How can i smoothen in the apparition of video effects?

Pyo wrote on 4/8/2022, 8:44 AM

Title says it all.
I've been using Vegas for some years now but I recently came up with this problem when i wanted to make my videos more "professional". For example, when I try to make a part black & white, I use the black and white effect, pretty straight forward, but it feels kind of odd that it just suddenly changes (one frame has color and the next is completely black and white). I would like to find a way to make this effect appear slowly and smoothly. Is there a way to do this or do I just have to overlap the same video on diferent tracks to get the effect?

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Dexcon wrote on 4/8/2022, 8:50 AM

You don't have to change tracks. Simply split the video event on the one track and create a dissolve by extending one of the split events over the other by the 'dissolve' length that you want. Apply the B&W FX to the first or second split video event, whichever you want, and then you will have a dissolve from color to B&W or vice-versa.

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alifftudm95 wrote on 4/8/2022, 8:58 AM

1) You can crossfade between colored & B&W clip within the same event.

2) You can get super fancy using Luma mask (complicated edit) that slowly reveal the clip from Black to white or white to black between overlapping colored & B&W clip

 

 

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Jack S wrote on 4/8/2022, 8:58 AM

@Pyo As @Dexcon says. But it's much simpler to keyframe the 'Black and White FX' Blend Amount from 0 to 1. You can then use the interpolation modes to get the kind of transform rate you want.

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Former user wrote on 4/8/2022, 9:42 AM

@Pyo Hi, depending on which version of Vegas your using you can added the B&W fx to an Adjustment track & use the Level to fade in the B&W, this will affect all tracks below that Adjustment track regardless of cuts or fades on other events below.

PS I've just discovered that if the Adjustment track is made a parent, the 'fx adjustment' is only applied to the children of that group 😁👍

The bottom non-child is the background

 

Musicvid wrote on 4/8/2022, 9:46 AM

@Pyo As @Dexcon says. But it's much simpler to keyframe the 'Black and White FX' Blend Amount from 0 to 1. You can then use the interpolation modes to get the kind of transform rate you want.

This is the best answer IMO because it is the most versatile. @Jack S

Pyo wrote on 4/9/2022, 9:44 AM

@Jack S OMG thank you so much it was literally the easiest thing in the world and I didn't see it!!