Pane of glass effect.

farss wrote on 3/8/2009, 6:21 AM

Watch CSI Miami intro you'll see what I'm talking about. Looks simple enough, GB inside a mask except what I think sells it is the edges. I'm unsure exactly what they're doing to the edge as it's so small it's hard to see to know where to start.

Bob.

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/8/2009, 7:26 AM

something about it discussed here.

I remember this comming up before & this was linked to.

I don't see how it can't be done in vegas, I didn't try the edges but did get a fuzzy-glassy look.

farss wrote on 3/8/2009, 8:01 AM

The edges are the key, the rest is pretty easy.
The COW tutorial on doing it in AE was pretty much what I was thinking, add a bevel. This could be done in Vegas using the Border FX as it has a bevel. Only issue is it looks like the bevel used in CSI is only on two sides or it's not symetric. In the end probably easier to do in AE as doing it in Vegas would mean lots of nests but I might give it a whirl in Vegas just for the heck of it.

Bob.

Tom Pauncz wrote on 3/8/2009, 3:54 PM

Bob,
If you ever get it to work, I'd be curious to know how. I have often wondered if it could be done in Vegas.
BTW .. in your first post, what is GB? Must be having a senior moment. :-)
Tom

Avanti wrote on 3/8/2009, 4:02 PM

I did this years ago with Vegas, bevels and all. I'll see if I can look up how I did it and get back tomorrow. You can see it in the beginning of the Houston Boychoir video on my website.

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farss wrote on 3/8/2009, 5:32 PM

"what is GB?"

Gaussian Blur.

Bob.

Tom Pauncz wrote on 3/8/2009, 5:39 PM

DUH!
Thanks Bob.