cover up jump edit with white flash?

SeanC wrote on 11/7/2002, 6:41 PM
what the quickest way to cover up an interview jump edit? I'm trying to get that quick flash to white and back you often see (looks like a flash bulb went off). How do I accomplish it in Vegas? (I assume I'm putting something on the top track that's white...is there an easy way to do this without shooting something white?)

thanks!
Sean

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kkolbo wrote on 11/7/2002, 6:50 PM
The FX PAK from SoFo has a great flash effect with color tint and more. You can do it with a white generated media on top of the cut and then a fast fade in and out. Do not stay at 100% for more than a frame or two.

K
JonnyMac wrote on 11/7/2002, 7:05 PM
I'd use a generated media (R=234, G=234, B=234 to keep NTSC legal) event on a higher track with no fade in and a slow (15 - 30 frames) fade out.
tailgait wrote on 11/7/2002, 7:29 PM
Why try to cover it up? Just use pan and crop to crop the next scene in a manner that won't look like a jump. You can then slowly zoom out of the crop to a full screen shot using keyframes. This works a lot better than tryin to cover somethin gup with an intrusive flash.
noFony wrote on 11/7/2002, 7:37 PM
whenever I see something as cheeeesy as that flash effect my thumb hits the remote and voila'!!,no more cheesy effects.:)
What's wrong with a quick dissolve to soften the OBVIOUS jump instead of making it even more jarring, intrusive, distracting and annoying?
pete_is_tsupid wrote on 11/7/2002, 9:10 PM
this is an easy technique i have used:

*go to insert>video envelopes>track fade to color

*add three points, one before the cut, one at the cut, and one right after the cut.

*right click over the point at the cut and set that to 100% top color.

*by moving the outside points you can control the duration of your "pop"
SeanC wrote on 11/8/2002, 5:48 AM
agreed with many. I almost always use b roll or some other video. This is an interview that doesn't feel right with any b roll. I have tried the pan/crop/zoom idea in the past and like it, I'll figure out how to make it look nice in Vegas today...I'm sure it's easy.

Usually a quick dissolve does do the trick, here however, one of the kids sitting with their parents has moved quite a bit, and it's almost like she's a ghost to see where she is at the end of the dissolve!

Many thanks for the suggestions! I'm doing much faster work than with premier in the past.

Sean