Special Effects in FCP and extensions/filters

We are constructing a rock video and are looking for some strong organic effects, things that don't look canned and we can expand on. Has anyone seen any solid effects packages or manufacturers you would recommend?

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Unfortunately, that's not much to go on, organic. Your gradient wipe is as organic as your grayscale resources. Your flora and fauna resources and presets in Motion are organic by definition. Expanding the presets is nothing more than basic Motion manipulation. Maybe Patrick's book wiol help move you from staring at Motin's interface to messing with it..
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You can find tons of Motion presets with a bit of research. Great backgrounds, prebuilt animations, and grayscales are available from Pixelan, ArtBeats and Digital Juice.
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I looking for something similar or better.
Thanks a bunch in advance everyone,
Zia

Hi Dave,
I am reffering to stuff like Digital Juice Toolkit7 Wedding Tools II.
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Thanks for the info on Infosemantics and their widgets. As a Newbie I wasn't aware of them and their cool, useful products. However, after going through all the tutorials I couldn't figure out how the 'slider' widget would serve my need to simulate a hand-drawn line, from left to right, under text on a Captivate 7 slide. Yes, it can be used to animate (or move) any object, but not to "reveal" an object like the "wipe" animation in other programs.
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FCP and Audio Filters Question.

Hello,
I'm editing this project for a client. I did not shoot it. However, one of the cameras was plugged into the sound board for audio, and the cameraman checked the camera levels and his were fine before shooting. The sound guy didn't check his levels and one of the voices is peaking quite a bit.
I have very little knowledge in audio production/editing. I'm running FCP 5 -- is there any advice anyone could give me within the audio editors of FCP? I also have Soundtrack, but have no experience with it.
I messed with the three-band EQ and took out some low frequencies but received minimal results.
Thanks so much, advice on these forums is always appreciated.
-Matthew
P.S. Can anyone also recommend a free (or relatively inexpensive) program that can create .FLV files from FCP or Quicktime?

Digital audio, once over driven, is a loss. There is no graceful degradation as in analog audio.
Pop over to the soundtrack pro forum, perhaps one of the experienced folks there can offer some help.
FLV 9 files can be generated from Quicktime Pro as H.264 then simply changing the suffix.
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Imovie '11 special effects

i want to use the special effect of "flash and hold last frame". but when i go and click on "clip" in the menu, the drop down under special effects is greyed out. what am i doing wrong?

you can add effects only to clips in a Project …

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I just switched from using IMovie 08 to IMovie HD because I wanted more effects to further enhance my videos etc. However, one of the very odd things I've been running across is when I try to use the special effects (mainly the Earthquake/Electricity) i apply it to my selected tab, however, once it's done applying, a black screen just shows up with just audio and no video.
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Please help this poor noob!

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Can be so many things.
1. Often the free space on the internal hard disk (start-up disk) is less than
25Gb free. When down under 5Gb it goes really strange and very instable.
2. In iMovie up to vers. 6 there can be added plug-ins. They can be faulthy or
missmatch.
3. iMovie has a pref file - rather often this can be corrupted - deleting it forces
iMovie to make a new fresh error free one. (Easiest is to make a new account, log into
this and re-try - works in same way but lot's of more pref files will be made fresh.
To start with.
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How do I get more effects in my action box? I am only showing a few, like BOTTOM BORDERS, LOSE WEIGHT AND SPECIAL EFFECTS. That is all. The turotials I've checked into all show a long list of effects in the actions box. If anyone could help, I appreciate

How do I get more effects in my action box? I am only showing a few, like "Bottom Borders, Losing Weight, Resize and Crop, and Special Effects. And they do not list but a few effects. When I have watched the tutorials, they are showing a long list of effects in the action box. (with a side space bar) I do not. When I have clicked on the little arrow at top, and clicked "Load Actions", a box comes up, but it is blank,saying "no items match your search". I'm lost! If someone could help, it would be much appreciated! I would like to start using this.
Thank you.

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How to install plugin and exta filter in photoshop cs ? and any special filter for special effects ?

how to install plugin and exta filter in photoshop cs ? and any special filter for special effects ?
kindly recommend me any best one and tel me step by step how i will add more plugins n filters

A Plug_in normally come with an installer or install instructions. Check the documentation for the plug-in you trying to install. It sounds like you don't know what plug-ins you want to install. In that case you don't need to install any. At some point you may read about a plug-in and what it can do and feel you have a need for it. Then you will have a reason to install a plug-in that is not installed by default. There may also be a cost involved most worthwhile plug-ins are not free.
Adobe Optional Plug_ins downloads are Plugins Adobe want to remove from Photoshop and no longer install by default. Also at some point in time these will no longer install into the current Photoshop for Adobe will remove feature or interfaces the use. For example the CS5 optional plugins will install in Windows CS6 perpetual version 13.0.1.3 but not in Subscription version 13.1.2 or perpetual Mac version 13.0.6 fot its 64bit only and the Mac CS5 optional plug-in for Picture package is only a 32bit plug-in.
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Style sheets (paragraph and character) not coping Special Effects

