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  • Flash effect? (the light not the program ;)

    Posted by Eran Solomon on November 3, 2005 at 2:06 pm

    Hey ,
    I was wondering.. I have one picture slowly scaling up , and I want to make a camera flash .. or lightning flash , somthing white , and right after that , to replace the picture with another picture.
    anyone have any ideas on how to do it ? ( i tried with a quick opacity change to a white solid, but that didnt work out :\)

    Thanks in advance !

    Joseph W. bourke replied 20 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Andrew Kramer

    November 3, 2005 at 2:30 pm

    try a duplicate layer with the levels blown out with a bit of a fast blur and change the transfer mode to add. tthis way you don’t get a washed out grey look. but glowy light flash look. ; )

    gl
    Andrew

  • Eran Solomon

    November 3, 2005 at 2:49 pm

    The problem is that this isnt a full scale picture , its a layer of an EYE on a black solid ..
    so the black stays black :\

  • Joseph W. bourke

    November 3, 2005 at 3:08 pm

    Hey Tea –

    Try this one on for size…it’s a freebie from Buena Software called Camera Flash. It does a really nice job of gradually burning out the whites, and makes for a great transition that you can cut at the point that the colors are all (or almost all) blown out.

    https://www.buena.com/ee/cameraflash.shtml

    Joe Bourke
    Art Director / WMUR-TV

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