Checkerboard

Selina wrote on 3/2/2022, 5:24 PM

Bands...

With colourise...

harry-worth wrote on 3/3/2022, 2:54 AM

What's the question ?

set wrote on 3/3/2022, 7:12 AM

@harry-worth, @Selina is currently experimenting with Media Generator ideas, like she did previously on this topic:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/track-compositing--134282/

Selina wrote on 3/3/2022, 11:09 AM

Pillars...

It has Pixelate and Glow added

Selina wrote on 3/3/2022, 11:22 AM

Chains...

It has Levels applied

Selina wrote on 3/3/2022, 11:34 AM

EggBoxes...

With Colourise effect

Selina wrote on 3/3/2022, 12:01 PM

Strips...

With Wave and Chromatic Aberration...

Selina wrote on 3/3/2022, 3:55 PM

Nails...

With Levels and Bump Map applied

Selina wrote on 3/5/2022, 1:16 PM

Staples...

This has Levels and Vignette applied

Selina wrote on 3/5/2022, 1:31 PM

Venetian Sunset...

This has Colourise (love that effect) and Light Rays applied

Selina wrote on 3/5/2022, 1:48 PM

What Have I Learnt?

To get perfect squares that fill the screen... take the longest dimension and divide into one.
ie 16x9 take the 16 and calculate 1/16 = 0.0625 to get smaller squares. You can then get smaller squares by dividing 1 by any multiple of 16 ... 1/(16x2) = 0.03125, 1/(16x5) = 0.0125, etc This will only work if the dimensions are whole numbers: 16x9 or 9x16; 4x3, 5x7 etc...
Edge Blending can be used to produce gradients when used as either Horizontal or Vertical.
Use of Levels is most effective when combined with Edge Blending to offset checker pattern.

set wrote on 3/5/2022, 4:26 PM

Great experiments! 😀👍

interesting Venetian Sunset motion you did.

Selina wrote on 3/6/2022, 10:32 AM

Tri-Colour Checkerboards...

The following 3 images illustrate what can be achieved using the checkerboard and Levels...

Selina wrote on 3/6/2022, 12:28 PM

A quick use of these as box backgrounds for titles...

Use of HSL Filter to change the colour and Soft Contrast for shaping. Title supplied by BCC Title Studio - something I really need to get to grips with !

set wrote on 3/6/2022, 3:38 PM

I usually keep box background simple so that texts are easily read 😁. - But it's my personal taste.

Perhaps with less contrast color selection for checkerboard, that can help too...

Selina wrote on 3/6/2022, 5:08 PM

Yes, I don't normally have a fussy background - but I just thought the pattern with the aid of this particular font style gave it a medieval look and feel. Now I have to think what I can use it with ... 😆