Couple of questions about ID CS3. I have been really digging into the guts of the application and can appreciate how powerful it is.
I am having a couple of problems and don't know if it is me or the app.
1. I can not get a NEW Paragraph or Character Style Sheet to copy the Special Effects (specifically the drop shadow and inner glow).
I have tried both by using the eye dropper, and the highlighting etc but nothing works. What am i missing?
2. Also, how can I change the Drop Shadow Distance from the default (.1375in) to something else (ie., .05)? Same thing for the Angle. I also want to change the Distance and Angle for the Inner Glow. I looked in Preferences but could not fine them there. I am afraid to ask when do I use them for Object and when for the text....I will figure that one out by playing with it.
3. And finally, how do I isolate moving an object. Even though the boundary boxes show up that I have a specific object selected, when I put the mouse in there to move it, some object underneath it moves. This is probably some technique I am not doing correctly.
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Hmmmmmm not too sure what you are saying here (faking my way through applying it to a paragraph and anchored objects).
Lets say I have the following:
Chef Salad
We use the freshest lettuce, tomatoes..... bla bla bla
I wanted the name of the menu item (Chef Salad) to be 30 pt, Times New Roman, Red text (no container fill), drop shadow.
Lets also say I want the description (the Bla bla bla) to be 15 pt, Arial, Green text, and small drop shadow.
From what I understood you to say(write), I would have to make a Object style for Chef Salad (and I guess another Object style for the description)given that I want to use special effects.
What has been one of the more confusing things about ID (and believe me, I have been watching hours and hours of Lynda.com, Youtube, and reading a book/DVD on the subject) is when to use paragraph styles, Character styles and now Object styles.
Changing the parameters on these styles is not (to me) the difficulty. When and where to use a particular style is.
I don't want to keep bugging you so if you have someplace that really gets into the proper place and time to use these styles I will go there (if I haven't been there already).
However, if it is pretty easy for you to elaborate some more, that too would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks Bob
PS Nice looking web site you have.... I am up there viewing it now.

Videos and special effects... (?)

Okay I just found these.. they are great! But I was wondering... is anyone else having issues when filming either backlit or in the snow?
My vids are... as best described... "mucky" looking!
Is there not an option to increase the contrast or to 'vivid color' saturate the look?
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===== and for those that do not know about the special effects: =====
Chapter 5 Using the Video Camera page:53
Recording Video with Special Effects
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while recording.
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1 Choose Video Camera from the main menu.
2 Press and hold the Center button to display the video effects palette.
3 Use the Click Wheel to browse the effects, and press the Center button to select one.
The viewfinder screen appears with the selected effect.
4 Press the Center button again to start recording with video effects.
5 Press the Center button to stop recording.
If you exit the Video Camera screen to play back your video, video effects are turned
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Okay, why am I the only one who couldn't figure out how to get Special Effects with my video camera? The User Manual instructions: see pg 7, which is correct and pg 53-54 seem to be written incompletely; and (as I read them) indicate that with "Video Camera" on the screen, the center black button should be held down, thus providing the choices of Special Effects. WRONG. What does provide the array of Special Effects, is to select Video Camera (with the black center button), opening the lens of the camera. Before recording begins, hold the center black button down until the Special Effects are displayed, THEN select one and begin recording with it by quickly depressing the black center button. To end, again depress the black center button.

[svn:fx-trunk] 9287: Fixes bug with shader-transition effects ( AnimateTransitionShader, Wipe, and CrossFade) when acting on targets that either have filters or are inside a hierarchy with filters .

Revision: 9287
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-08-13 15:53:43 -0700 (Thu, 13 Aug 2009)
Log Message:
Fixes bug with shader-transition effects (AnimateTransitionShader, Wipe, and CrossFade) when acting on targets that either have filters or are inside a hierarchy with filters. Fix was to capture the bitmap snapshot of the target without any of its own filters applied and to then use the ShaderFilter in conjunction with the target's filters during the animation.
QE notes: Probably need more tests in this area, now that we handle it
Doc notes: none
Bugs: sdk-20250
Reviewer: Jason
Tests run: Checkintests, Mustella (spark/effects/[AnimateTransitionShader|Wipe|CrossFade])
Is noteworthy for integration: No
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/sdk-20250
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/effects/AnimateTransitionShader.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/effects/supportClasses/AnimateTransiti onShaderInstance.as

