VF Effect Question

Bud808 wrote on 10/21/2002, 2:17 PM

I'm a disappointed VW5 "user" currently fence sitting afa my next dive into vid editing software. I'm completely non techie but competent end user. I did a forum search and came up with results only for Vegas wrt my question

- is it possible (difficult?) to pixelate (mask?) a portion (face) of video. Or something that creates a similar effect? I'm guessing, the more movement the more complicated...

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 10/21/2002, 4:15 PM

This effect can be done quite nicely and easily in both VideoFactory and Vegas. The only real difference is that Vegas offers keyframes so that you can have the pixelated area follow the movement of the subject in the frame. VideoFactory only has start & end points, so every time the subject changes speed or direction you'll have to split the effect into a new clip; slightly more work, but not really difficult.

IanG wrote on 10/21/2002, 5:27 PM

Well, I thought of copying the clip onto the overlay track so that it's aligned with the original, pixelating it and then using the cookie cutter. Is there an easier or more direct way?

Cheers

Ian G.

Chienworks wrote on 10/21/2002, 6:23 PM

IanG: that is the way to do it.