Camera Flash Effect

[Derek Woods]

i know you don’t want to spend money, but graham nattress has a great plugin just for what you want in film effects 2.1 (best 100 bucks this editor ever ever spent)
http://www.nattress.com

P.S. DWI productions is in no way affiliated with Graham Nattress, nor are they on the same continent:)

[Itamar Kool]

Effect Essentials has a series of plug ins. When you download the demo, there is one plug in for free that has a camara flas effect. Maybe you can use that one

Kool En De Anderen
dual 1.8 gig G5/Mac OS 10.3.8/Kona SD/FCP 4.5/AE 6.5 Pro
http://www.koolendeanderen.nl

[Gunner Jones]

[Jason McCaffrey] “I’m trying to accomplish a good flash bulb burnout effect without buying any extra plugins.”

If you’re a cheap bastard, you can always get Matt Sandstrom’s Too Much Too Soon filters for free. But I’d kick him down at least a few bucks by donation if you take them. Don’t let us down, Jason….everything cool should cost something as I’m sure you’d agree…..;-)

https://www.mattias.nu/

O&O-Gunner Productions
FCP-Avid-After Effects

[David Robinson]

Use a layer of white (you can use Matte – Color for the Viewer Window). Make this layer the duration you want the flash, add it to a track above the footage you want to flash. Animate the opacity from 100 to 0 and change the Composite Mode of this white layer to Add. Doesn’t get any cheaper than that.

[Gunner Jones]

Dude….2much2soon really does rule. Have you checked it out? Much better than home-cooked gruel.

O&O-Gunner Productions
FCP-Avid-After Effects

[David Robinson]

I didn’t see that your post said they are FREE! I’m checking them out right now.

[John Treffer]

I’m still a bit confused with composite modes now and than, but doesn’t ‘add’ do the same as ‘normal’ if you apply it to a completely white layer?

[Graeme Nattress]

Derek, thanks, but I’m now in Canada, so if you’re New York, we’re now in the same continent….

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP

[Paul Ingvarsson]

[john] “I’m still a bit confused with composite modes now and than, but doesn’t ‘add’ do the same as ‘normal’ if you apply it to a completely white layer?”

You’re right – the maths end up the same.

I do this effect all the time (albeit on a DS). I found that if you duplicate the section of the time line that you want to burn out to white 3 times on other video layers. Set the composite node of all the new layers to add. Add a blur to each of the new layers. Animate the opacity of all the new layers from 0 > 100 > 0 . Obviously experiment with various blurs etc….. (if your image is quite dark you may need to help the burn out by adding brightness to the top layer to ensure you do actually get to peak white across the frame)

Paul

[David Robinson]

The maths may end up the same with opacity at 100, but once you change the opacity, see what you get. It doesn’t really matter, however. The scripts Gunner mentioned above (2 much 2 soon) work great AND it gives a blur option AND they are FREE! Thanks for the link Gunner.