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  • BBC “Sherlock Holmes”

    Posted by Dave Gage on July 20, 2014 at 7:01 am

    I finally got around to watching the 3 seasons of this show on NetFlix. Does anyone know what NLE was used to edit the shows? There is an effect in the opening credits that looks like the “Miniaturize plugin” from FCPEffects which appears to be only available for FCP X.

    Also, some of the show’s music and cues sound the same or very similar to some of the freebie Apple music.

    Thanks,
    Dave

    Timothy Auld replied 11 years, 10 months ago 16 Members · 24 Replies
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  • Gary Huff

    July 20, 2014 at 11:26 am

    [Dave Gage] “There is an effect in the opening credits that looks like the “Miniaturize plugin” from FCPEffects which appears to be only available for FCP X.”

    Though you can also achieve that effect in-camera as well. It was edited in AVID.

  • Bob Woodhead

    July 20, 2014 at 11:59 am

    It’s called tilt-shift usually. There’s at least one plugin for it, or as Gary sez, lenses as well. Love the show, BTW.

  • Michael Phillips

    July 20, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    Love the show as well. You can get a tilt/shift in Avid via Red Giant Looks.Also, Titles and end credits are usually designed by a graphics and effects team and dropped in a elements so it may have been done in a different system altogether.

    Michael

  • Chris Kenny

    July 20, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    [Dave Gage] “I finally got around to watching the 3 seasons of this show on NetFlix. Does anyone know what NLE was used to edit the shows? There is an effect in the opening credits that looks like the “Miniaturize plugin” from FCPEffects which appears to be only available for FCP X.”

    Very unlikely a show at that budget level would be doing visual effects in any ‘offline’ NLE; any visual effects you’re seeing were likely created in After Effects, Nuke, or a DI system like Resolve or Baselight. Most of these tools could create a tilt-shift effect like that without a plugin; selective defocus is quite easy with power windows in Resolve, for instance.


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  • Bill Dewald

    July 20, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    BBC Sherlock was released in 2010. FCPX was released in 2011.

    Nice try.

  • Craig Alan

    July 20, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    FCP X has the ability to go back in time. This was foreshadowed with Steve Job’s RDF (reality distortion field) and in FCP X’s ability to update old libraries.

    Love that series!

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  • Gary Huff

    July 20, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    I would be interested to do if that was a post effect or in-camera with a tilt-shift lens.

  • Dave Gage

    July 20, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    [Craig Alan] “FCP X has the ability to go back in time.”
    That’s what I was going to say.

    [Craig Alan] “Love that series!”
    I’m now on my way to seeing each of the 9 shows two times through each. Except for the “Dominatrix” show, I’ve been able to show the episodes to my kids (boys 9 and 11) and it’s their new favorite thing to watch. (You can only see the “Avengers” movie so many times.) It’s great schooling for them on the art of deduction.

  • Dave Gage

    July 20, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    Cool.

    I really like the editing style and the look for this series. I did an Internet search before I posted here, but didn’t find much. I’d love to see a behind the scenes of filming and editing. Via Netflix for Season 3, there are three short behind the scenes episodes but they deal primarily with the show characters vs. technical aspects of the shoot.

    Thanks,
    Dave

  • Dennis Radeke

    July 20, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    If you search for tutorials for tilt-shift with After Effects and Photoshop, you will see a bunch. In Photoshop, it’s now a filter and pretty easy to apply. Just take a video in, convert it to a smart object and apply the tilt-shift.

    It is a nice effect.

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