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  • Filter Effects – creating an Old School Flash Bulb feel with stills?

    Posted by Lisa Rolley on July 16, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Hey gang,

    I am working on an Animatic with just stills for a pitch and my creative lead has asked me to sprinkle fluttery fast cuts (around 5 frames in length) with the new stills he has created in Photoshop.

    My question is how can I create an Old School Flash Bulb feel with stills – they need to feel like a picture is pulsing w/ luminosity (like there is a light behind the footage/still) i need to do this within fcp and its due by friday am – no time or resources for AE person.

    any advice or help would be great – i have tried a few filters but i am curious to get some feedback from the cow crew.

    best

    lisa

    Lisa Rolley replied 17 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Alan Smith

    July 17, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    One way to get a white flash between each image is to use the Dip to Color dissolve. By changing the color to white and reducing the dissolve length to a few frames you can get a nice looking flash. . . its a simple, QUICK solution. You could use a filter and keyframe the effect (levels works nice), but its more labor.

  • Ryan Mast

    July 17, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Check out Too Much Too Soon’s Flashframe transition. It also blurs the source/destination a bit — it has a little more punch than just a dip to white. It’s free.

    Check out Volumetrix’s zoom and blur wipe, too. They’re $65, but it’s an easy cool look.

  • Lisa Rolley

    July 19, 2008 at 12:07 am

    great thanks

    where is the levels filter btw?
    lisa

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