Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
So here's my 4th one of these, and it's by far my best one. Despite it only being 2 minutes long, it took a full 2 1/2 hours to render. :( Color-grading is SLOW to render. I can't imagine what a full-length video will be like!
After doing some plugin searching for Vegas a couple days back, I found some powerful tools that I'd started using. Magic Bullet Looks was the first, and I used it for every scene with a fairly customized version for each camera shot. It basically lets you really get in-depth with the color editing, filters, vignettes, and more. If you saw the Omega Experiment #2 video, I was trying to do this effect with Vegas' default plugins. It looked good, but wow does THIS look good.
On top of that I got NewBlue FX which allows for a lot of random stuff I can put in. One of them was camera movement, so I added lots of subtle camera moves to the still shots. Afterward, I put in some custom blurs in the middle of them to look like the camera was defocusing a bit. I probably made the defocus too strong, but oh well - I couldn't tell in the Vegas preview window that easily.
Anyway, I've finally gotten just about where I've wanted to be for making NL1 look like NL2. Combined with LeFlo's *fantastic* GCI ride and his attention to detail, I think I was able to make this happen!
(You can download Grand Duc here: nolimits-exchange.com/coaster/grand-duc/5160)
(Here's his POV video: youtube.com/watch?v=s4_HSNcbmmo)
(Song is an unfinished SoundCloud upload from deadmau5.
soundcloud.com/fuckmylife/moog-bass-modular)
Enjoy!
So here's my 4th one of these, and it's by far my best one. Despite it only being 2 minutes long, it took a full 2 1/2 hours to render. :( Color-grading is SLOW to render. I can't imagine what a full-length video will be like!
After doing some plugin searching for Vegas a couple days back, I found some powerful tools that I'd started using. Magic Bullet Looks was the first, and I used it for every scene with a fairly customized version for each camera shot. It basically lets you really get in-depth with the color editing, filters, vignettes, and more. If you saw the Omega Experiment #2 video, I was trying to do this effect with Vegas' default plugins. It looked good, but wow does THIS look good.
On top of that I got NewBlue FX which allows for a lot of random stuff I can put in. One of them was camera movement, so I added lots of subtle camera moves to the still shots. Afterward, I put in some custom blurs in the middle of them to look like the camera was defocusing a bit. I probably made the defocus too strong, but oh well - I couldn't tell in the Vegas preview window that easily.
Anyway, I've finally gotten just about where I've wanted to be for making NL1 look like NL2. Combined with LeFlo's *fantastic* GCI ride and his attention to detail, I think I was able to make this happen!
(You can download Grand Duc here: nolimits-exchange.com/coaster/grand-duc/5160)
(Here's his POV video: youtube.com/watch?v=s4_HSNcbmmo)
(Song is an unfinished SoundCloud upload from deadmau5.
soundcloud.com/fuckmylife/moog-bass-modular)
Enjoy!
