- [Vin] Hi guys, it's Vin with Boris FX. And in this quick overview tutorial, I'm going to show you the
basics of getting started with the VEGAS Movie Extension Pack, featuring the Boris FX
particle, image restoration, and film styles unit
inside a VEGAS Pro 19. (bright music) Okay, so here we are inside of VEGAS Pro and I've just installed the
VEGAS Movie Extension Pack. Now, while I'm working in VEGAS Pro 19, everything you see here
will work in VEGAS Edit, VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Post. The first thing I want to take a look at is the BCC particles unit. Part of the Movie Extension Pack, the BCC particles unit contains
a number of filters designed to give you the ultimate
control of particle generation. For this example, I'm going to focus on Particle Illusion to select a quick and easy animated preset to give this generic text a much more interesting background. What I've done is I've
created a new text object here on my first track, and I'm going to go and add an empty event onto my lower track. Now you can add Particle
Illusion to a video clip, but for this let's keep
the background simple. Once I apply Particle Illusion, I have a number of
parameters available to me. And these affect how the
particle emitters interact with my scene. So for example, you can see here that I have the ability to transform their
position within the scene. To select a preset, I can
launch the FX browser, or if I want to completely
customize my particles, I can launch Particle Illusions
custom user interface. I can select from hundreds
of different emitters here, preview them, and add them to my stage where I can work with them. For this very basic tutorial, I'm just going to select an emitter, apply it to my stage and
use that as my background. For an in-depth tutorial that will walk you through
everything you need to know to become a Particle Illusion master, you'll want to check out the multi-part getting started series by Ben
Brownlee and John Dickinson on Borisfx.com. But for now over here, I
have a list of emitters and as I select each one, they will preview up here. For some emitters, I
can even click and drag to really get a sense of what
the effect will look like. But what I want to do is select an emitter that covers much of my background. For example, this one,
sparkly glitter falls 02 4k. If I double click it, it will be added
automatically to my stage, and then from there I can
make any custom changes or just apply it directly to my project. Now, since my text was blue, let's go in and make a quick change. As you can see down
here, I have a node graph and as I click on each node, the list of available
parameters appears over here. I want to change the color of my sparkle. And as I can see this emitter is made up of two different particle types, what I'll do is select the first one, and I'm going to open
up the properties group and then the colors. If I click on the color gradient chip, I can then change the orange and yellow to let's say, blue and white. Once that's done, I'll select the second particle node and do the exact same thing. When I play through, you can see that the
colors have all updated. From here, I can make
any adjustments I want, but let's save that for
a more in-depth tutorial, and just hit apply. Back in VEGAS, I can play
that, and there you go. Applying and making
simple changes to emitters is quick and easy. But as I mentioned, if you really want to
master Particle Illusion, head over to the boars effects website and check out the getting started series. Okay, the next thing I want to look at is the image restoration unit, which comes bundled with
the Movie Extension Pack, included in this unit
are a number of filters that will help you enhance
and repair your footage. BCC magic sharp for instance, will allow me to sharpen footage
without grainy artifacts. While BCC remover will
allow me to remove blemishes and small unwanted objects
simply by cloning pixels from one area of an image to another. But let's take a look
at BCC Beauty Studio. Beauty Studio allows me to
soften unwanted lines, pores, and other high definition
detail in my talent, essentially adding digital makeup. Take for example, my actor here. Now, this footage was shot in 4k, so the assorted pores, imperfections and other natural skin
variations are very visible. When I apply Beauty Studio, the first thing that happens is I get a nice softening of the image, but you'll notice it's the whole image and we don't need to
soften the background, his clothing, his hair, et cetera. I want to restrict it to
just the areas of his face that need it. Essentially applying a little makeup. So before I get into adjustments to the smoothing and sharpening, I'm going to scroll down
to my pixel chooser. Now there are a couple of
options available to me, pixel chooser Mocha,
and pixel chooser matte. And depending on the
situation I can use both. The pixel chooser masking
feature with integrated Mocha allows me to create masks and Mocha shapes and then motion track them into my scene, which is great if there's
a lot of movement. Or if I really want to
isolate certain areas. For this overview, I'm going to focus on the matte controls because this is going to help
with the most common issues that I'm going to encounter. First thing I want to do
is open up the matte group and scroll down. Now I have two color chips here, and what I want to do is define the light and
dark areas for my matte. With the first chip selected, I'm going to grab the dropper
and sample from the light area on his forehead. On the next chip, I'm
going to do the same, but for this darker area around his cheek, I can see that when I do this, the softening updates
to reflect the matte. Next, I'm going to open up
the pixel chooser Mocha group, and while we'll get into
Mocha in a different tutorial, what I want to do here is select
the view matte mask button. This will show me the matte
that Beauty Studio is using based off of the colors that
we just selected in the image. By adjusting the hue,
saturation and Luma softness, as well as the clip black and white, I can adjust my matte so that as much of his face
as possible is included. And as much of the background here is excluded from the matte. Areas like this background or his eyes can be masked out with Mocha, but for right now, this
is looking pretty good. I'll turn off my matte view and then I can begin adjusting
the smoothing parameters. Master smoothing will
control the global smoothing, but I can also go in and
adjust the smoothing levels for larger details all the way down to the
smallest of details. As I make these adjustments, it's important to find a
balance between smoothing and leaving legitimate
details in the face. The idea is to apply makeup without it looking like a 1960s ultra soft focus glamor shot. What I do is enable the compare
mode and as I'm working, I can wipe the effect on and off, which will give me a good
sense of where things are versus what the original shot looked like. Beauty Studio is a filter that benefits from taking my time and really fine tuning and finessing the look until I have something
that looks very natural. All right, lastly, I want to take a look at
the third unit bundled with the Movie Extension
Pack, film styles. And these are the filters that
are going to help me create some really unique and professional looks, from glows to grunge, to film stocks, these are the filters
that are going to allow me to refine the look and feel of my footage. One example is the BCC+
Film Stocks filter, which creates the look of footage shot on specific film stock. I'll select BCC+ film stocks from the video effects panel and drag that right onto my clip. Now I could manage all of
the parameters manually, but as you can see, there's quite a lot of
power to this filter. What I want to do actually
is select the FX editor, which will launch the editor itself. This is a new interface
and is currently available in each of the BCC+ labeled filters. The FX editor will allow me to select from hundreds of presets, so I can go here and select
a preset that fits my look. For example, this one,
and I can preview it here. Over here, I can see a list
of available parameters. Now this is going to match what
I saw in the VEGAS FX panel. However, unlike the
traditional FX browser, the FX editor will allow me
to manually adjust the preset before applying it to my clip. This will allow me to preview the changes quickly and easily. For example, let's bring
down the amount just a bit, so it's not as in your face. And then let's just make a few changes. I'll add a bit of a vignette and let's change the diffusion to add mode and bring that up a bit
to create a slight glow. Now, if I want to start over, I can select a different preset
and start adjusting that. But for what we're doing,
this looks pretty good. So I'm going to hit apply, and that's all there is to it. Sort of. As you can see, the
filters available to you in the Movie Extension Pack
are incredibly powerful, and they allow me to
create dynamic particles, apply digital makeup, create
unique looks and so much more. We've only just begun
to scratch the surface of what these filters can do. As you explore the filters, make note of the help
button available to you, which will take you to the
filter help documentation for explanations on features, but for deeper dives
into the various effects, head on over to the Boris FX website for in-depth tutorials, that will help you become
a Movie Extension Pack and Continuum effects master.
