Simulating few colors

Eugenia wrote on 11/30/2007, 2:42 PM

Is there any way to make each frame only use like 16 or 32 colors or something. I am interesting in creating a banding and merging of colors. For example, if there are 4 mil shades of red in a picture, merge them all in 3-4 only red-ish colors. I know i can do that with a graphics editor, Paint Shop Pro lets me do that, but how would you do that on Vegas? I need the effect for one of my pet projects...

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Chienworks wrote on 11/30/2007, 7:48 PM

Use color curves and make a stair-step slope instead of a straight or curved line. The more steps you add, the more colors you'll have.

This effect is called "posterization".

Eugenia wrote on 12/1/2007, 1:20 AM

Thanks, this helped! I achieved the look I was after:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/01/artistic-color-grading/

Grazie wrote on 12/1/2007, 2:33 AM

Thanks for sharing Eugenia - g