Gradient tints in video (aka filters)?

entilza72 wrote on 9/20/2009, 10:03 PM
Hi gang,

Sorry for the dumb question, but I need to be able to give a client an answer ASAP and I don't have access to my Vegas suite to check it for another 4 hours ...

Does anyone know off-hand if you can create a gradient in vegas (or in photoshop for that matter) and tint it in Vegas, to achieve the same effect as a Grad Filter on a camera? And do this without a plug-in?

Vegas 9 64 bit.

If you can do it (doesn't matter if its a bit of a pain), is it a visually passable alternative?

First with the right answer gets my undying admiration. lol

Thanks!
Jason

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Chienworks wrote on 9/20/2009, 10:10 PM
Sure. Place the video on two tracks in sync, one above the other. Add the tint to one of the videos. Create a mask either in a photo editor or generated media that is a gradient from white to black. Use this as a mask on the higher video track. Where it's white you'll see the upper track, where it's black you'll see the lower track. As it fades from white to black you'll see an smoothly changing blend from one track to the other.
entilza72 wrote on 9/20/2009, 10:13 PM
Ah of course - in the heat of the moment I couldn't see the forest for the trees!

Thanks dude - one package of unending admiration coming your way! :-P

Cheers,
Jason
kkolbo wrote on 9/21/2009, 8:29 AM

That's working too hard.

On the track above the video, place a two color linear gradient from the media generator. Make the lower color of the gradient transparent. You can adjust the overall transparency using the event transparency.
entilza72 wrote on 9/21/2009, 3:30 PM
Thanks kkolbo - that's pretty much exactly what I was hoping could be done. You too have my undying admiration. I only have so much admiration to give though, so that will have to do for the time being.

Still interested in hearing other's ideas - I love how there's several ways to crack a nut with Vegas!

Cheers,
Jason
Opampman wrote on 9/22/2009, 6:35 AM
Been using kkolbo's method for years. It works great and allowed me to eliminate all those special filters from my camera cases. Plus, if you don't like the effect, you've still got the clean footage to work with. And you can change the intensity, angle and all after the fact.