your overall brightness is now higher, you can add levels on video output FX to bring exposure down.

f- You might want to do all this in a nest. And render to a new track for better performance in your master nest. Instead of doing e, apply the Levels onto your render to new track render.

With the linear blur, have one of them go at a different angle. You can play around with the angles.
The amount should be non-zero.

e- If you're picky about detail, you'd also figure out how to get the pixel aspect ratios correct.

Kev O'Brien · December 6th, 2007, 04:29 PM

wow! thanks for the in-depth explanation

sounds a bit beyond my current ability's but i will try and work through and see how it goes

Glenn Chan · December 6th, 2007, 04:33 PM

If you're really stuck I can upload a veg.

2- The attachments in my previous message show before/after.

Kev O'Brien · December 9th, 2007, 10:17 AM

yes please if its not too much trouble it would make it alot easier for me to see how its done

thanks again

Glenn Chan · December 9th, 2007, 01:49 PM

http://glennchan.info/Proofs/forums/vegas-glint-veg.veg

Vegas will complain that the media is missing... I think you can point Vegas towards just anything (?). Otherwise you can probably point vegas towards any cineform 1080i intermediate clip. If not, just let me know and I'll change the .veg to work with a still image and you can download that.

Kev O'Brien · December 12th, 2007, 12:40 PM

thanks for your trouble
vegas says its an unsupported file format so im assuming your using vegas 8?
im on 7 :-(
but dont worry and thanks for the time you have taken, i will give it a try from your instructions

Glenn Chan · December 12th, 2007, 12:48 PM

Yes that veg was Vegas 8.

Vegas 7 doesn't support the 32-bit stuff. Ignore step a, and step e has to be tweaked.

December 6th, 2007, 02:29 PM	#1
Kev O'Brien Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 57	what fx will give me........... a shine/reflect kind of look as if i held a piece of glass infront of the lens ive tried loads of the std vegas effects but im not even getting close??

December 6th, 2007, 02:55 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Try the demo of Velvetmatter Glint? 2- Light rays is vaguely close. 3- You might be able to get something vaguely like VM Glint using linear light compositing... a- Set your project to 32-bit, compositing mode 1.000 b- Duplicate your video clip onto upper layers twice. c- Change the compositing mode on the tracks to: - Add - Add - Source Alpha d- On the two upper layers, add: Linear Blur. Color Curves. Do a s-shaped curve. e- Because your overall brightness is now higher, you can add levels on video output FX to bring exposure down. f- You might want to do all this in a nest. And render to a new track for better performance in your master nest. Instead of doing e, apply the Levels onto your render to new track render. With the linear blur, have one of them go at a different angle. You can play around with the angles. The amount should be non-zero. e- If you're picky about detail, you'd also figure out how to get the pixel aspect ratios correct. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Glenn Chan; December 6th, 2007 at 04:31 PM.

December 6th, 2007, 04:29 PM	#3
Kev O'Brien Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 57	wow! thanks for the in-depth explanation sounds a bit beyond my current ability's but i will try and work through and see how it goes

December 6th, 2007, 04:33 PM	#4
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	If you're really stuck I can upload a veg. 2- The attachments in my previous message show before/after.

December 9th, 2007, 10:17 AM	#5
Kev O'Brien Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 57	yes please if its not too much trouble it would make it alot easier for me to see how its done thanks again

December 9th, 2007, 01:49 PM	#6
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	http://glennchan.info/Proofs/forums/vegas-glint-veg.veg Vegas will complain that the media is missing... I think you can point Vegas towards just anything (?). Otherwise you can probably point vegas towards any cineform 1080i intermediate clip. If not, just let me know and I'll change the .veg to work with a still image and you can download that.

December 12th, 2007, 12:40 PM	#7
Kev O'Brien Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 57	thanks for your trouble vegas says its an unsupported file format so im assuming your using vegas 8? im on 7 :-( but dont worry and thanks for the time you have taken, i will give it a try from your instructions

December 12th, 2007, 12:48 PM	#8
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Yes that veg was Vegas 8. Vegas 7 doesn't support the 32-bit stuff. Ignore step a, and step e has to be tweaked.