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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:25:45 -0400, "Mike Kujbida"
<kujfam-misleadingspam@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Bill G wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 07:40:11 -0400, Traveller
>> <Jamboree@SpamMailNo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've done some online searching and in my Vegas Video 4 manual but
>>> I'm not getting any results. I know it must be because I'm not
>>> searching for the right thing. It's something you see a on TV or in
>>> movies occasionally, when the camera has a shot of the main subject
>>> and lots of surrounding people, etc., but the camera focuses on the
>>> subject and the rest of the screen goes out of focus so that we
>>> really only see the main subject.
>>>
>>> What is this called, anyone know? Once I know what this is called,
>>> I'm sure I'll find a tutorial or two on the net on how to create this
>>> effect.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Others have pointed you to 'depth of field', which applies more during
>> the time of shooting, but since you want to do this in VV4 I would
>> look for something like Filter, Mask, or Video Overlay. I don't know
>> the actual steps, but you might be able to make a full-screen blur
>> mask with a circular hole in it, and then position the mask so that
>> your subject can be seen through the hole. If you're working with a
>> long video sequence, repositioning the mask might be a pain but you'd
>> probably only move it every X frames so that it seems to follow your
>> subject.
>
>
>The effect to use is called Cookie Cutter.
>Place 2 copies of your clip on the timeline, one under the other.
>On the lower track, click the Event FX icon and select "Gaussian Blur".
>Select "medium blur" in the Preset box. You'll go back and adjust this later
>so don't worry about it being too blurry right now.
YES! That sounds about right. I have a heck of a lot more experience
with graphics vs. video as I've done a lot of work in PaintShop Pro so
the terms are familiar. I'll look for this in V V.
>On the upper track, click the Event FX icon and select "cookie cutter".
>Select "circle center" in the preset box, "circle" (or other effect as
>desired) in the shape box and "cut away all but section" in the method box.
>Increase the "border" size until you can see it. You'll only use this to
>help with positioning. Afterwards, drop it back down to 0. Adjust the
>other parameters (feather, border and center) and move the little square in
>the white box to the left of the settings windows to position the circle as
>required.
Kewl.
>Now go back to the upper track and adjust the blur to the desired level. If
>you want the blur effect to fade in over time, you'll need to add key frames
>(the timeline at the bottom of the Video Event FX window) to the effect.
>Simply set the blur amount to 0 at the beginning, move the cursor to the
>point that you want the blur to be fully in, create a new keyframe and enter
>the new blur amount. That should be it.
Looks like I'm going to re-do this VCD and use a new intro! <yeay!>
>BTW, there are a number of excellent Vegas forums around to learn a lot
>more.
>Sony:
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowTopics.asp?ForumID=4
>DMN:
>http://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/displaywwugindex.fcgi?forum=sonic-foundry_vegas
>Creative Cow:
>http://www.uemforums.com/2pop/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=NLE
>DV Info:
>http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?s=c466f0231e8507ca4804f10287c7195b&forumid=54
Thanks, I did do a lot of searching through the forum posts, that's
how I learned a little bit about using the masks. That one was tricky
<g>. I also searched for tutorials.
>And also check out:
>http://www.vasst.com/aboutus.htm (check out the "Resources" page here)
>Excellent set of free (pdf) newsletters at
>http://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/viewforum.php?f=5
>Very comprehensive site at http://www.blue7media.com/vegas/
>
>Happy reading.
Neat. Thanks loads.