Video FX Programs

[Ragingblues]

I wanted to share these video FX programs with the fine, creative folks here at the lounge:

fxhome.com/

I saw the link today, and really like what these programs can do. Hopefully you will feel the same.

Ken

[Kt. Templar]

Wow, that stuff looks like a load of fun. Now I just need a video camera to capture some stuff!

[indianatone]

Thanks for that link, RB. Was testing out the VisionLab stuff last night. Very cool things you can do with it. And of course, they don't let you save any work in the demo version.

Aww man.

[pitfallharry]

Wow, that is cool but look at the price for the full versions of each of these.

It wasn't very clear to me in the ad but is the Vision Studio the combination of all of the separate programs. That's like $400 by itself.

This would be really cool to own but I think something like this would work best with digital camcorders which I don't have.

Most of my work is still shots. If I had friends to help out and the right location I'd love to make a short fan film and those programs would be a fantastic tool to have at my disposal.

[molaram]

Yea,
The fx home products are pretty snappy programs. They have seriously moved up in the business since their first software release, which was ALAM DV, something like 4-5 years ago. That was a breakthrough in itself, and was made JUST for putting light sabers in fan films. Really.

Its pretty funny when I end up editing a project for school, and the teacher gets the final video, and theres pretty seamless digital effects in there...it makes it look like it took hours.

Its not really made for doing still images, though you can trick it into thinking something is a video, by importing it as a image stream. Which is pretty easy to accomplish. Then taking a screen grab and saving that in photoshop.

I took this image out of another thread.
But heres just a sample of what you can do with fx lab.



Compared to what most pro software cost 400$ is nothing. As for the format, it was made for the low budget film maker, and is most commonly used for on DV footage. Though people have been successful using it on 35MM film also.

I was the one that made the post on the FC.
Adam

[indianatone]

Mola Ram,

You're right. The capabilities of these less expensive programs are quite powerful considering what they started from and what they've grown to in a relatively short time. I don't do videos enough to spend too much time with this software, but from the experiments with the trial software, it is obvious this stuff is clearly not for jokes or "cheese" effects. The muzzle flashes, blood splatters, and explosions add a level of detail that could help a mediocre video look (mediocre with cool effects? ) more believable than without them. Anyone doing a low-budge (no-budge) independent video, and are taking it seriously, would do very well to have this software in their toolbox.

(Vader voice) Now where is this video you made for class?

[indyfan89]

I use FX home!!!