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Palpatine "flickering lights" effect

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This is something that was done in various Revenge of the Sith fanedits, starting with Kerr's and then L8wrtr's and Hal9000's. I'm talking about an effect where the lights flicker on and off in the Emperor Palpatine transformation scene. Does anyone have any idea on how to accomplish this effect in Adobe Premiere? I'm working on a Mac with the Blu-Ray footage but I imagine this is the same no matter what platform you're on.
 
[MENTION=8664]L8wrtr[/MENTION] is on Mac, not sure if he used Premiere or not.
 
While the details of the particular edit likely vary, that effect is achieved by using key-frames to manipulate color levels during the sequence. In my case I used FCP's built in arsenal of various color filters, and whether FCP or Premiere, After Effects, or any other program, the basics will be the same; using key-frames to manipulate how saturated colors are/pushing the values closer and closer to black, thereby creating the illusion of the lights flickering or going out. If you want smooth, pulsating shifts you use the key-frames differently than if you want it to appear as flickering or on/off type changes, but either way key-frames and filters are what allow you to manipulate the visuals.

If you've not used key-frames before you should be able to consult the legion of 16 year olds who fill Youtube with tutorials. Of course, if you do some digging and trials and come up with specific questions after trying, I'm sure myself or someone else here may be able to provide some additional guidance.
 
L8wrtr said:
If you've not used key-frames before you should be able to consult the legion of 16 year olds who fill Youtube with tutorials.
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LOL, true story. This is how I learned keyframing in Vegas.
 
I believe Kerr did this with something from Adobe. I think he told me he just lowered all the colors except blue for that sequence.
EDIT: I don't spelunk through the technical hell forums very often, and didn't realize I was bumping a year old thread.
EDIT EDIT: I'll just leave that unintentional typo alone.
 
Hal9000 said:
I believe Kerr did this with something from Adobe. I think he told me he just lowered all the colors except blue for that sequence.
EDIT: I don't spelunk through the technical hell forums very often, and didn't realize I was bumping a year old thread.
EDIT EDIT: I'll just leave that unintentional typo alone.
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Notwithstanding this thread's age, that's actually a neat simple trick for a cool effect. You basically darken all colours except blue?
 
I believe that was Kerr's method, yes.
 
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