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  • Q. after watching too much MTV “Super Sweet Sixteen”!

    Posted by Web Thomas on August 24, 2006 at 4:15 pm

    Hi all,
    Yep, I have gotten sucked in to watching all those back-back episodes of My Super Sweet Sixteen on MTV. My question is this — are they using the Sapphire glint plug-in to do all those sparkle effects (not just twinkle in the smile or eye, but all around various objects to set them off, etc.) or are they doing something else? I don’t think they rotate, but they do have sparkle, so to speak. Just wondering… thanks for any answers!
    W.T.

    Web Thomas replied 20 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Doyle Rockwell

    August 24, 2006 at 5:22 pm

    Hahaha, what a bizarre coincidence! I had a colleague suggest I check out that show for the same reason. It looks like they use a combination of particles (the floaty pink sparkles) and the occasional glint from an onscreen object. Most glint-type filters are based on a simple threshold, which doesn’t make it too selective. Motion’s Dazzle filter does the same. I would guess that they mask the glint’s input (or output) to restrict it to certain items of the producers’ choosing.

  • Web Thomas

    August 25, 2006 at 1:20 am

    Ah…makes sense. I’ll give it try — thanks so much for the insight! 🙂

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