Using Bump Map Spotlight.

Grazie wrote on 8/24/2005, 7:46 AM


I did a job yestrerday, complex lighting setup for me - soft box, key light, gold and white reflectors and a "talking head" - came back and reviewed footage. It was good .. but I wanted a more "layers" more interest. Using slight/small/considered use of the Bump Map Spotlight helped to "pull" the lighting around the talent. This just blew me away.

This package is unbelievable! - I guess this is the same for other NLEs - but doing this stuff on the fly using Loop Editing allowed me to SEE my slight changes as and when. Slow rendering? Nah, doesn't worry me. When I've got this type of responsive and immediacy in editing software - I'll take it any day. I can wait for faster machines. Freedom for my own "creativity" and edit decisions wont - Vegas is there all the time for me.

Grazie

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busterkeaton wrote on 8/24/2005, 1:04 PM
Grazie,

Can you post before and after pics or maybe a small clip with the effects off and then on?

Paul_Holmes wrote on 8/24/2005, 7:29 PM
My last family film used a bump map spotlight shining down from the upper left to the lower right (somewhat wide and subtle) in the last series of scenes which were action-packed (sports) and accompanied by a good jazz riff.

It was the closing moments of the movie and, with glow and warming colors, it created a unique nostalgic look. I credit Celluloid for having helped me create it because even though I didn't use Cellulod for the look I learned the possiblities of the bump map FX through studying David Jimerson's FX. Not only can Cellulod give you great ambience but you get an education in the possiblilities inherent in so many Vegas FX and create your own unique variations.
DJPadre wrote on 8/24/2005, 8:15 PM
This package is unbelievable! - I guess this is the same for other NLEs - but doing this stuff on the fly using Loop Editing allowed me to SEE my slight changes as and when. Slow rendering? Nah, doesn't worry me. When I've got this type of responsive and immediacy in editing software - I'll take it any day. I can wait for faster machines. Freedom for my own "creativity" and edit decisions wont - Vegas is there all the time for me.

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THIS is what I call REALTIME.. none of this having to prerender to a new file to get a proper frame accurate preview...
All these realtime cards mean nothing if your workflow is constantly balked by having the need to prerender.
I mean realtime mpg encoding?? But i can get 65fps using main concept encoder.... which is faster than realtime anyway.. so these hardware cards are slowly but surely becoming obsolete.
Either way, like you, Id rather render once, (usually when i go to bed ;O) )
Grazie wrote on 8/24/2005, 11:11 PM
DJP! Oh yes, oh very much yes! . .and Vegas tools that keep driving my creativity and keep out of my way are the ones that will do it for me.

Eventually I wont Vegas to be "touch-screen" capable and kinda whiteboard responsive - bit like Mr T Cruise's "Minority Report" detective working on clues using virtual media? - Now THAT'S for me! .. but TODAY!

BK? Sorry can't release that exact item - no web release on or from the Talent - and it is a local government too project.

I'll see if I can knock something up for you though ... got an email? I have . .don't see yours on your details?

Best regards,

Grazie

PS: . . . . This software, even after 3 years . .is still waking me up FAR too early on a London morning!

David Jimerson wrote on 9/15/2005, 12:29 PM
"It was the closing moments of the movie and, with glow and warming colors, it created a unique nostalgic look. I credit Celluloid for having helped me create it because even though I didn't use Cellulod for the look I learned the possiblities of the bump map FX through studying David Jimerson's FX. Not only can Cellulod give you great ambience but you get an education in the possiblilities inherent in so many Vegas FX and create your own unique variations. "

Thanks, Paul! I think the Bump Map is an incredible tool and it's useful for a lot more than just making things look embossed.