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Film look: 50% opacity copy over original video
I can’t see to get this method to work; it still looks the same as the original video.
I’ve made a copy of the original video in Windows Explorer. I added the original video to one track and the copy to another track as the parent (with the arrow icon pointing up, right?) and set the track with the copy to 50% opacity. When I play it in the timeline or render it as a file, there is no difference.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you.
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4 Replies
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Euuh?
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Euuh?
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seems to me the method you describe there is NO difference between the 2 tracks = most that use this method do something to one of the tracks ( add fx, offset one field, one track B&W etc) …
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May I make a couple suggestions:
1. Making a copy of your video file in windows explorer to place on 2 tracks is unecessary, you simply place the same file on 2 video tracks in vegas; in other words: 2 instances of the same file. The way you describe uses disc space unecessarily.
2. I remember seeing the technique you are trying, but I think you are missing a step:
<<< Import you video clip into vegas Video. Copy and paste the clip onto a second track making sure it is completely in sync with the above track. On the top track click on the *compositing mode* button and select overlay. Add a gaussian blur to the track below and set both ranges to 0.010. now the colour and contrast maybe high. Add a black and white filter to the top track and desaturate it a little to suite your needs. >>>
Personally, I didn’t like the results of this method the time I tried it, but this may have just been the particular footage I was working with. I’ve been very pleased with the free Magic Bullet film looks plug ins that came with Vegas v5. I’ve used a combination of “black diffusion 5.0” preset/at about 30-50%, with “filmic warm”/at about 30-50%. Of course you’ll want to play around with those combinations to you liking.
Good luck,
JonC
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