Grad Filter Effect Tutorial Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13 12 Vegas
A tutorial explaining how to get a graduated nd filter effect in Sony Movie Studio Platinum.
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We all have shots where we need to brighten areas up (often the foreground) but don’t want to blow out the sky.
This tutorial shows you how to split the frame using a gradient matte or mask so you can work on the sky and ground separately. It covers the use of the Levels effect and Gaussian blur to make sure the transitions placed by the control points are smooth.
Absolutely no addins or effect packs are used - just basic Movie Studio Platinum.
The example uses a black/transparent gradient matte but a black/white matte would work just as well so long as you choose luminance for the type of matte when applying the Mask Generator Effect.
If you need a custom shape for a matte then you can build it in photoshop, and all the same principles but with vignette matte can be used to get the ‘Top Gear Effect’ .
You can also animate the matte if it needs to change orientation with the shot, but that can be tricky - easier to use multiple mattes and fade them together to get the effect you want.
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Just got Platinum and didn't know how to use until now, subbed. Keep them coming!
Very very nice output. The talking helped, it didn't seem boring because I was excited to see the outcome.
I had a job where I HAD to film at specific location and at specific time. They sky was blown out and my subject was dark. Your video saved my project. Thanks so much!
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
+PzTiger _ Glad it helped!
just what i needed! Been searching on how to handle this in sony movie studio. thanks so much!
Wow, you just SAVED ME! Thanks so much. So happy to have found this video. I don't mind the talking at all, in fact, if you give reasons WHY you choose certain elements over others then that helps better understand the video. If you were completely mute, I wouldn't understand the whole picture.
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks. I'm not sure talking pictures will catch on right? :-)
I'd like it a lot if you put more platinum tutorials
very satisfying to watch thanks for the tutorial
Very interesting tutorial. I don't even have Sony movie studio but I just may decide to get it after seeing this!
Superb tut and very nice examples, thanks!
Great video. I knew it could be done, but I would never have figured that out in a million years. My situation was that I was shooting in the shade where the subjects were, but outside of the shade and in the background was intense sunlight. So the shot video was somewhat dark. When I upped the brightness for the subjects, the background blew out. Your solution worked very well, thanks so much.
@SartorialPictures
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped. I would have to give credit to a few people who posted over a number of years parts of the solution. I assembled it from their raw materials really. Like you I'd never have got there starting with a blank sheet :-)
Wow, what a great tutorial, and you have a great way of putting the information over. I'm a keen photographer who's just starting to learn video, and am just about to buy Movie Studio Platinum after getting on well with the trial version. Keep up the fantastic work, and isn't Scotlands scenery amazing!
@SartorialPictures
9 жыл бұрын
Pete Marsden +Pete Marsden Thanks Pete. I reckon I'm really lucky to live near such great scenic subject matter - and the example footage is all in Inverclyde or Lanarkshire so not even in the highlands. Highly recommended as a stills location too :-) Good luck with your video editing. Great flickr stream.
Very Interesting, this would definitely help me the next time I film outdoors.
haha I've come back to this tutorial 5 years later. Still works Awesome.
@SartorialPictures
2 жыл бұрын
Good to know. What version are you on now?
@mikksup
2 жыл бұрын
@@SartorialPictures I'm on the newest version before they really screwed it up. I had to email them and demand a refund for the latest version. Hahaha its like a whole different software, and much worse
@SartorialPictures
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikksup thanks for the warning. I'm still on 13. It works 😅
@mikksup
2 жыл бұрын
@@SartorialPictures DO NOT UPGRADE!!! haha, seriously
Thank-you! That was a very useful tutorial.
There we go indeed! Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Really cool! I hope I can use this sometime in the near future.
That was AWESOME!!! I have been looking for Sony Movie Studio Platinum tutorials that aren't just the average beginner stuff. I can't wait to go shoot some test footage and try this myself! I really like that you showed the end product and how well the FX worked while the camera was moving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could really use a tutorial on how to get wind distortion out of my footage!!! I have a video called the Wes and Cody show that was totally ruined by wind noise.
@SartorialPictures
9 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for that. Hope the effect works for you. The blur filter helps to cover up the join when there is movement but sometimes youll need to fade mattes together if say the horizon tilt changes in a shot. Yes wind noise is a big problem. Did you use the full waterproof casing or the open back on your gopro? I find the open back casing on the gopro doesnt help much and thats just on a pedal bike at no more than say 25mph. see the route 7 video. So I have to turn up the music or rerecord voice or road sounds at lower speeds if its really bad and edit them in.
