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Best procedure question
Gentlemen, I want to shot some video and achieve an silouette in the end. Like a figure that is solid black on a solid background.
How would you guys apporach this. I know this is a video question but since i edit in Vegas I thought I’d start my query here, thinking Vegas might have some video effects that might do some of this.
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2 Replies
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The best way is to light your backdrop or background so that when you expose for the background you get the Silhouette that your looking for. Just for grins we’ll say that at f8, your talent is a perfect silhouette.
The next step is to light you talent or foreground so that you have the right video levels at f8.
Then all you need to do when your ready is turn off the foreground lights. A dimmer or a light board might help here.
Make sure that when you add your foreground light, that you don’t add additional background light.
This should work well for you.
Dan
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Thanks Dan, those thing I can do. Doing video work for a fashion show. Just trying to think a bit out of the box.
J.Williams
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