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  • Should be easy, but doesn’t work…

    Posted by Marc Bauwens on October 22, 2005 at 2:23 pm

    I have video clips of foot that fly towards the camera in 3D.
    I would like tot add a glowing edge OUTSIDE of the frame to enhance the look.
    But everyhing I tried add glow INSIDE the frame, not the wanted effect.

    Any plugs or techniques that accomplish this ?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Michael Szalapski replied 20 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Mike Smith

    October 22, 2005 at 2:47 pm

    Hi Marc

    Not totally sure I’ve understood here. If the glow were to be outside the frame, how would we see it ..?

  • Ben G unguren

    October 22, 2005 at 2:50 pm

    You could try using the “Drop Shadow” filter, distance set to ZERO, softness set to more than zero, opacity at 100%, and color set to WHITE (or some other light color). If it isn’t bright enough on the first application, apply the filter again, and so on until it looks good.

    -ben

  • Michael Szalapski

    October 24, 2005 at 3:40 pm

    Or in your glow settings set it to base the glow on Alpha. Unless you mean something entirely different.

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