OT - - Binocular Shaped Overlay

Jim H wrote on 6/2/2007, 6:56 PM
Has anyone got a jpg with the shape of a Binocular point of view? You know the black masking layer to overlay onto video that simulates what some one is looking at through Binoculars?

I could draw one with a couple of circles, but I'm not sure that's the right shape.... I'd even take a screen shot from some old film if anyone can find one. Thanks!

Comments

jimmyz wrote on 6/2/2007, 7:54 PM
cookie cutter with 2 circles sized of course and feathered
Serena wrote on 6/2/2007, 8:01 PM
Of course the "binocular view" is a fiction, because that's not what you see looking through binoculars. You see a circle because both fields are precisely overlapped. If not you quickly get a headache and it isn't possible to separate the fields as in the traditional film representation. About time that error was expunged!.
DrLumen wrote on 6/2/2007, 9:40 PM
Yeah, it is old but a good effect because those circles are practically iconic.

That is is like the universal symbol for binocs.

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navydoc wrote on 6/3/2007, 5:25 AM
Be sure any overlay is blurred to make it a bit more realistic. Here's a quick template I made with photoshop in .png format.

binoc template

Here's a sample image with the binoc overlay (image is slightly risque).

Doc
AlanC wrote on 6/4/2007, 1:42 AM
Jim, there is some usefull stuff here http://www.hitthebongo.co.uk/videofx/2005/08/sniper-scope-overlays.htmlBinoculars, Sniper Sights etc.[/link]