Day 23 - Sony Vegas - "Hollywood-izing" clips

What I did:
Today, I learned how to "hollywood-ize" videos in Sony Vegas. This effect is used a lot by YouTubers when they are making skits or short films. It gives a more of a professional effect on the video rather than an amateur effect. Today, I colour corrected my video and gave it the black bars at the top to give it a Hollywood feel. I did this with a gaming video so it's not as serious as it would be if I did a live action video like a skit or movie. I definitely plan to use this in an upcoming project that I will be doing for another class in the very near future. It will involve a video. Today, I gave my clip Hollywood effects

Before Hollywood Effects:

After Hollywood Effects(Music: Beautiful Mind by: Travis King):

What I learned:

Today, I learned a lot of new things about Sony Vegas and how to add Hollywood effects to your videos. It was very helpful future projects and skits that I might end up doing. I learned about Video FX and how I can colour correct and I also learned how to add the black bars to give it a movie/cinematic feel. 

1. First thing I learned was colour correcting. This is used to make a scene look more vibrant and it also gives a clip a more professional feel. You have to go into "Video FX" at the bottom near the timeline and then select "Color Correcting" (I know, those Americans with their no U's in colour). There are a few options in which you can pick. Then you can choose what colour is going to "overlayed" on your video. It's not necassarily an overlay but it does coat the screen and you can change it so it covers it more with colour or you can try to make it blend in so one notices. 

2. Next, I learned about the black bars. You can easily do this by going into the "Video event pan/crop" section and deselecting the two options to the right in the picture. Then, you move the selection arrows at the top and adjust it to where you like the black bars to be. Moving it too much will result in having more black and slightly moving it causes it to have a cinematic feel.

What I plan to learn tomorrow:

Tomorrow, I plan to begin Cinemagraphs or start one of my final projects. All these tutorials that I have done in the past 2 months will now be able to come together in one project. I plan to make a cinemagraph or start working on an English project involving sprites and videos. Basically what i've been doing for the past 2 months will be worth it. However, tomorrow is the day of the analysis report that Mr. Bilesky would like us to do every month. A lot more will be explained in tomorrow's post and what my future plans are going forward.