1 Reply Latest reply: Apr 28, 2013 11:43 AM by Bill Hunt RSS

    Need help adding a vignette to a video

    lou4uandme Community Member

      Hi all, I spent hours online looking for a tutorial that shows how to  feather a video's edge. For example, I imported a video clip on the cs6 timeline. I want to create a  circle vignette around the video. If I select the video and use the Eraser tool to feather around the video, it only applies the effect on 1 frame when I advance the timeline. Is there any way to use the Eraser tool on a video and apply

      the effect to ALL frames?  Thanks, Lou

        • 1. Re: Need help adding a vignette to a video
          Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

          I create a "vignette" by applying a Layer Mask to the Images Layer (if it is Background, just change it to a "regular" Layer). I create that Layer Mask with the Elliptical Marquee Tool (can be constrained to a circle), with the Feather, that I want.

           

          That will create the vignette on the chosen Image Layer, and if there is nothing below that, it will be over Transparent.

           

          If I wish to have that Image vignetted over, say white, I will add a Color Adjustment (set to white), below it.

           

          Good luck,

           

          Hunt

           

          PS - that method has an advantage of being non-destructive.