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Bruce Phung · January 11th, 2010, 07:44 PM

hi all

I am playing with some texts and doing some Video FX. I don't know what had happened to the Lens Flare. I move the lens flare around but there is nothing showing lens flare. In the pass I had have use this feature. Any one know why and what cause the lens flare not function any more.

Perrone Ford · January 11th, 2010, 07:53 PM

Post a screen shot. Maybe we can help.

Bruce Phung · January 11th, 2010, 08:01 PM

I don;t know how to post picture on this forum. I am gonna send you a PM with my email maybe you can help me post the screen shot.

Bruce Phung · January 11th, 2010, 08:27 PM

I am not sure how to post image but I will try see it works

[img]http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/thumbcache/user-2356-pic-319.png[img]

ps. not working.

Jeff Harper · January 11th, 2010, 08:30 PM

Bruce, when you post a remark, after typing in your comments, scroll down to "manage attachments" and click...it's easy from there.

Jeff Harper · January 11th, 2010, 08:32 PM

here's a sample. If you're using windows 7 the snipping tool is excellent for this.

Bruce Phung · January 11th, 2010, 08:36 PM

Jeff,

I am confused, I scroll down and I don't see manage attachment any where on the bottom of this page. This forum is very different from other forums. I usually don't have trouble posting picture on the forum but this one is different.

PS. Jeff, can you please do a screen shot how you post attachment here.

Brian Luce · January 11th, 2010, 10:59 PM

Don't you have to have certain amount of posts before you can post screen shots? Bruce is a newcomer.

Perrone Ford · January 11th, 2010, 10:59 PM

This is the screenshot for Bruce:

Gerald Webb · January 12th, 2010, 03:16 AM

This is just a guess Bruce, but it gave me a moments frustration a while back so maybe this is your problem.
You say you are applying a lens flare to a text in Vegas, Yeah?
Would it be a text with an alpha background?
Would your text be white?
If you answer yes to either or both, the problem is that the lens flare fx only affects what is there. So if it is white text with an alpha background the flare is default white and it doesnt display on the alpha.
Apply the lens flare to the track below your text and track the text with keyframes to make it appear the flare is from the text.
This may not be your prob at all, in which case ive just wasted 90 sec of my life. :)

Mike Kujbida · January 12th, 2010, 03:48 AM

Gerald, IMO you haven't wasted 90 sec. of your life.
When I saw the screen shot that Perrone posted, I tried adding the lens flare FX to text and I could not get it to work for the reasons you posted.
Bruce needs to follow your suggestions if he wants this to work.

Gerald Webb · January 12th, 2010, 04:27 AM

thanks Mike, I guess it was worth a shot in the dark.
goodnight all.

Thomas Moore · January 12th, 2010, 05:52 AM

This might help....

YouTube - Sony vegas guide - Moving spotlight/lens flare

Bruce Phung · January 12th, 2010, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerald Webb

This is just a guess Bruce, but it gave me a moments frustration a while back so maybe this is your problem.
You say you are applying a lens flare to a text in Vegas, Yeah?
Would it be a text with an alpha background?
Would your text be white?
If you answer yes to either or both, the problem is that the lens flare fx only affects what is there. So if it is white text with an alpha background the flare is default white and it doesnt display on the alpha.
Apply the lens flare to the track below your text and track the text with keyframes to make it appear the flare is from the text.
This may not be your prob at all, in which case ive just wasted 90 sec of my life. :)

Perrone, Thank you for posting the screen shot for me.

Gerald, Thank you for your help. YES it works the way you describe. And thanks to everyone who try to help.

Bruce Phung · January 12th, 2010, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Luce

Don't you have to have certain amount of posts before you can post screen shots? Bruce is a newcomer.

Yup, I am a newcomer. The bottom of this page say, I am not allow to post image.
The question is how many certain amount of posts before I can post screen shots?

January 11th, 2010, 07:44 PM	#1
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	Vegas experts please step in hi all I am playing with some texts and doing some Video FX. I don't know what had happened to the Lens Flare. I move the lens flare around but there is nothing showing lens flare. In the pass I had have use this feature. Any one know why and what cause the lens flare not function any more.

January 11th, 2010, 07:53 PM	#2
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	Post a screen shot. Maybe we can help. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

January 11th, 2010, 08:32 PM	#6
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	here's a sample. If you're using windows 7 the snipping tool is excellent for this. Attached Thumbnails

January 11th, 2010, 10:59 PM	#9
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	This is the screenshot for Bruce: Attached Thumbnails __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

January 11th, 2010, 08:01 PM	#3
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	I don;t know how to post picture on this forum. I am gonna send you a PM with my email maybe you can help me post the screen shot.

January 11th, 2010, 08:27 PM	#4
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	I am not sure how to post image but I will try see it works [img]http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/thumbcache/user-2356-pic-319.png[img] ps. not working.

January 11th, 2010, 08:30 PM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Bruce, when you post a remark, after typing in your comments, scroll down to "manage attachments" and click...it's easy from there.

January 11th, 2010, 08:36 PM	#7
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	Jeff, I am confused, I scroll down and I don't see manage attachment any where on the bottom of this page. This forum is very different from other forums. I usually don't have trouble posting picture on the forum but this one is different. PS. Jeff, can you please do a screen shot how you post attachment here.

January 11th, 2010, 10:59 PM	#8
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Don't you have to have certain amount of posts before you can post screen shots? Bruce is a newcomer.

January 12th, 2010, 03:16 AM	#10
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	This is just a guess Bruce, but it gave me a moments frustration a while back so maybe this is your problem. You say you are applying a lens flare to a text in Vegas, Yeah? Would it be a text with an alpha background? Would your text be white? If you answer yes to either or both, the problem is that the lens flare fx only affects what is there. So if it is white text with an alpha background the flare is default white and it doesnt display on the alpha. Apply the lens flare to the track below your text and track the text with keyframes to make it appear the flare is from the text. This may not be your prob at all, in which case ive just wasted 90 sec of my life. :)

January 12th, 2010, 03:48 AM	#11
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Gerald, IMO you haven't wasted 90 sec. of your life. When I saw the screen shot that Perrone posted, I tried adding the lens flare FX to text and I could not get it to work for the reasons you posted. Bruce needs to follow your suggestions if he wants this to work.

January 12th, 2010, 04:27 AM	#12
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	thanks Mike, I guess it was worth a shot in the dark. goodnight all.

January 12th, 2010, 05:52 AM	#13
Thomas Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ravenna, OH Posts: 198	This might help.... YouTube - Sony vegas guide - Moving spotlight/lens flare