Flickering effect (on/off)

[kj1983]

Hi all,

What kind of effect is call from 17s-18s? And where I can download the video software (free?) to do that? I'm assuming Adobe Premiere can do that?

http://youtu.be/Avf5Sw1qyP4?t=17s

[pandy]

simple switching between two videos - frame by frame basis - it can be done on any video editor that support more than 1 video input (for example on Avisynth)

[MaverickTse]

AviUtl,
see the attached demo project file.

1> Add video 1
2> Add video 2(overlay)
3> Split video 2 for the flickering part
4> set the flickering section to vary the "Clearness" parameter with "Repitive movement" mode, between value 0 and 100

[kj1983]

Thank you all. I'll give it a try!

[budwzr]

They used to do this with 2 or 3 white frames in Las Vegas to catch your eye, and it does work. Casinos further down the strip, like the Wynn, started this, but when everyone started doing it they all quit.

[Cornucopia]

I like the momentary "subliminal suggestion advertising" version of this, where they drop in an isolated pic or 2 (or more) of some desirable product (usually with a desirable model promoting it). Has been tried for propaganda, too (shades of Manchurian Candidate, etc).

Scott

[budwzr]

I remember that back in the 80's. People claimed they flashed popcorn and sodas in the theaters, I think. Remember the "pheromone" cologne for men? That was another subliminal scam.

[kj1983]

I cannot use AviUtl, I got the error during launch.

Any other quick and easy edit? Or how to edit in Avisynth? Thanks.

[MaverickTse]

You PC is a relic. Try updating your video driver and install DirectX9.
You can ignore this problem and proceed anyway. (just some plugins will not work)

[pandy]

Or how to edit in Avisynth? Thanks.

Interleave two video (so combination of trims and perhaps different videos need to be used) - also you can delay one video by several frames - but this is up to you as you didn't provided information and professional videos usually use more than one camera or they take multiple captures (thus you have multiple sources)

simplest way:

V1=""source""
V2=V1.Trim (0,5) + V1
Interleave(SelectEven(V1),SelectEven(V2))