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  • Posted by Marcus Henderson on October 23, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    Does anyone know a good technique or what filter effects to use for a flashback?

    What are some ways to show that you are beginning a flashback? I know fade might work, or that dream thing where it’s like wavy, but I want something more professional than that.

    It is a memory flashback and I also have magic bullet editor plug ins.

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    John Fishback
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  • David Bogie

    October 23, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    The technique is as old as movies. You pick the transition you want to use as part of your editing style and try to keep it consistent.
    Every episode of CSI and Cold Case has a flashback transition. Even David Letterman has one. They’re quite different.

    The transition you use must relate to your storyline and the style of your project’s narrative. Several sequences include color treatments, frame rate changes, or camera techniques or lenses that are specific to the sequence such as an elevated POV or super wide angles.

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  • John Fishback

    October 25, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    There are many companies that sell plugins that show how they work on the sites. Google CHV, CGM, CoreMelt. Checkout this site that sells many different plugin packages: https://www.pluginz.com/category/62?from=rlist&genre=6&type=2

    If you search for plugins on the Cow, you’ll find many, many posts on this subject.

    John

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