An exclusive selection of NewBlue's
top transitions
and effects in an incredibly-priced package.
For those of you new to our effects
and transitions, our new Sampler Pack is a great way to discover
the power of
NewBlueFX.
For the low, low price of $49.95, the NewBlue
Sampler Pack features transitions and effects
from our best-selling
NewBlueFX collections. We carefully chose examples
that illustrate the aesthetics and utility of each offering
and in many cases, streamlined the control set to maintain critical
features, yet make them even easier to use
The NewBlue Sampler Pack includes these transitions:
3D Confetti, from 3D
Explosions, which turns the first scene into bits
of three-dimensional confetti that blow off the screen to
reveal the second scene.
3D Pizza Boxes, from 3D
Transformations, which slices your first scene into
what looks like a stack of spinning pizza boxes that combine
to form your second scene.
Color Melt, from Art
Blends, morphs between two clips by expanding and
softening the colors.
Smear, from Motion
Blends, blurs the image along a motion axis as it
transitions between scenes.
Paper Collage, from Paint
Blends, which blends between two clips as it builds
the video image from layers of colored paper.
The NewBlue Sampler Pack includes
these effects:
Active Camera, from Motion
Effects, which simulates every variety of camera
jitter, from agitated hand-held to jackhammer to a gentle
train ride.
Air Brush, from Art
Effects, which creates an airbrushed effect by smoothing
colors while maintaining sharp edges.
Detail Enhancer, from Video
Essentials, which strengthens the lines and edges
in the video image, resulting in a clearer picture in a dull
or foggy scene.
Film Look, from Film
Effects, which modifies the video's color characteristics
and lighting to reproduce a particular film stock or create
a unique mood or look.
Water Color, from Paint
Effects, which repaints the video scene so that it
resembles a water color painting.
Roll, found in the NewBlue Motion Blends
collection, is perfect for implying energetic motion as it takes
the viewer from one scene to another.
This transition works by scrolling the frame
image over and over at an increasingly frenetic pace and then
slowing down, to ease into the new image. Think of a film that
loses its registration in the projector and starts flipping
by, to ultimately lock back on but with a different scene. Throw
in motion blurring and it becomes a very effective technique
for moving forward in your story.
For this movie, we need an action cut to take
us from the race car...
...to our hero walking his dog:
Our editing software automatically gives
us a cross fade:
...which isn't very inspiring. So, let's
drop in the Roll transition.
Like most NewBlueFX, Roll is remarkably
intuitive to set up.
Rate sets the speed and direction of the roll. We start
with it turned a little right to roll the image from left to
right.
Orientation sets the direction of the roll. We leave
it set to Horizontal. This causes the image to fly to the right
at an increasing pace, then slow down, displaying the second
scene.
Now we need something to add emphasis
to the side to side motion, to really imply how fast this is
running. The Blur control is our answer. Turn up Blur to
cause the image to blur in the direction of the motion as it
rolls faster:
Now we're moving!
Finally, adjust the Cross Fade. Doing so sets how quickly
to cross fade between the two scenes while rolling.
That's it. The Roll transition is an
indispensible tool for adding a fast paced flow to your edits.
To learn more about Roll and NewBlue Motion Blends, please visit http://www.newbluefx.com/paint-effects.html
Q&A I've installed
Paint Effects and Cartoonr Plus, but I still get the popup when
I run my Cartoonr projects!
Cartoonr Plus has enhanced features
and is designed to replace the free Cartoonr plugin. As
such, when you then open a video project that uses Cartoonr,
make sure to replace the Cartoonr plugin with the more powerful
Cartoonr Plus effect. This will give you better painting
and drawing and... no more popup.
Now
Featuring: Richard
Wakefield of FX Films
Meet Creative Director Richard Wakefield
of FX Films, a high-end videography company offering state-of-the-art,
contemporary wedding DVDs.
Since an early age, Richard has created
animations and short films, but it was only in the last few
years that he decided to apply his contemporary filming and
editing techniques to the world of weddings.
Says Richard, "I strive to be unique and contemporary, and am
proud to say I consistently impress my clients. My long term
aim is to continue making cinematic wedding films (always with
the 'Wow' factor!), as well as to create corporate promos and
training videos for companies/businesses, and also music videos
for local bands and artists."
Richard discovered NewBlue Film Effects
and became a dedicated customer as a result. "Since Film Effects,
I'm addicted to buying anything NewBlueFX produces. Each package
of plugins is so neatly arranged, well-produced, and comes with
helpful presets and easy controls to tweak things manually.
Now I find myself reaching for my own presets, thanks to the
excellent saving sub-feature of each plugin."
Richard is a big fan of an old-film look. He
explains, "In the past, I've tried various plugins, stock footage
and my own-developed techniques to mimic old-film look (esp.
Super8), but with Film Effects' Film Damage, it is a one or
two click procedure with the best results I've seen yet."
Adds
Richard, "Of course, many of the plugins can be re-created
by painstakingly layering your own NLE plugins, but when
time is precious in the editing stage, these
"NewBlueFX has literally woken
up my NLE and given it a whole new lease of life.."
products these products are a life-saver
for every project I work on."
Take a look at Richard's contemporary style,
enhanced with NewBlue Effects:
Wedding
Highlights (Rosa and Richard) from FX
Films on Vimeo.
Richard concludes, "My customers are blown away by what I have
been producing - a generous pat on the back to NewBlueFX!" A
pat on the back to you, too, Richard. It's customers like you
that inspire us to create the best.
Want to be featured in an upcoming "Now Featuring" column?
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above the crowd.
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