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Cinematic Fades?
Hello all, another question.
I’ve tried everything to get this to work, and I’m having the hardest time doing it.
I’m a little sketchy as to how to explain this, but I’ll do my best. If you watch a movie trailer (apple.com/trailers is a good place…yeah.), you notice how the fades are very cinematic – the darks fade out before the lights, etc. It looks very professional and movie-like. How do I recreate this type of effect in After Effects? Merely lowering the opacity of the layer makes the fade look flat, and the effect is not nearly as impressive. Lowering the brightness looks close(ish), but the brightness does not go down far enough to make the video disappear completely.
I hope I haven’t confused anyone. If anyone can help, that would be great!! If you need examples, let me know and I’ll try to find some.
Thanks in advance,
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2 Replies
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this should do the trick:
duplicate your layer. set the top one to Multiply (in your screens/modes tab). Animate opacity going from 0 to 100%. Lets say you have the 0% keyframe at 10secs and the 100% keyframe at 11 secs.
Precompose those two layers. At the 11 sec mark, place an opacity keyframe for 100%, then at 12 sec mark put it at 0%.
Even though it’s technically two stage dissolve, it looks like one, bringing down your levels to the highlights, then off completely.
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I’d put on a Levels (or maybe the layer already has one). Bring the black in during the opacity drop. This will ‘expand’ the darks while the overall ‘brightness’ drops.
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