Film Effects for Still Slideshows

tygrus2000 wrote on 5/23/2005, 1:06 PM
I see many discussions on how to make your video projects make more like film, however, my project isn't really a video to start with.
As a slideshow, I am taking stills and making a video out of them in Vegas.

How can I give this type of project the same sort of look as final film - any settings or 3rd party software that can help?
thx.

Tygrus

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/23/2005, 1:45 PM
> any settings or 3rd party software that can help?

You could use the Magic Bullet film looks on your slide show to give it a film look but it will take a long time to render. For 3rd party plug-ins you could get Celulloid. It has 27 different film looks.

~jr
Paul_Holmes wrote on 5/23/2005, 1:53 PM
I just did a photo movie using Vegas6 and 24p. It was old stills from my Mom's photo-album. Added some obvious Film Effects FX and between the 24p motion and the film effects came out very nice.

On the other hand I made another photo movie in 24p with some very dramatic music and used Celluloid's "Artist Touch" to give it a dark serious black and white atmosphere. Didn't use any other FX and turned out very nice.
BillyBoy wrote on 5/23/2005, 1:56 PM
As far as Vegas is concerned whatever you put on the timeline is just so many bits regardless if the source is a video to begin with or a series of still images or something it generates itself. Setting aside the recently discussed color space issue on what Vegas may or may not do on rendering, you could apply what you think makes your project look "flim like" to an entire track. Personally I apply "color correction" on a event by event basis regardless if I'm working on source that starts as a video or is a bunch of stills being made into a video or more commonly called a slideshow. This gives you the maximum amount of control.

This again is more a subjective topic. What some think make a "film like" effect others may not agree. Vegas comes with a rich assortment of FX filters right out of the box, you can buy plug-ins or do more processing outside of Vegas, but it really isn't necessary.

You can get some good ideas by viewing some of gmElliots's wedding examples where he uses different things to good effect, some of course can't be done in post.
Spot|DSE wrote on 5/23/2005, 2:35 PM
Along with what Paul has suggested, you'll typically want to add these FX to the TRACK, or master, because to do other wise means that your overall look will not be consistent. Nothing irritates the eye and brain more than inconsistent color. Murch did a great presentation on this at an FCPUG meeting, talking about using erratic color grades to cause discomfort.