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So, I was wondering if there was any special effect (I use Sony Vegas: Plat) that I could use to get that red "recording" box and "rec" with a dot, the kinda thing you see on home videos or what not.
I was hoping there was some way to do this beside diting every picture.
Summary: effect that makes it seem your watching a camera screen.
make a picture in illustrator that looks like it and overlay the picture.
I'm sure vegas can do that. 
Mkay.
I haven't been using vegas long, So don't know all of the technical stuff yet (Upgraded straight from WMM >_<)
Just plonk it on the track above your footage. Make sure it's a transparent PNG though.
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Use a program such as Photoshop/The GIMP/Paint.net/etc. to create the recording box/graphics. Save it as a transparent PNG file. Then, in Vegas, import it and overlay it on top of of your footage. Voila.
if you do it in the GIMP follow this,
go to layer/ transparency/ add alpha channel, then use the rubber to rub out the back ground. Now you will have a transparent background (it should look like grey and black squares). then add your 'rec' and the red dot on top. then save it as a PNG file.
Edit: Make shore you make it to the same dimensions as your film other wise you could end up with a stretched picture.
Last edited by TDogg186 (May 3, 2010 (06:15am))
MindGame wrote:Use a program such as Photoshop/The GIMP/Paint.net/etc. to create the recording box/graphics. Save it as a transparent PNG file. Then, in Vegas, import it and overlay it on top of of your footage. Voila.
So thats how you made social experiment!
Well, actually, for Social Experiment, I did everything in After Effects. This it just a cheaper alternative.
Hey guys, thanks. It worked, and i'm now more aquainted with Sony Vegas 
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