Re: PXL effect for Premiere?

[Bernard Delgado <delgado@nytimes.com>]

>i'm not sure how plug-in effects for Premiere work but if they're anything

>like Photoshop plugins whouldn't it be relatively easy to come up with a

>PixelVision plug-in effect?  i guess you'd just have to reduce it to b/w

>with whatever number of shades of grey the PXL uses then somehow simulate

>the low frame-rate stutter.  am i way off here?  shouldn't this be doable?

>is there any other element of the PXL effect you'd need to recreate?  i

>think the wild reactions to light changes might be tough to simulate.  any

>ideas?

>

>i realize there are purists out there who may object to my suggestion of

>simulating PXL output but, hey, it's the end result we're really after

>isn't it?  who cares how we got the wacky look.

>

>thinking in terms of ease,

>-tim



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Well. I kinda thought the point of it was to use the pxl out there in the

field, or in the studio.

If you just wanted stuff to look like pxl, you could tape everything on a

Hi8 camcorder...or Bolex for that matter & then make Pxl footage of a

monitor halying back your hi quality tape.

SOrt of like how the old cinescope films were made of old TVshows.

Then you'd have a sort of pxl look.

But the depth of field would be different.



I'm a photog & I use several differnet camera systems.

Theres a cult for using the simple plastic camera called the Diana or Holga.

Sure, you could try to ignore the sophistication of a more modern camera &

simulate the low tech quality, but its more fulfilling to wrestle a unique

image from a toy camera.

Just like a pxl.

Plus its just more fun.

But if I didnt have the old cameras, yeah I'd prob do some simulating to

capture the spirit.

But it'd only be a simulation.