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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=SlothPaladin]
[b]@Edmeirer:[/b]
Even if you do use some blue laser pointers to illuminate the headlights you might want to add a headlight beam via post [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCSlHfTdyw]such as this[/url]. If you can mask you can do this, the lens flare would be your in shot blue laser pointer and then you just mask a few layers over with a brightness and a heavy feather adjustment and BAM! You've got a headlight.[/quote]
This is VERY helpful, thanks for showing me that. The problem is, I have no editing software save Final Cut..I used to have Adobe Photoshop, but for one, I'm not entirely sure that I can edit videos on it, and plus my old computer crashed, taking my Photoshop with it.. :twitch: so now I'm trying to find the disk. I'll also look for some other programs, but I don't want to spend a large amount of money just to make one scene.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Edmeier Animator]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-28T19:03:35Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[b]@Rsteenoven:[/b]
Thanks, it kind of makes me want to shoot a night shot with some cars in it, it would be a pain but it would look so cool.

[b]@Edmeirer:[/b]
Even if you do use some blue laser pointers to illuminate the headlights you might want to add a headlight beam via post [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCSlHfTdyw]such as this[/url]. If you can mask you can do this, the lens flare would be your in shot blue laser pointer and then you just mask a few layers over with a brightness and a heavy feather adjustment and BAM! You've got a headlight.

And for the record, every shot you use a laser pointer to light a brick is an effects shot, every masking shot is an effects shot, a forced perspective shot is an effects shot, you don't need CG for something to qualify as an effect, some effects are in camera, others are not.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[SlothPaladin]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-26T19:07:34Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Rsteenoven, I see on your YouTube channel there are a few VFX tutorials for brickfilms. Is there any way you could help with this?]]></content>
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			<updated>2014-06-26T14:51:01Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Sloth, that shot is sexy.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Rsteenoven]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-26T14:43:30Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I think I'll look into those laser pointers, as there is a problem with using normal lights using blackwrap. Most of the scene with the lights is either in the distance, or in a wide shot, so the lights will at least be a good six feet away. At that point, even while trying to control it, it illuminates too much space.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Edmeier Animator]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-26T14:37:15Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[url=https://flic.kr/p/o4kvio][img]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14477604076_831003c596_c.jpg[/img][/url]

You could use normal sized lights :/ you will need to get something like [url=http://www.filmtools.com/ligdep/lighting-control/blacfoilblac.html]blackwrap [/url] to control the light, and then you would need to build some kind of rig to animate the light with your car (ugg) and you still might wan't to add a little CG glow to the head lamp, but on the plus side it would look REALLY GOOD.

[b]Edit:[/b]
This is the same image but with a -[i]tiny[/i]- amount of lens flare added to each headlight brick, I just created 2 flare objects in After Effects and set the brightness to 15% each, they would need additional work to look good if the practical light was not in the shot.
[url=http://imgur.com/XaxNUHV][img]http://i.imgur.com/XaxNUHV.jpg[/img][/url]

[b]Double edit:[/b]
Here are [url=http://www.laserpointerpro.com/2-in-1-5mw-405nm-midopen-beam-lightkaleidoscopic-blueviolet-laser-pointer-p-360.html]blue laser pointers[/url]]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[SlothPaladin]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-24T22:46:22Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Help With Headlights Effect]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I am filming a scene for my upcoming film, John Small: Industries of Terror, and I have run into a little road block. The scene that I am attempting to film takes place at night, and is lit up by a collection of police cars and spotlights. Unfortunately, I am unable to make the lights actually light up, so I am asking for help. If you know of any way to have the pieces light up, whether it be post production or on-set effects, please let me know. I have already tried those tiny LED lights, and it made the set way too crowded and cluttered. 

For more information, here is the explanation video:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TyzlEQoF0U&feature=youtu.be[/url]

If I hired you to do the effects, first I'd have to see some of your work. If I was satisfied, I would send the raw footage, you would do the effects, and send it back to me. You would be credited for visual effects, and I would be immensely grateful.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Edmeier Animator]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-24T21:53:34Z</updated>
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