Hi Bjorn

Do you use it stand alone or as plugin?

Thanks

/Ulf

Plug-in.

Are you thinking of their still image filters?

I don't use those (because I haven't had the need).

Thanks, Bjorn.

"Are you thinking of their still image filters?"

According to their Web site, it comes as a stand alone for the video, too. At least that was my understanding.

It looks like you can work with video, but not as a plugin from within Vegas, and not with codecs that are only available from with Vegas (like m2t HDV). Yes I suppose I could use it, but only after converting to a codec like Cineform, and only by processing the clips outside of my editing environment.

Discussed previously I believe. I see nothing new.

One filter package I did find after seeing some amazing uses of it on a local photogtraphy forum is Fractalius.

None of the sample images in the gallery do it justice. It can produce some eerie outcomes when used on the right subject. I doubt it'd work on a moving image though as it works by looking for fractal patterns in the image. The Redfield site does have a couple of free PS plugins that look useful if you're a PS user.

Getting back to real filters that go in front of the lens, there seems to be three companies whose products are standard fare in this game. That's Schneider, Formatt and Panchro for ND filters. We've got a set of Panchro NDs. Cost a small fortune but they are very good. Pretty much made to order. One DP has made good use of them in front of our EX3 to tame the Australian sun.

Bob.

I see nothing new.

These are the major changes from V1 to V2:

Filter Changes – All Versions
Light
- A Subtract blend mode has been added to the Light > Blend menu. This allows you to use the light patterns to add shadow instead of light.
- Light > GamColor Presets have been renamed to Gels.
- The Light > Displacement algorithm was re-written.
- Shapes have been categorized according to their series.
- Shape > Gam Pattern has been renamed to Category.
- The Shape group has been renamed to Gobo.

Nude/FX
Nude/FX has been moved to the HFX Grads/Tints category.

Rack Focus
A Threshold parameter has been added to limit the amount of out-of-focus points of light.

Vari-Star
A Threshold parameter has been added to limit the amount of stars.

Saturation
Saturation algorithm has been improved in all filters.

Color Correct Group
The Color Correct group has been added to the following plug-ins:
- Black Pro-Mist
- Bronze Glimmer Glass
- Cool Pro-Mist
- Diffusion
- Glimmer Glass
- Pro-Mist
- Warm Black Pro-Mist
- Warm Pro-Mist
- Glow


New Filters
Ambient Light
Ambient creates light without a defined source and contributes to the overall brightness of a scene without casting shadows.

Close-Up Lens
Simulates close-up lenses that allow you to zoom in extra close using high quality digital filtering.

Dot
Dots are circular lighting control devices used to create shadow areas on a motion picture or photographic set. This concept has been extended to a digital flag so that areas of the image can be selectively darkened.

Eye Light
Creates a targeted light to be placed around a person's eyes.

Flag
Flags are rectangular lighting control devices used to create shadow areas on a motion picture or photographic set. This concept has been extended to a digital flag so that areas of the image can be selectively darkened.

Gobo
Gobo is similar to the Light filter except it uses Rosco gels and gobo patterns. The Rosco range presently includes over 1300 standard gobo designs in the following categories: Breakups, Foliage Breakups, Trees & Flowers, Abstract, Graphics, Graphics & Grills, Rotation, Symbols & Signs, World Around Us, Churches & Heraldics, Windows, Doors & Blinds, Boundaries & Wildlife, Clouds & Sky, Water & Sky, Fire & Ice, Architectural & Retail, Occasions & Holidays and Text.

HFX® Star
Exciting and dazzling star effects are generated from original point or reflected light sources with the added glitter and sparkle of these exclusive, natural looking asymmetrical designs and shapes. Great for water scenes, candle flames, street lights and more.

Haze
Reduces excessive blue by absorbing UV light and eliminates haze which tends to wash out color and image clarity.

High Contrast
Creates an extreme high contrast image.

Ice Halos
Ice halos are created when small ice crystals in the atmosphere generate halos by reflecting and refracting light. Most notably, circles form around the sun or moon as well as rare occurrences when the entire sky is painted with a web of arcing halos.

Rainbow
Recreates arced rainbows of spectral colors, usually identified as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, that appear in the sky as a result of the refractive dispersion of sunlight in drops of rain or mist.

Sepia
Creates a warm brown tone for that nostalgic feeling.

Sky
Reduces UV light, haze and is pink tinted for added warmth and better colors. It is especially useful for images shot in outdoor open shade and on overcast days.

Soft Contrast
Soft Contrast diminishes highlights while retaining the darker look of the shadows.

Soft Light
Provides soft, digitally diffused and virtually shadowless light.

Warm Center Spot
Combines the benefits of Center Spot with a warming filter making it ideal for portraits and skintones.

Warm Polarizer
Combines the benefits of the Polarizer with a warming filter making it ideal for portraits and scenics.

Water Droplets
Simulates the circular, rainbow colored optical effects produced by tiny water droplets in clouds, mist and fog.

Wide Angle Lens
Simulates the effect of a wide angle lens.

812® Warming
The 812® Warming filter, a Tiffen exclusive, improves skintones and is ideal for portraits taken on a cloudy day or in outdoor shade on a sunny day.

"Warm Polarizer
Combines the benefits of the Polarizer with a warming filter making it ideal for portraits and scenics"

"Sky
Reduces UV light, haze and is pink tinted for added warmth and better colors. It is especially useful for images shot in outdoor open shade and on overcast days."


Like I said I see nothing new. You simply cannot do this after the image hits the film or the sensors in the camera.
Perhaps Tiffen are assuming people realise the limitations of post processing. They could be useful plugins to get partial emulation if you forgot to put the filter on the camera. Maybe there is such a warning on their site or in the package, I might have missed it.

Bob.

The Polarizer mimics the saturation increase you get with an optical pol filter. Obviously the reduction of reflections part of the pol filter won't be happening.

Sky mimics the reduction of the false blue effect that you'd get with an optical Skylight filter.

I never used either of these in the package, but some of the others are very much timesaving.