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triplej96
05-24-2007, 08:17 AM
I have fmp and magic bullet and they have night presets but I was looking for something a little more realistic? Anybody have any ideas? I'm sure AE can do this I'm just not sure how.

thanks

like this for example http://fxhome.com/visionlab/
natxbrotha
05-25-2007, 05:58 AM
i would love to learn how to change a day shot (including the sky) into a night shot like that link shows... i think they just use a gradient, but i'm not too sure.
africanmarty
05-25-2007, 08:28 AM
I have fmp and magic bullet and they have night presets but I was looking for something a little more realistic? Anybody have any ideas? I'm sure AE can do this I'm just not sure how.

thanks

like this for example http://fxhome.com/visionlab/

i too would love to know how to do this manually.
Drew Ott
05-25-2007, 10:02 AM
http://videocopilot.net/tutorials.html Very first tutorial at the bottom of the page.

That's how to replace the sky. Add a night sky and then apply your filter and tweak it.

Also if you shoot in the "golden hour" which is right when the sun sets, there will not be any shadows but still enough light to shoot.
Zak Forsman
05-25-2007, 10:12 AM
wait twelve hours. it's foolproof.
oneinfiniteloop
05-25-2007, 10:16 AM
Quick and easy way...

create a dark blue solid, comp size, place it over your footage and change the blend mode to overlay. Use levels on your footage to tweak as need, bringing out the yellow will simulate the way light works at night. Curves work well too for that softer rolloff.
Matt Grunau
05-25-2007, 10:39 AM
One thing that is important to remember is that usually night shots do no have hard shadows (unless there is a full moon or you are under a streetlight or something like that) so if you shoot on an overcast day, you will get nice diffuse shadows that are more realistic.

Depends on your location though.

Otherwise and as usual oninf's method will get you there.
Shaw
05-25-2007, 01:24 PM
Always heavily desaturate the image. Human's technically can't see color once the lighting drops below a certain level.
africanmarty
05-28-2007, 02:52 PM
Quick and easy way...

create a dark blue solid, comp size, place it over your footage and change the blend mode to overlay. Use levels on your footage to tweak as need, bringing out the yellow will simulate the way light works at night. Curves work well too for that softer rolloff.


Always heavily desaturate the image. Human's technically can't see color once the lighting drops below a certain level.

so easy yet so effective, good stuff guys :) - marty.