@HouseOfBane79
9 жыл бұрын
I usually use the skeleton housing when I am on my motorcycle so I can use the mic adaptor and then I run a mic into my helmet for audio, I also use the frame when I have the camera on a tripod. I have been looking on youtube for a video on how to filter out wind noise using Movie Studio Platinum 13 but no luck. if I ever find anything I will pass the link on to you.
Useful video! Thanks for the tips! :)
Great tutorial !
That was AWESOME!!!
@SartorialPictures
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much.
Thanks for the knowledge...will definitely try to implement this. Good stuff my man.
Really great! Fantastic to find out functions in my program that i had no idea of. Thanks.
Awesome and has helped a lot.
This tutorial is great, the first which is really creative and informative. I am waiting for more.
@SartorialPictures
7 жыл бұрын
Thank You !
straight to my favorites list... thank man great work
that's badass .. great vid
Great Tutorial! Helped me alot. Thank you very much!
Way cool!!!! Thanks so much!
Great tutoriaL !
Great tutorial - thanks for taking the time!!
Thanks for this video. Extremely helpful and much appreciated!!
@SartorialPictures
7 жыл бұрын
Kyle Harvey You're welcome
well done and thank you
Excellent.
Holy shit man your accent is so beautiful, no idea why but I love it. Great tutorial too! Thanks for the video!
Great tutorial man :)
Wow this was a great tutorial, it will help me so much, thank you :-)
Thanks lad!
Extremely well executed tutorial. Thank you and keep it up. Phantom 3 flyer here. Hiking videos and other adventures. Have a look. Thanks again. Very good information.
@SartorialPictures
7 жыл бұрын
State Parkers Thankyou for your kind comments. Still flying the P2 2 years later....
Thank you
very helpful, only have one q, the size font of all my options are extremely small, how do i make them bigger?
Wow this is cool.. 😎 Thanks so much for sharing this 'secret'..! Now that I know that Platinum can work with layered videos just like you can with layered photos in PS / Gimp, this opens creative possibilities for time lapses or sped up / slowed down movies.. (You can have the clouds in the sky move fast and the traffic in the foreground move at normal speed or even slowed down..)
@SartorialPictures
7 жыл бұрын
Rudy de Groot what a good idea. I'll need to try that.
@RudydeGroot
7 жыл бұрын
Let's race and try to be first.. Just kidding.. 😉 But I guess we have to let each other know once something like that is completed..
thank you
you genius!
I LEARNED SOMETHING :D :D :D :D :D
awesome. thanks for sharing 😀
If I edit a 4k video, will it maintain the quality after sharing on youtube?
Great tutorial! It´s amazing to see, what is possible in Sony Vegas, if someone know´s, what he´s doing. Nor need for plugins like magic bullshit ;-)
Awesome man! Thank you for sharing this incredible technique. Where are you located? It reminds me of Norway when I stayed in these islands by the Artic Circle.
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks - location is Southern Scotland - all the snowy ones are in Lanarkshire in the hills around the headwaters of the River Clyde.
wow great video. dont know why you have any dislikes
helped me out SO much! With my drone shots. Maybe share another trick?
damn i got a lot of learning to do
can you render video after editing with comprising the file at all ? I don't like to loose even a bit ...
he pointed it out , would like to emphasize the key idea . "Make a Selection" ,... then modify the selected area or preserve the selected area , or maybe invert the selection . or apply the selection to a different layer image . PhotoShop books , you will read over and over agian , "Make a selection" . Magic Wand , Gradient Mask ( any mask image ) , magnetic lasso ,...etc ,... Chroma key can even be used to "Cut a Hole" in an image . only one big thing remians ,...What are the needed steps to complete a specialized task ? Thus this tutorial is still needed.
Great tutorial. Unfortunately, it seems to be not trivial to render videos with transparency in it. Are you using quicktime for rendering? (apparently avi usually doesnt support alpha channel)
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
+DrFlox Hi, I render in mp4 but I haven't tried any time to export with transparency.
I have movie studio 13 platinum but there isn't anything on time line to merge tracks, that arrow isn't there
@SartorialPictures
2 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm... only thing I can think of is to check you are in advanced edit mode (buttons top left of screen)
Is that program better than Sony vegas? Have better green screen remover and better collor correctino?? THANKS!
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
Vegas is the pro version of platinum. Many core elements are similar but it has lots more features and is 5×more $$.
