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AlcoholicPixie · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:56 am Post subject:

OK well I'll get it done over the weekend and post it on Monday, if that's OK. If you don't wanna wait then I'm sure someone else would be able to do one too!

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wolffootball37 · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject:

sure, thats fine. thanks for doing it.

AlcoholicPixie · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject:

No probs. I'll just make a notepad file on my memory stick to remind me.
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AlcoholicPixie · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:42 am Post subject:

Cookie Cutter Tutorial by AlcoholicPixie

This tutorial is specifically aimed at people who want to use cookie cutter to manipulate clips so they look like they're on one of the TVs in the hatch etc. The values may not be exact, however, so play around with them yourself until you achieve your desired effect.

To begin, drag your desired clips onto the timeline. It would be a good idea to drag the 'TV' clip onto the Video Overlay line, as when you cut out the screen, it will act as a window for whatever is on the Video line. But we'll worry about that later.

It would be a good idea to start by taking a screen cap of the TV, with the icon shown below, and saving it to your hard drive (Fig 1).

Then import the picture onto the timeline as you would do with any video clip, deleting the clip you originally placed on the timeline.

Now you will need to click on the little 'Event FX' symbol on the TV clip and select 'Sony Cookie Cutter' (Fig 2) and click OK.

Probably the best shape to use with this screen is the 'Oval' shape, and the 'Cut Away Section' method. Once you first click these, you will see that the whole of the TV clip is gone, and you are left with the clip underneath. You will need to play around with the levels of 'Size' and 'Feather' until you're satisfied, but I found that setting the 'Feather' level to 0.19 and the 'Size' level to 0.240 worked quite well.

What might make it look even more effective is turning the clip black and white. You might also like to think about moving the clip using the 'Pan/Crop Tool' so that it's more centred on the TV screen (Fig 3)

There you have it!
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wolffootball37 · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject:

thanks allot AlcoholicPixie i really appreciate it!!!

Charmed_Charlee · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject:

wow very cool Kayla always wanted to know how to do that

AlcoholicPixie · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

Heehee no problem guys! Like I said, it's not exact but it's the best I could do with it.
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Charmed_Charlee · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

your like a pro

AlcoholicPixie · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Aislynn · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

Awesome job, AP!

Thanks!

Charmed_Charlee · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject:

easilyjaded · Intermediate Vidder Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 291

Just a question--what type of files do you import in Vegas when you vid? WMV seems to work best, but I just can't get over the high quality of AVI. Vegas won't accept any AVI files for me, so I did what Paul said and downloaded the program avic100 and changed the XVID codec to divx. However, now that it imports, the video is all scraggly in many areas--so much that I can't even vid with the material. So, after all that work, I have to convert every clip I want to wmv, and along with that, the quality goes down significantly.

Any suggestions?
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easilyjaded · Intermediate Vidder Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 291

Oh my God, nevermind, I read up on it and found out why and fixed it. Yeeee! I can vid!!!

Thanks anyway though, sweetness

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