Don't know the term

Silverglove wrote on 9/23/2007, 9:24 AM

Sorry guys, audio expert new to video. I'm editing footage of a football team I coach, and am trying to do the effect where you can highlight just one player in a "circle" and the rest of the screen is shaded a bit. Can anyone help me with the term and how I go abou doing it?

Thanks!

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busterkeaton wrote on 9/23/2007, 9:47 AM

You want two tracks of video.

Top track is video at regular brightness.
Bottom track is the shaded video.

You cut a hole in the top track that only contains the the player you want. Use the Cookie Cutter Effect.
To shade the bottom track, you can use various tools and get various looks. One way would be to use the Color Corrector Effect and use the sliders, not the wheel to get want you want.

One cool effect would be to turn the saturation viewer down halfway or full way. This way the player on the top track would have full color and the other track would be either drab colors or black and white if you wish

busterkeaton wrote on 9/23/2007, 9:49 AM

Once you aply the Cookie cutter effect, you will have to apply keyframes to move the cutout when the player moves.

xberk wrote on 9/23/2007, 9:58 AM

I'd be curious as to how others solve this. We've all seen this type of effect.
Vegas can do it. It's some type of masking that gets it done.
I've never done this but I'd say the "Cookie cutter" FX will give you the circle.
Following the player as he moves is a matter of keyframing -- not so easy and can be time consuming if you do this alot --
Then I can't see any other way but to copy the event and place it on a track exactly above then adjust the opacity to get the shading you want for the background.

Silverglove wrote on 9/23/2007, 10:14 AM

Thank you all for the quick and informative responses. Giving it a try

xberk wrote on 9/23/2007, 10:18 AM

Yeah -- I got this going now myself .. thanks...but I wanted to fade in and fade out the effect and found a way...
To control the shaded tracks opacity Insert a Video Envelope - Track composite level.
You can control the opacity like an audio tracks volume by adding envelope points.

Silverglove wrote on 9/23/2007, 11:18 AM

Yup. Worked perfectly for me, and I did just that. Adjusted the video opacity just like I would for audio. Appreciate the help guys