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jrazz wrote on 7/27/2007, 12:18 PM
Yeah, the more you saturate the reds, the more issue you will have with blockiness. You might want to apply a horizontal or vertical guassian blur at .02 to correct it.

As for a certain look, take a look at Patrick's music videos and his information on color grading. He used a 35mm adpator I believe and filmed in 4:3.

Another biggie I think would be to watch other videos of the same genre and see what gives them that look (cam angles, movements, dolly pulls, etc.) and make that your own. See how they utilize slow motion, reverse motion, flames, feathers, etc. See what color contrasts they use, what lighting they prefer, is it soft contrasts or high contrasts, etc.

Watch a lot of music videos and glean from them.

j razz
goodtimej wrote on 7/27/2007, 12:32 PM
Thanks for the quick reply

I already shot it, so everything is on the tape already so to speak. I am simply looking for hints on software effects enhancement within Vegas. I will def take a look at that little blur for sure, though.
GlennChan wrote on 7/27/2007, 1:28 PM
If you are having problems to blocky reds if shooting on DV, apply the chroma blur filter. It kind of fixes things (though if you look carefully, and depending on the camera, all the chroma may be shifted to the right; chroma blur doesn't fix that).
vicmilt wrote on 7/27/2007, 4:26 PM
Try "Sony Light Rays" filter and jiggle around the settings.
Play with it a lot with stronger and weaker setting and different directions for the backlight. Change settings for each scene.

It will give you an instant "look", that should be especially appealing for a soft "roses and flowers" music spot.
FuTz wrote on 7/29/2007, 9:02 AM
GLOW it ! (didn't say "overglow" but "glow"...)