Camera iris transition effect

mark-woollard wrote on 8/18/2005, 4:53 AM

I'm looking for a Vegas transition that would look like the closing and opening of a still camera's iris. I'll add a still camera "click" sound to simulate taking a still shot. I have such a thing in my VT[4] system. But now that I'm using Vegas for HDV editing, I'd like one in Vegas. Any suggestions?

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PeterWright wrote on 8/18/2005, 5:09 AM

Here's a quickie -
Butt the two clips, no overlap.
Drag the top corners to create Fade Out for 1 and Fade in for 2.
Drop Iris transition onto both.
Set the first to Circle / Iris In
Set the second to Circle Iris out.
Adjust time to suit sound effect.

mark-woollard wrote on 8/19/2005, 4:51 AM

Tried out your suggestion last night with a 6 -rame fade on each clip. It looks good. Added a camera click from Sony sound effects sampler.

Having visible ribs of a camera shutter would have been ideal, but this gets me close enough to what I wanted.

Thanks for the help.

Chienworks wrote on 8/19/2005, 8:11 AM

Try this: http://www.vegasusers.com/images/shutterblades.gif

Place this image on a track underneath the clips, spanning the duration of the two fades.

mark-woollard wrote on 8/19/2005, 9:09 AM

Hey, that makes it look even better. Thanks for the tip.