desaturate all footage except for one color?

runlong4 wrote on 7/29/2008, 11:18 AM

I've tried the search function, but can't find what I'm looking for. It's been awhile since I've used Vegas (using Pro) and wonder if there is a way to turn my footage all black and white except for a colored balloon in the video?

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JackW wrote on 7/29/2008, 11:41 AM

I believe Edward Troxel (www.jetdv.com) has a tutorial on this in one of the news letters, and there is also a tutorial at VASST (http://www.vasst.com/). There's also a good tutorial at http://www.wideopenwest.com/~wvg/tutorial-menu.htm

Jack

runlong4 wrote on 7/29/2008, 12:03 PM

Thank you so much! I'm going to check them out right now.

Thanks again

MaryKay

jetdv wrote on 7/29/2008, 12:33 PM

In my newsletters, you specifically want to look at Vol 2 #10.

johnmeyer wrote on 7/29/2008, 1:12 PM

This has come up so often over the years, that I keep links to many old posts in my Vegas forum database. These are a little old, but that doesn't matter since the techniques haven't changed:

Black & White with one just one colour?
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removing color from all but a particular item

and

How to do this compositing effect...

also,

black and white and 1 selected colour

There is also this thread:

b&w video with colour flower

Color object over Black and White

runlong4 wrote on 7/29/2008, 3:20 PM

Thanks to all of you guys for the quick response. I'm playing with the secondary color corrector method and it seems to be what I am looking for!
Still going to try the multiple tracks. Have to go through all the great links provided :-)

You guys are the best!!

MaryKay

Cliff Etzel wrote on 7/29/2008, 3:47 PM

Way too many steps - use aav6cc to make it a simple process - it worked great for me on a wedding I shot in May. And I can confirm it works fine in Vegas Pro 8.

Cliff Etzel - Solo Video Journalist
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