Diagonal sides on a video?

Rob Ash wrote on 1/27/2016, 3:06 PM

Hey there guys, I hope you can help.
I'm still a novice at Vegas Pro so please be patient with me.

I'm trying to recreate the title sequence to the TV show 'White Collar' I think I've got the motion and video resizing nailed, but I can't figure out how to angle the sides of the video segments.

This is what I'm trying to reproduce using my own footage...

If anyone can point me in the right direction of just how to angle those video clips I'd be eternally grateful

All the best.
Rob.

Comments

Former user wrote on 1/27/2016, 3:14 PM

I don't think the clips are angled, they are just cut out with that shape. You can create that shape in a graphics program and use it as a key track to cut out the picture.

Eagle Six wrote on 1/27/2016, 3:40 PM

Pan & Crop, use the Mask and Anchor Creation Tool.

Start with Help, index "Mask", topic Create a Bézier mask, that should lead you through it.

Best Regards....George

Rob Ash wrote on 1/27/2016, 5:20 PM

Eagle Six,
Brilliant! This is exactly what I need!
Thank you very much George, this is such a massive help. I really appreciate it.
All the best.
Rob.

Eagle Six wrote on 1/27/2016, 6:02 PM

You're certainly welcome Rob, glad I could help.

In the future you may want to look into the method posted by DonaldT. If you are familiar with PhotoShop or PaintShop, this may be a smoother, faster method for repeating the effect.

Either way I'm glad you are on your way back into production.

Best Regards....George

john_dennis wrote on 1/28/2016, 7:12 PM

In case you haven't gotten around to reading the manual,

that I did while I was trying the Open Broadcaster Software.

TeetimeNC wrote on 1/29/2016, 7:24 AM

Nice tutorial John. What software do you use for capturing the screen?

Jerry
http://www.takeonesolutions.com
Photography • Video

rs170a wrote on 1/29/2016, 7:56 AM

Nice tutorial John. What software do you use for capturing the screen?

I'm not John but that would be Open Broadcaster Software which I keep meaning to try one of these days soon.

Mike

prairiedogpics wrote on 1/29/2016, 9:41 AM

Glad you tried out OBS, John! I'm finding it extremely useful at work, where I sometimes need to create visual how-tos for other staff.

For those that didn't see the post in another thread, here's a short example of how I used OBS; At the end I show my OBS settings that should help you get up and running quickly:

I use the multi-platform version:

https://obsproject.com/

Rob Ash wrote on 1/29/2016, 1:59 PM

Eagle Six
The method you showed me is working great. Thank you very much for saving me so much time trying to discover it for myself.

I'm not to bad with Photoshop, so I'd definitely be interested in this method too.
I've tried searching for a DonaldT tutorial but I can't seem to come across it, could you point me towards it if you know where it is?
Thanks again.
Rob.

Eagle Six wrote on 1/29/2016, 3:43 PM

Rob Ash said: "I'm not to bad with Photoshop, so I'd definitely be interested in this method too.

There are probably several ways to skin this cat. Hopefully DonaldT will post back his method.

In short.....using Photoshop create a raster transparent photo the size of your video. Leave the area you wish to show through transparent and fill the outside area white. The white area is going to allow the background video to show, while the transparent part is going allow the mask area video to show on top of the background. I'll call this 'mask'.

Place the mask on track 1, and expand to the run time length you need.

On track 2 place the background video, (this is the video that will show through the white area of the mask as the background).

On track 3 place the video you wish to show through the mask area (this is the video that will show through the transparent part of the mask and appear on top of the background).

On the track 1 header click on the "Composting Mode" icon and select from the menu options "Multiply (Mask)".

On track 2 header click on the "Make Composting Child".

That's it, except for what ever animation you elect to apply.

This is a bit more complex than the method I posted, but if you tinker around, you may see some advantages.

Here is a link which explains masking and using the composting and parent/child relationships....
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/creating_masking_tracks_in_vegas

Hope this helps.....Best Regards....George