Question: My camera was on a tripod, so my shots are stable. How can I simulate an earthquake taking place in the scene?
Answer: To make your footage shake like an earthquake, simply add the Earthquake effect from NewBlue Motion Effects to your video clip. There you can adjust the settings giving you anything from a minor tremor to a massive earthquake. You can also use the Motion Effects Active Camera effect to simulate recording from a handheld camera. With the many presets available, you can quickly and easily add just the right amount of movement to your footage.
With NewBlue Motion Effects, you can easily add anything from gentle movements (to make it look like hand-held footage) to full earthquake shaking. The 10 specialized video filters add movement to your images through a variety of proven motion techniques, such as spin, roll and shake. Using them, you can blur the images, ripple the frame, or warp the image to increase the energy level or create action effects.
Meet Dan Douglas, founder of Plug Video Productions. His interest in making movies began early. At fourteen he was consumed (maybe even obsessed) with recording family events using a VHS camera and a hip-mounted VCR and battery pack. On a nice summer day you wouldn’t find him outside playing, like other kids. Douglas was inside editing video footage - and today we have Plug Video Productions.
Dan Douglas
In this edition of Tips & Techniques, Todor Fay shows you how to use Motion Blends to quickly and easily create beautiful animated title wipes. Motion Blends transitions work with alpha transparency, so that the same motion oriented transitions that twist, roll, and shake one scene into another can also be softened and applied to text letters with elegant results.
Looking for an easy way to add interest to your latest project? Take a look at Motion Blends and Motion Effects. With 20 plugins and over 200 presets, Motion Blends and Motion Effects will move your scenes and your audiences. Motion Blends features transitions that spin, roll, twist, and twirl to add life to your scenes and engage your viewers, while Motion Effects increases the energy and creates action by blurring, rippling, and warping. It can even simulate an earthquake. Shake things up this summer - give NewBlue Motion Blends and Motion Effects a whirl!