Hi, I have some hand held video footage and in the background is a set of lights directly behind the subject which shines into the lens causing over exposure. I want to darken these lights or even remove them entirely. Is there a way of doing this considering this hand held footage and movement on the camera? Thanks :-)
@SartorialPictures
4 жыл бұрын
Darkening should be easy enough so long as you aren't looking for an exact fit and there is space between light and subject. A good bit if blur on the matte would smooth the edges. Of course it depends how shaky the footage is too. If the subject is strongly back lit then it might have edge lighting which will remain, even if you could cut out the background cleanly. I think the key to a reasonable result is making a custom shape matte in something like Photoshop. Then using motion tracking on the matte would keep it where it needs to be on the image. I think latest version has this, and I've used hitfilm express (free) to do similar on hand held footage.
@jonathanoates1972
4 жыл бұрын
@@SartorialPictures Thank you for the reply. Although I cn use sony vegas for simple editing and tranisitions etc what you are talking about are things I've never really tried, apart from today and watching a few colour correction techniques and masking. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqmI3NaIddPfhKg.html Here is the video i'm referring to, as you can see this lights by his head cause lots of lens flare and over exposure that i'd lke to reduce. The video is of my father who suddenly passed away on Saturday and I will be showing this at his funeral. Whist i can sharpen and adjust certain things I'm not educated enough in what you are saying to fully understand it all. Could you possibly make a quickish tutorial in this at all? Many thanks :-)
man you are cool. thanks for this tutorial and i like ir accent
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
accent? what accent? :-)
@cristian52518
8 жыл бұрын
I heard scotish.
Hi, I am using Movie Studio Platinum 16 on my 4K videos done with a Mavic Pro 2. Can you offer any hints and tips? Cheers
@SartorialPictures
5 жыл бұрын
Well, you are way ahead of me. I'm still on version 13 and my phantom2. I'm looking at 16, but I'm always wary of a major update when I'm mid project...
@Accolades70
5 жыл бұрын
Sartorial Pictures 16 seems pretty stable. Trying to filter my 4K video is a challenge on what to adjust.
At 2:38, how did you do that effect where you zoom in?
@SartorialPictures
9 жыл бұрын
LPSBlueBerryTV™ I did the screen capture with Active Presenter. Then within Movie Studio when assembling the tutorial and editing together the full screen video captured with AP, I zoom in with either the event pan/crop control or the track motion. The quality recorded by the active presenter is good so any drop in quality resulting from the zoom isnt obvious. Hope that helps.
@LPSBlueBerryisawesome
9 жыл бұрын
Sartorial Pictures Ty but I already figured it out a few hours ago :)
really good tutorial - (I followed this to make kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGuZrbSmZLWZaLg.html - I probably over cooked the color grading). Your tutorial actually adds value $$ to Sony Movie Studio 13 Platinum - Thank you so much, hope you do more of these, this was so clear and useful!
Thanks for the great tutorial! Great footage by the way! I am using Vegas 12 and often get overwhelmed finding the correct effect or adjustment I need, A simple Google search led me here, I was pleased to find that you are also a Phantom owner, I have a Phantom 1 that I use along with a Zenmuse gimbal for my GoPro 3. This is my first attempt at using the tips in this tutorial, a motion time-lapse of yesterday's sunset. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fomFlap6dMS9pNo.html
@SartorialPictures
9 жыл бұрын
muttwerx Thanks - and glad it worked for you - nice video BTW
It could've been all the way useful. BUT: Especially English tutorials (you're not the only one, btw) have one thing that goes completely wrong. It is talking, talking and only talking. If you want to show people how to use tools in their software, then PLEASE show it with using the software. Use all the sliders, knobs and functions just in time. It's not against you personally, but no one wants to see a still screen and someone is only talking about things to discover, if, when, why, what... - DO THESE THINGS, SHOW UP, ... I always have to skip and scroll, just to get to my visual information, I mean this is "video", not "audio book". You can easily edit your videos to give it some entertaining skills, something that brings the people closer. You have a topic to work on - why so much talking? This is KZread!
@SartorialPictures
8 жыл бұрын
What an intriguing viewpoint. Thanks for taking the time to share in such detail.
wow good job bro :D thx for this amazing video :) i go to make this on this days (y)
@SartorialPictures
9 жыл бұрын
Monster Nunchaku Hey Thanks
Very Interesting, this would definitely help me the next time I film outdoors.