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Cybershot look
Hi!
I shot some footage using a 3ccd dv and this material has to look as it was captured by cheap photo cameras. The ones that shoot 1-3 min movies.
Thanks in advance.Ricardo – first post here
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7 Replies
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Hey ricardo. Welcome!
Those little cameras probably shoot @ 15fps or so. So I would simulate knocking down the frame rate a bit with some strobe or other effect (my computer is rendering a green screen tight now so I can’t check). Desaturate the image, add some artifacts and noise. I love those kind of things to do, it’s really fun to play around and destroy footage as all we usually want to do is beautify it. If you could add a little camera shake, that might help sell it as well.
If you have the latest version of FCP 5.14, there are some cool new fxplugs that come with FCP to help aid in this process.
Have fun!
jeremy
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Hey Jeremy,
thanks a lot.
I had to know if I could make it easy by myself or if I needed a plugin.
Now I know. Thanks.
Think I’ll try some export settings too.
Thanks again.
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I don’t htink you have to export it, I’d go into the Video Filters > Video menu and mess with the blink and strobe filters. Stobe will probably get what you want, try setting it at 2 for starters.
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Don’t forget to lower the rez to 320×240. Create a 320×240 sequence and put the clip in there. Then put that sequence into your full size sequence, where it’ll be blown up 200% to fill. Just the right touch of the mosaic filter might help as well to give that blocky blown up look.
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Thanks again.
Here are my thoughts on this subject.
I’ve made some tests, and the strobe at 3 looks really nice. The res and mosaic question it’s more complicated because it looks artificial with all those pixels, no matter which size each one has. I’ve made some comparisons with original cybershot footage and it seems more blurry than pixelated, of course totally dirty when in full screen mode.
And the noise. Biggest problem for me. I got a G Filter but it’s not the same thing. I really needed another filter for the noise.
Anyone?
Ty,
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I’d try composting the noise over the original image with a transfer mode (such as screen or overlay) then adjust opacity to taste. Render > Noise
Adding blur is easy too.
Jeremy
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I don’t have this render option. Add noise.
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