black and white to color

videomojo

videomojo

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Hello everyone...

I have a color logo that I want to start in b&w, then slowly bring it back to its original color.

Is there an easy way to do this in Vegas 7?

Thanks!
 
Put the logo in the timeline, load the B&W plugin on the logo and add two keyframes at the bottom of the B&W plugin window: one towards the beginning of the keyframe scene/timeline, and one on the last (or one of the last) frames of the scene/timeline. On the first keyframe set the blend amount to 1.000, and then on the second keyframe get it down to 0. The logo will then morph from B&W to color. :)
 
Easiest way is to split it in two. On the first one, make it BW. Leave the second one color. Push them together for a crossfade. Adjust the length of the clips to taste.
 
While this is easiest for the user, it is not the way that will yield more quality or rendering speed. Using the BW filter with keyframes is a simpler operation algorithmically for Vegas, than to have two clips on top of each other trying to cross fade (and using more cpu/ram too on the way).
 
thanks for the suggestions!

do any of you have any favorite ways of making digital video look like old b&w film? So far, I've used the obvious film effects (scratches & dust) and softened the border edge...any other tricks that are personal favorites?
 
Eugenia Loli-Queru said:
While this is easiest for the user, it is not the way that will yield more quality or rendering speed. Using the BW filter with keyframes is a simpler operation algorithmically for Vegas, than to have two clips on top of each other trying to cross fade (and using more cpu/ram too on the way).
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No one will ever notice a difference, especially in DV. Besides, any render time save is eaten up establishing the keyframes.
 
videomojo said:
thanks for the suggestions!

do any of you have any favorite ways of making digital video look like old b&w film? So far, I've used the obvious film effects (scratches & dust) and softened the border edge...any other tricks that are personal favorites?
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Play with the color curve -- push down the lower left side; bring up the upper right side. This will make the blacks deeper, add more contrast to the image, and also help to accentuate noise in the midtones, giving it a grainier look.
 
thank you, David. It's looking very good. I've just learned to use the track motion to do the "two box" split-screen look...love track motion!

Are you doing any more boot camps this year?
 
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