Lots to be excited about. BUT...Just updated to 8.1 on one of my computers to test it out...
Sadly, the following issue is NOT fixed for me. Is it with new projects only? I haven't started a new project on 8.1 I've only opened an old project but the issue that I'm referring to which involves also a delay/freeze of anywhere from a few seconds to a MINUTE while the render bar goes from yellow to red and then back to yellow is still there. Boo.
On the list above...
Switching between sequences can turn the render bar red.
This issue is incredibly easy to replicate. I really do hope it gets fixed. Here are the steps:
1) Create two sequences with multiple short clips (the more clips the better)
2) Make sure GPU acceleration is enabled.
3) Add warp stabilizer to the clips in both sequences. Again, the more clips the longer the delay/freeze will be as the render bar goes from YELLOW to RED and then eventually back to YELLOW again.
4) Hit SAVE.
5) Now, toggle between sequences. You'll hit a short delay with a few clips stabilized and a LONG delay with lots stabilized. In my case this delay is around a full minute. The render bar will go from YELLOW to RED and then back to yellow...eventually.
6) Toggle back to the original sequence and the delay occurs again.
7) Once you've toggled between sequences and have gone through this delay, that's it, there is no longer a delay...UNTIL...(and here's the big kicker)...until the project is SAVED again. After that the issue returns when you toggle between sequences. Both saving manually and AUTOSAVING cause this issue. No way around it except not editing with GPU acceleration.
Not sure what the issue is...caching issue when saving maybe? Either way, it stinks and it's still there in 8.1. Big bummer.
Again, lots to be excited about with this release but I really was hopefully this specific issue was resolved.
Sigh.

Color Conversion for blends and Special Effects..

Hi,
I need to change Magenta to cyan for the objects(blends) which was created by the way ( Object -> Blend -> Make) and also for the special effect objects which was created by the way (Effects -> Stylize-> DropShadow/Feather/Arrowheads etc. If i take the typename for blends item means it return PluginItem. How can i change the color for that item. Someone help me.
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Sudha

NEXT Time: If you know you ae shooting for eventual B&W, take along two monitors on set- both set up to bars; then turn off the chroma on one of them. That way you can light for it. Color fools our brains into seeing more detail than is really there. You'll note there's not near enough contrast in the b&w monitor with standard lighting. You'll want a stronger key, you'll want to play some with the shadow detail. If you're a purist about it, take along scopes and an engineer to tweak the camera for you. If it's a rental, be sure to put it back the way you found it! Nothing makes rental houses grumpier than to mess with their pristine gear.

Rocket flames and exhaust special effect (2D graphics)

Hi, does anyone have a 2D special effect for drawing a rocket's flames and exhaust that they would be willing to share (open source only please)? Or, could anyone at least post some hints on how to make some cool special effects?
Thank you.

This sounds like a good place to use a variation of the classic "fire algorithm". It's simpler than a full-fledged "particle system" but can still deliver striking results when done correctly.
The basic principle of the "fire algorithm" is like this:
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Actually, you'll need two identical arrays.
Now, for each iteration of the flame animation:
Each pixel of the next frame is generated from the pixels of the current frame. This is why we use two arrays instead of one. First, for each pixel position, the new value becomes an average of the old values of the position, the pixels to the left and right (or 0 if we're at the left and right borders), and the three pixels below. This results in a good blurring effect, and upward scrolling of the generated image. (You can't do this for the bottom row, obviously; we have something special planned for down there anyway.)
While calculating the new values for all the pixels, also subtract 1 or 2 so the flame gets darker as it reaches the top. Negative values become zero.
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Now, as for actually rendering the fire to the screen, that's probably much trickier in Java than in the languages I'm more used to. (I've made QuickBasic and Turbo Pascal versions of this, but not Java. Yet.)
You'll need a palette, probably divided into three bands: White fading to yellow, yellow fading to red, then red fading to transparent. (Red with an alpha value of zero would probably work best.)
Now, convert your lovely byte array, except for the last two or three rows which will look relatively ugly, into an image, using the palette. (This is the part I don't know how to do in Java.)
You can then use the AffineTransform feature to rotate and stretch the fire image and draw it on the screen whereever it's needed. (I'm actually not sure how to do this, either.)
I really need to try this some time!
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Lost special effects sounds from video and no sounds available to reload.

the special effect audio is no longer available to insert into the video.
one of the special effects audio I inserted is no longer playing.

Try doing a reset on the iPhone,
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Don't worry about doing this as you will not lose data or settings.
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Special effect audio Filters

I am looking for some special effects audio filters, ie. convert a recorded voice into a computer synthesised voice.
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Regards

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