soft look

1. komlor
   Member

   
   http://www.bridalvideography.com/Sample/Video/TimeReel/DSL/TimeQuickDSL.html
   
   OK, how do they get this soft look?

   Posted 6 years ago #

2. DVine
   Member

   
   i have done this effect in final cut pro, though you could aplly these steps to any editing software.
   
   1. Assemble your timeline.
   2. duplicate your sequence on top of itself.
   3. on the bottom sequence, go into color correction and bring up your highlights, brign them up all the way. It will look a little blown.
   4. Do this to every individual clip.
   5. Then add a gaussian blur to each clip, play around with the strength. Try 30 percent first.
   6. Then, go back to the sequence on top. Drop the opacity on each clip about 56 percent.
   7. Voila!

   Posted 6 years ago #

3. komlor
   Member

   
   thanks, I'll be sure to try this nd let you know how it turned out. Hopefully all goes well

   Posted 6 years ago #

4. Jonathan Decker
   Member

   
   You need to check out Sapphire plugins' "SoftFocus" plugin. It gives you that wedding/love scene edge blur. Flippin' cool.

   Posted 6 years ago #

5. Rocktooloud
   Member

   
   The Matrox RT.X100 has this effect also. You can apply it in realtime, and add slo-mo and other things in realtime.

   Posted 6 years ago #

6. DVine
   Member

   
   The way i described can be used in nearly every non linear editing system. Its actually better to do it by hand and not rely on plug ins.
   
   plug ins are awesome, but sometimes the lighting diffrences make some shots look blown while others look soft the way they are supposed to.

   Posted 6 years ago #

7. moundzou
   Member

   
   Dvine, thanks for the tutorial.. I've always used a plugin for that effect but the control you have doing it manually is much better.
   
   Great Tip!

   Posted 6 years ago #

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