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Feathering Edges
Hello,
How do I feather JUST the top and bottom edges of a clip rather than feathering all four edges?
-Aaron
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7 Replies
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Are you talking about a full screen clip feathering to black on top, or feathering on a PIP?
Vince
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Basically, if I crop the top and the bottom of an otherwise full-screen clip, how do I make the crop lines soft and not hard?
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I would create a new color matte (black if you want to feather to black). Place it over your clip, and with the motion settings, zoom it to about 130%, and move up it to the top so that you only see a black bar down to just below the safe margin. Then apply a fast blur to it and play with the blur setting. Do the same for the bottom.
Cheers,
Vince
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Or you can create a track matte with white in the middle, fading to black at the top and bottom.
Steven
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This would be really easy if you have After Effects, because AE allows variable H and V softness on masked images. If you have CS2 or CS3, you could use dynamic link, and render (if necessary) in Premiere.
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Just one more: two times video effects>transition>linear wipe. Change the other effects Wipe Angle 180 degrees. Then tweak with both effects’ Transition Completion and Feather adjustments to get the effect you want.
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It’s too bad they didn’t think to add a feathering option for the crop tool. That would have made things easier.
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