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Creating a fire effect

Saruto
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Apr 2, 2006, 12:09 AM

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Ok, I'm using Sony Vegas and I'm a bit of a noob at at but I'm very good with Photoshop. CS and 7.0. So, my question is that i want to create a sort of fire transition effect in my video to change scenes (i.e. the edges or entire clip burn away to show the next clip). Any tips on how I would do this is appreciated. I have no problem dealing with time consuming methods or anything. Thanks.

adtr
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Apr 2, 2006, 3:49 AM

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Cut some card to shape, burn it and film it. Fire effects always look better from real life.

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Saruto
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Apr 2, 2006, 6:31 PM

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That's a cool idea, I'll try it but any digital options?

Saruto
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Apr 2, 2006, 7:06 PM

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Found a program called particleillusion, I might use that for a digital option...any other tips are cool still though.

AndrewMSV
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Apr 3, 2006, 5:41 PM

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I'm not a Vegas guy, but if you're good with photoshop and if Vegas can use custom alpha map transitions, then create a grayscale alpha matte with a series of gradients that look like burn marks.
Import it into Vegas (again, I don't even know what Vegas can and can't do) and use it as a custom alpha map transition.

Here's a quickie one I did with Edius just to show you what I mean...

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harman
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Apr 9, 2006, 4:32 AM

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Maybe a combination... I'm sure i've found this effect on some tutorial site before, but I just came across this, which might help:

http://www.graphic-design.com/...rned_hole/index.html

and an old one:

http://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm

Saruto
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Apr 9, 2006, 4:24 PM

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Thanks, I'll look at them both.

mcguyver
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Apr 18, 2006, 8:46 AM

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There's a stock footage CD called Pyromania that had exactly the type of effects (using real fire) you describe. Try Googleing for it.

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Saruto
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Apr 18, 2006, 9:55 PM

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Lol, the stuff on there is like 75 - 99 dollars a cd....that's way outtamy budget which is like...0 dollars.