Pro Mist look in AE

[Mark]

The best way I know how is to use the instant sex method that the Meyer’s wrote about in their book. Also, if you have the magic bullet, there are some presets that can be adjusted to give this type of effect.

Mark

[Kevin Camp]

you could try duplicating the footage, bluring that and setting the mode to screen (or lighten, add… experiment some) and adjust opacity and blur to see how close you can get. you may want more than just one blurred layer with a different transfer mode applied, but i think you can achieve this.

[Fred Matthews]

I do not have Magic Bullet and I am ashamed to say that I do not have the AE bible from the Meyer’s so I am unaware of the method that you are referring to. Can you give a rundown of what to do?

[Mark]

Duplicate the layer. Add gaussian blur to the top layer (10-15 points), then set the top layer to overlay, soft light, screen or one of the others. I also like to add the tint effect (better to use BCC tritone if you have it) to warm up the colors. I then add an adjustement layer over top with levels to adjust to taste.

Mark

[Iancorey]

Another way is to duplicate, apply a luma key to isolate the whites, apply a blur, set to add, dip the opacity. That’s my method of this well-known technique.

[Fred Matthews]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Here is what I have done initially…I duplicated the layer, added Gaussian Blur with a very high concentration of blur – 75, switched to trnsfer mode Screen and left the opacity at 100.

This has given me pretty much what I wanted. A very nice glow without a beam of light effect like I was getting from Shine and Starglow.

I do plan on trying out some of these other ideas to see which my boss prefers but at least I am on the right path.

Thanks