Stroking my layer…..

[Vince Becquiot]

No stroke in Premiere, that’s a job for After Effects, and especially if you are adding perspective as you will soon see those ugly jagged edges since Premiere doesn’t support antialiasing either.

You could get close with the bevel effect, add 2 of them at opposite light angles at a thickness of about 0.01 to 0.04. Then play with the intensity until you get an even stroke, not a perfect solution…

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Chris Buttacoli]

I use the grid effect in CS3, with good results.

Example: on 720×480 footage

Anchor: 716,480
Size from: Width & Height
Width: 640
Height: 479
Border: 20
Blending mode: Normal

Adjust the parameters to taste.

[Pablo Hill]

can I get this effect from a third party plug in????

[Chris Buttacoli]

If the grid effect isn’t your cup of tea, how about using the radial shadow effect? Tick the resize layer box, turn the opacity to 100%, and place the light source in the center of your layer. Then adjust the projection distance for thickness. Simple – no need for plug-ins.

[Chris Buttacoli]

And by the way, both Grid and Radial Shadow are effects already in Premiere. I use grid only because it keeps my layer dimensions the same. Radial shadow places the stroke on the outside of the layer.

[Pablo Hill]

I figured out dynamic link, I’m using AE for this tasks now…. thanks anyway