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JackW wrote on 11/8/2008, 10:57 AM
Don't know about a 3rd party filter, but have you tried "Levels" and "Curves" in Vegas?

Jack
Sebaz wrote on 11/8/2008, 11:07 AM
I tried levels but it doesn't get me the results I want. I'll try with curves.
Serena wrote on 11/8/2008, 2:37 PM
The Adobe highlights/shadows tool works by creating a mask around highlights and then processing the masked and unmasked regions separately using levels. Formerly (before I got CS3) I always did that process manually (draw a soft mask around the highlight, select/copy/paste to create a highlight layer, adjust layers with levels/curves, flatten image). In fact the manual process can still give superior results.
So that is the process you have to duplicate in Vegas, but motion does make it more tedious.
MMOODY wrote on 11/8/2008, 3:54 PM
Have you tired Magic Bullet Looks? The $99 upgrade from Red Giant will work on your Vegas 8 Pro installation without you having to buy the full $400 retail version. I'ts quite the tool for post-production color correction... It truly is a Magic Bullet.

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/categories/color-correction/magic-bullet-looks/


You can also get a free version that is not as complete called Vegas Movie Looks. You can download it for free from here. http://tinyurl.com/MBMLHD

Grazie wrote on 11/8/2008, 10:47 PM
Try the SONY BUMP Map Fx.

Take out EVERYTHING that relates to height and so on.

Try spotlight and the ambiance settings.

Move the OBJECT and SOURCE positions. You end up with highlighting specific DARKS and darkening specific BRIGHTS.

Works for me.

Grazie
GlennChan wrote on 11/9/2008, 2:17 AM
velvet matter looks like it has the closest thing to this, short of doing compositing in Vegas to emulate the effect (which would take up a few tracks).

*I haven't used the VM product, but judging from the demo it looks like it does something like this with fill light.