Dodge and Burn

aqm wrote on 1/23/2005, 3:56 PM
I guess you've seen images or pictures where a lab processd called "dodging and burning" had beem applied. In this case, I wanted to know if you can achieved this with Vegas.

I'd like to "burn" just the sides of the frames and leave the middle portion untouched (similar to a vignette). How do you achieve this in Vegas?

Many thanks.

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 1/23/2005, 4:30 PM
Duplicate the track that contains the image you'd like to Dodge/burn.
On the upper track, select the compositing mode of Burn, or Dodge, which ever you prefer. This will composite the image over itself, with the upper track creating the effect you want.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 1/23/2005, 7:45 PM
> I'd like to "burn" just the sides of the frames and leave the middle portion untouched (similar to a vignette). How do you achieve this in Vegas?

To get the vignette, use a third track on the very top with the original video. Then use the Bezier Mask tool to make the frame you want on the top track. What’s in the frame will be untouched and the edges outside it will be the Dodge/Burn tracks that are below it. (of course you could make any luminance mask you want and do the same)

~jr
Spot|DSE wrote on 1/23/2005, 8:02 PM
You can also just create a black (or any other color)generated media and drop a cookie cutter on it, then feather the edges. Reduce the opacity of the generated media to desired level and you're good to go.
FWIW, I put together a very short tutorial on how to do this, you can find it at http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/articles/Burn-Dodge.htm
FuTz wrote on 1/23/2005, 9:06 PM

or (top track) Media Generator / Color Gradient / Rectangular Transparent to Black (or Blue Movie Border swapped to black) + fine tune everything
JJKizak wrote on 1/24/2005, 5:49 AM
I used the cookie cutter circle in the desired position and size and feather, then select the color with the color eyedropper and then select the "color noise" and then gausian blur. The color noise will add the very slight choppy low resolution affect and the gausian blur will blend it in. If there is movement youhave to keyframe the motion.

JJK
FuTz wrote on 1/24/2005, 8:37 AM
I agree the Cookie is funnier to use in this situation. To ajust the frame, you might need two rectangular cookies though, so you can slip them one over the other to ajust in height and width according to your framing which should be 4:3 / 16:9 / 1.235 / 1.487 / any other standard you can imagine (see : http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=352297&Replies=28&Page=0 )
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Actually, I just did that yesterday, using the "rectangle" cookie. But that was easy since this cookie is very near 4:3 and my footage was, also. So just one cookie was enough.
I like cookies. I feel like I'm getting bluer every day with lots of hair everywhere. And my eyeballs, they grow so fast now!