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How to do this Effect?
Hi there,
I have a client who would like a freeze frame shot, over time, to have the look of multiple images growing from it. As if to show almost an echo or shadow effect….1, 2, 3……..boom boom boom. Its hard to explain. I’m thinking it can definitely be abstract looking, maybe silhouettes, maybe silhouettes in different colors, not sure yet.
The shot is of students in a hallway at a college. My guess is I need to crop them out of the background?
Thanks for any help. 🙂
Lisa
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2 Replies
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Easy method: 1. v1: locked off shot of scene sans people. 2. v2: shot with people add: effects, time, pick one (echo, trails etc…, have fun. 3. adjust opacity of v2 and cut to change time relationships of people placement.
old school: 1. v1: lock shot of scene sans people. 2. v2: same shot with people. 3. in motion tab, motion blur and adjust to taste. 4. add some channel offset for yucks. 5. adjust opacity of v2. 6. slice up v2 image to effect people jumping forward in time.
I’m absolutely sure there are many, many other ways. The secret is explore and have fun. Chances are you’ll find the “next cool effect”.
Also, realize there are many ways to do these things…many involving pre planning during the shooting stage of the game. Directors who exclaim loudly “We’ll fix it in post” often don’t realize the fix they’ve gotten themselves into.
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Thanks Chet!
What I ended up doing was cutting out the people from the background in photoshop, made 4 layers of them back into FCP. Lowered the opacity of the background. Then I altered each of the 4 people layers with prizm blur and channel changes, and staggered their time on the timeline and their wireframe position. Came out good. Thanks for the info!
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