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Glow Effect For Images Instead of Text
IntegratedConsultants [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Aug 02, 2011 17:04 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Sep 06, 2011 21:59
If you select the Title Room tab and select 'Glow' you will see a preview of some text with a cool glow effect.

My question is this: How can I do the same thing with an image... like perhaps 'Crown-002'?

Thanks!
CubbyHouseFilms
Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline
[Post New] Sep 06, 2011 22:17
Hi

In the Effect Room insert the Glow Effect and shorten the effect to say 1 sec.

By double clicking the Effect you can adjust the Blur Radius and Glow Level.

Happy editing Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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IntegratedConsultants [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Aug 02, 2011 17:04 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Sep 06, 2011 22:35
Quote: Hi

In the Effect Room insert the Glow Effect and shorten the effect to say 1 sec.

By double clicking the Effect you can adjust the Blur Radius and Glow Level.

Happy editing


I appreciate the help, however the problem with that technique is that the effect is limited to the 'outline' of the object. In other words, the inside of the object glows, but not the outside (where the transparency is).

CubbyHouseFilms
Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline
[Post New] Sep 07, 2011 01:02
Hi

Have you an example you can share with us - Youtube link or other, to better understand your query.

Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
[Post New] Sep 07, 2011 01:06
Hi there -

Neil's advice was good.

It's how you set the keyframes for blur radius & glow level that affect how much glow you get.

I hope the screen capture attached helps.

Cheers - Tony
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IntegratedConsultants [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Aug 02, 2011 17:04 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Sep 07, 2011 10:56
You guys are the best. Was that a video from the past or did you just make it? Funny coincidence because I'm making film about religion and I noticed that picture in your library.

Unfortunately, I think I may have accidentally painted myself in a corner here, because as you can see in my example files I actually came up with a way of doing the glow (before my original post)... but via a transition.

The problem was that anytime I put in a background image, the glow wouldn't work anymore.

Being new at this, I thought maybe there was a better way.

The most frustrating part is that I really love how the glow looks in my example file. It's just what I wanted... but again there can be no background.

Maybe I can export it and re-import it to add the background via chroma key? If so, how can I export as lossless?

Thanks!
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LionKing.zip
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PD9 FILES
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806 Kbytes
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439 time(s)
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LionKing.wmv
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MOVIE
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120 Kbytes
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382 time(s)

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Pax 123 [Avatar]
Senior Member Location: Miami, Florida Joined: Feb 25, 2010 06:35 Messages: 282 Offline
[Post New] Sep 07, 2011 12:42
Very neat. Thanks!

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ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
[Post New] Sep 07, 2011 15:53
IntegratedConsultants -

I just tried to apply ChromaKey to a produced file from your project (AVC H.264 1920x1080), and it wasn't very successful. After I overlaid the video on a still background image, the glow became more like a solid blob. YUK!

The difficulty is getting the level right - balancing between the ghosting & the soft edge on the glow. Chroma Key is one of PD's weaker links.

I made that little video (yesterday) just to show what could be done. I had the crown on Jesus' head at first, but decided not to post in case it caused offence. It worked equally well on a background image the way I did it.

Cheers - Tony
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