Drain the color out of closeup of a face.

DWhitevidman wrote on 1/25/2012, 9:28 PM

I've uploaded a nonpublic clip of a closeup of a woman onto YouTube, that I'm using in a horror film. I'm looking for how to start the clip in full color then have it drain out of the face as it progresses to the end. Not with a hard line, rather a gradient type.

Any ideas?

Comments

xberk wrote on 1/25/2012, 10:39 PM

I'm not an expert on effects.
I'd suggest de-saturate the color via animate (Color Corrector)
Play with something like Bump Map to add some drama to the face as the color drains away.

kplo wrote on 1/25/2012, 11:28 PM

This can be as easy as creating a copy of the clip,applying the "drained look" to it and using a vertical soft edged wipe between the two.
Or: the face area could be masked and the FX applied to that area only; again:copying and using the wipe...probably several more ways to achieve this in Vegas.
Hope this helps.
Ken