Master Film Mattes, Lens Flares, and Blending
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If you haven't already, DEFINITELY scroll up and watch the video training on film mattes, flares, and blend modes.
The video training will walk you through the step by step process:
- Familiarize yourself with film mattes and lens flare assets
- How to use different blend modes to get high quality effects with your templates
- The difference between the "multiply" blend mode and the "screen" blend mode
- How to customize your assets to get the perfect look for your video creations
But I get it... maybe you like reading more than watching awesome videos. If that's the case scroll down to see a basic summary of the important information from the video training:
Downloading Your Assets
This is the simplest part of the puzzle, once you're logged into contentcreatortemplates.com you can download any of the assets by clicking the downward-facing arrow! On most computers, these files will start automatically saving into your "downloads" folder.
Installing on Mac Computers
- Most Macs automatically download files to the "downloads" folder
- We suggest storing all of your templates/graphics in a specific folder, for easy future access
- Create a new folder somewhere you will remember
- Copy and paste the graphic you just downloaded into this new folder.
Installing on PC Computers
- Most PCs automatically download files to the "downloads" folder
- We suggest storing all of your templates/graphics in a specific folder, for easy future access
- Create a new folder somewhere you will remember
- Copy and paste the graphic you just downloaded into this new folder.
Customizing Your Assets
Mattes, flares, light leaks, and other similar assets are not naturally see-through. In order to retain the highest quality in our templates and assets, we build them with the intention of our users applying BLEND MODES to merge the assets with their video clips.
All editing softwares allow you to manipulate the blend modes, and they also have the same PRESET blend modes.
If you are using a film matte, place the matte over your desired video clip, and use the MULTIPLY blend mode. This will render the brighter portion of the mattes see-through which will perfectly merge the two clips, giving you that awesome vintage look
If you are using a lens flare where we want to RETAIN the highlights and make the blacks see-through, then choose the SCREEN blend mode.
Enjoy playing around with your newly downloaded assets!
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