Smokey/Misty Title Effect

[shdwwlkr]

I am looking for a title effect that fades in a smokey or misty title and fades out the same way. Has anyone out there used something like this and/or can point me in the right direction? I am using VSPX3.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Jerry

[Black Lab]

I can't think of anything that VS has that will do this, but Digital Juice has some nice smoke effects that you could probably do it with.

[shdwwlkr]

Black Lab - Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

[shdwwlkr]

Well, I couldn't find anything at Digital Juice. Well, nothing that I wanted to pay for anyway. So I compromised with an effect VSPX3. I kind of like the effect. You can check it at the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I17W2X0AQgQ

[Ron P.]

Sorry it took me some time to remember and locate a website where you can get some great special effects.. Try this one..
Detonation Films

[shdwwlkr]

Thanks,Ron. I'll give some of the a try.

[Ron P.]

I have one more suggestion..

I use Bluff Titler DX9 Pro, and it does have a particle effect called Mist. I'm rendering one right now, that I'll drop into VS, create a short clip, then upload that to YouTube so you can see what it looks like. The program is really not that expensive, and makes a great tool to compliment video.

I also use Ulead Cool 3D Production Studio, however it is no longer available, was dropped a long time ago by Corel. It is a very powerful 3D program.

Here's a quick example of what Bluff Titler can do. The background image is one of the samples provided with VS X3.


The next example I threw in another example at the end of what's possible with Bluff Titler.


One final example. I used the same 3D title with the smoke effect from Bluff Titler, placed on overlay track 1. On overlay track 2, I placed a black color clip with the transparency set at about 50-60%. I added New Blue FX's Day for Night filter from the Video Essentials IV, to the title clip, and VS's Light filter to the black color clip.

[shdwwlkr]

Ron,

Thanks for all of the help and the effort. My initial vision was to have the text materialize from the mist or smoke, pause for a few seconds, then de-materialize into mist or smoke. I think there are some useful potentials with your suggestions though. I'll check them and see what I can come up with.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

I assumed you wanted fiery text, but for a Misty Background

Try using colour clip in the overlay track (Grey)
Apply Chrome Mask Frame -- Gradient
Apply Cloud Filter and Whirlpool (may need to customise)
This will create a misty background

Create text (white) to Zoom in from 0 to 1 then fly out to top right.
Apply transparent text (3 for border—70 transparent—Black line colour)

You could play for hours with these filters and settings.

[shdwwlkr]

Trevor,

Hello. Thanks for the suggestion. I was trying to figure out how the text itself could form from wispy, mist or smoke. Each letter would form from a smokey amorphous shape to become a visible letter and then dissolve into the same wispy, smokey amorphous shape and disappear. I like a lot of the suggestions and they give me some more tools for a additional creativity.