Gary Oberbrunner
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Try S_Glow (in Sapphire Lighting) over a S_DissolveBlur (in Sapphire Transitions).
— Gary
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Just FYI, Sapphire should render at the same speed in 10 bit as 8 bit in FCP, although both the times you were getting in DV (faster than real time?) and your new 10 bits times (about 1/10 real time) seem a little unusual to me. Try replacing the BCC blur with a Sapphire blur and see if that makes a difference. And of course if there are parts of your sequence where you don’t need the effects, cut there and take the effects off. That may be obvious though 🙂
— Gary
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Or just use Sapphire’s S_Shake; it shakes the image around (like the Wiggler, but simpler and quicker.) You can tweak it to get nice and jumpy.
— Gary O
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Or just use Sapphire’s S_Shake; it shakes the image around (like the Wiggler, but simpler and quicker.) You can tweak it to get nice and jumpy.
— Gary O
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Hi, Jack. You’ll need to roto or key your mask (I’m guessing this is a “face mask”, a real object, not an AE Mask). Once you’ve done that, use S_Glow and use the Mask layer as the Matte input of S_Glow.
Here’s a step-by-step; this is just one way, experienced AE users probably know some tricks to speed this up.
Put your video into a new comp; name it MaskMatte (it’ll end up as the matte for the hero’s mask). Add a new solid white layer. Make it invisible, but select it. Draw the outline of the object you want to glow with the pen tool; you’ll see it turn white at this point. Keyframe that Mask over the whole shot. Now turn off the source layer so you only see the white-on-black matte. (Feather it a little if you like.)
Make a new comp now with just the video — this is going to be the final comp. Drop the MaskMatte comp into it and make it invisible. Add S_Glow to the video track, and in its Matte dropdown, select your MaskMatte layer. Voila, your glow tracks the object!
Let me know if you have any questions, and anyone else feel free to jump in with other ways to do this!
— Gary Oberbrunner
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> Is Sapphire’s Glow so much better that it’s worth $600?
We think it is! 🙂
Seriously, it can do a lot more than the built-in glows, and people say it looks more natural. It’s a small download and we’ve tried to make it easy to install and try out. You get an automatic three-week free trial with the AE/Combustion/FCP version with no watermark or restrictions, so you can use it in production during that time. If you have any questions or comments feel free to email us at support@genarts.com.
And yes, Rack Defocus is an accurate simulation of a real defocused lens. There’s a lot more in there as well.
— Gary Oberbrunner
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If you have Sapphire Plug-ins, try S_EdgeFlash. That’s exactly what it’s meant for; to bleed a bit of the bg onto the fg to help “sell” the comp.
— Gary