Setting up this composite

newUzer wrote on 9/9/2008, 2:27 AM
Hello,

Ok, I have a clip of dark scene in which bright flashes of laser light impinge on an object. No problem there. To isolate the flashes of light, I've gone to a point in the clip where there is no flash, created a still image, and then used this as a child of the former track. After setting the composite mode to difference, I get bright flashes of light on essentially a black background. Now, without moving the camera, I light the scene normally, and create a still. I put this on a track above the former parent/child track, and then adjust the opacity until the overal scene looks 'right'. My question is: Is there another (better) way of doing this? I'm thinking along the lines of all the black in the former parent/child track becoming alpha, and then I put the parent/child track over the well lit still.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 9/9/2008, 4:27 AM
You don't say exactly what you are trying to accomplish, but i'm guessing you want the laser light flashes to show up on the normally lit scene, correct? Have you tried the various compositing modes? How about Lighten?
JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/9/2008, 5:44 AM
On a scene that has a black/dark background, I would use the Sony Mask Generator to create a black & white mask and then use that mask to composite the footage using Multiply (mask) mode.

~jr
Rory Cooper wrote on 9/9/2008, 7:12 AM
Have you thought of using the noise generators to create the extra light flashes e-mail me through my xfx and I can send you some veg files to give you an idea