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Creating a “flashback” or “remebering the past” visual/audio effect
Is there an easy way (or inexpensive addon) to create an effect (visually and with audio) to cue the viewer that we are now flashing back to a scene in the past?
The standard way I’ve seen this is sort of a shimmering /wavy disolve and something like harp music.
It’s funny, I see all these visual transition effects in Sony Vegas (and in Pinnacle Studio) and wondered “how do you pick one”?
Then I realized you start with the concept you’re trying to communicate:
– Time has passed
– Someone is thinking of /imagining something (that the next scene shows)
-Someone is remembering the past.Seems like organizing the Transition Fx around that would make more sense.
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If you don’t want to use any FXs…
You could transition to the ‘flash back clip(s)’ through white and make the ‘flash backs’ look like old-early footage by either reducing the colour saturation / adding noise / vignetting / etc – depending on how far back in time and/or the emotional connection of the ‘flash back’ to the subject.
Or you could use two black (dark orange/brown) solids and animate them to look like someone shutting their eyes and increasing blur to the ‘transition’ then fade to the ‘flash-back’ clip.
Or you could focus in on the subject’s face and fade to ‘flash-back’.
If you want to use audio to emphasize the fact that you are returning to the past… you could gradually add echo / reverb to the subject’s words that cue the flash-back…
Hope the ideas help – but, of course, there is no better way than to analyse what the pro’s do and adapt to your particular need…
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And doing with an FX is fine too.
Your suggests are good but I’m hoping for a simple Transition FX
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Here’s something you might find interesting and perhaps you can adapt it to suit your needs – it uses a lot of effects 😉
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/CC_Flashback/video-tutorial.php
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