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Simple Special Effects?

Posted by Cliff on from the not-so-simple-10-years-ago dept.

hdurdle asks: "I'm helping a teacher friend with a project to demonstrate some simple TV and Movie special effects to some of his students (14-16 year olds). I've already recreated the lightsaber effect (every geek has done that before, right?) and I've tried the Goauld eyes from Stargate, so now we're looking for more inspiration. What SFX shots would Slashdot readers like to recreate given a few DV cameras, copies of Premiere and Photoshop and lots of time? I intend to write up any HOWTO information, and of course display the footage we shoot!"

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  1. Did you say TV and/movies effects? :) by bikochan · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://effectv.sourceforge.net/index.html

    This _LOOKS_ like a good start. ;)

  2. Re:Simple StarTrek Fade by Tomahawk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I did something similar using Premiere - take a shot from a still camera of someone standing, then have them walk off the shot, and leave the camera rolling for a bit.

    In premier, cut out the bit where they are walking away, leaving 2 films, and add one of the transition effects between the 2 films.

    The person will then magically disappear using whatever effect you selected.

    You can have the 'beam' back in the same way. Much easier than rotoscoping a lightsaber too.

    T.