Ok, over the past 3 days and speaking with Jay over in the Vegas Cafe, and using his link below as an excellent example of what I'm going to ask - what with the advent of Beziers and the various options to manipulate stuff in post, could I achieve anything anything that closley resembles the use of Matte Boxes and filters, but do it in Vegas5b? Half way down shows a shadowed portico WITH blue skies. PS is then used to "lift" out of the shadows the detail in the arch BUT the blue skies aren't blown - NEAT! Here is the PS example Jay pointed me at. So, with the judicious use of masks could I get close to this? Make a c/k mask and then lift the detail and then have the blue skies remain?
Also and in the same vein, now I can create a kinda graduated ND and slide it over video. I can also make masks and apply these to areas that I wish to "grub-out" from the original footage.
Yes, most likely the BEST way will still be Matte Boxes and NDs and other expensive filters . . . but if yah don't ask . .. yeah?
What has also got me going has been the latest article in this Month's Digit Magazine - you got it? It's on pages 88-89. Lighting Techniques, combining exposures, colour correction with levels and digital effects from master photographer Michael Freeman .. . .
Mr Freeman shows what PS can do with masks and grad filters to produce fogs and things. There is one neat use of a Red C/K and using the edge of fence to produce a mask to get that feeeling of depth. This is Michael's book.
TIA
Grazie
Also and in the same vein, now I can create a kinda graduated ND and slide it over video. I can also make masks and apply these to areas that I wish to "grub-out" from the original footage.
Yes, most likely the BEST way will still be Matte Boxes and NDs and other expensive filters . . . but if yah don't ask . .. yeah?
What has also got me going has been the latest article in this Month's Digit Magazine - you got it? It's on pages 88-89. Lighting Techniques, combining exposures, colour correction with levels and digital effects from master photographer Michael Freeman .. . .
Mr Freeman shows what PS can do with masks and grad filters to produce fogs and things. There is one neat use of a Red C/K and using the edge of fence to produce a mask to get that feeeling of depth. This is Michael's book.
TIA
Grazie