dip to color dissolves  

Carrington Benz

Carrington Benz

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Hi,
 
 
I keep seeing this effect that I like recently - it seems to be some sort of dip to color dissolve that is used in alot of dream sequences or memory lapse images ie: someone thinking back.
I have seen it on films like "seven" or "the game" & more recently in "minority report". It seems to be like a dip to color dissolve that   blows out natrualy - as if it was sunlight turning up the intensity very quickly.It adds a very dreamy but slightly nihgtmare-ish edge   to a sequence.Its very hard to describe as you already know by my post here but, I have seen it on this guy's short film here: http://www.rafaelmacho.com/qt32.html
Its called "oil & water" some of you may have already seen it
He posted it here a while back & it has the same sort of feel of what I am talking about.
 
Any thought's or feedback on how to acheive this effect would be very cool
 
I have tried the obvious "dip to color" in fcp but it doesn't seem to be as smooth & warm glowish as the one's i've seen in the above film's mentioned etc
Just had another look at the oil&water film & the effect is near the begining - it seems to be a pulsating brightness going ? but, it's similar... not the actual effect.
 
Re: dip to color dissolves  

Doesn't look like a dip to color dissolve to me. More like a transition effect using brightness and contrast changes back and fourth between the original footage and the effect he created.

My suggestion would be to select your areas you want to lighten and play with the timing of transition disolves at either ends of those selections. Probably a tedious process if you're going to do as often as he did in his film.

Storyteller32
http://www.industryofwar.com
 
Re: dip to color dissolves  

Looks to me also like keyframing of the saturation and brightness. I just did a quick sample with a pic I had in FCP and it worked. Just drop in the color-corrector filter, keyframe at the point you want it to begin and then jump to where you want it to end. Place another keyframe there and then adjust your levels until you acheive the look you want.

Hope this helps,
Chico
 
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