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Joshua Muheim
Joshua Muheim

Reputation: 13233

Convert an "8mm vintage film effect" from YouTube to a semi-transparent video (to use in Keynote)?

I found this nice 8mm vintage film effect on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Qf1rUNC7g

I read somewhere that one could simply import such a thing into e.g. Final Cut Pro and use "Screen" (or something) as blend (?) mode, so your video would have this nice effect.

But I don't own Final Cut Pro (or similar), and I especially want to use this effect in a macOS Keynote document. And while Keynote can play videos, it doesn't support any special blend modes. But it DOES support transparent (and semi-transparent) videos, so I wonder how one can convert a video like the one above in a way that dark pixels are turned into transparency?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 148

Answers (1)

user21749472
user21749472

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I might be oversimplifying what you're looking to do...

If you have a Mac already you should have iMovie available to you. You can import your "main" clip into iMovie > Clip Filter and Audio Effects > Clip Filter > Silent Era. This adds an effect not too different than your example. Filter settings

Alternatively, you could download the example file, import in to iMovie > adjust your Color Correction | White Balance settings. Color Settings

And I believe you know this already from your post, but you could always just download the example clip you found, import it into Keynote > Style > adjust Opacity setting to suit your need. You can layer it on top of another video and have them play/loop at the same time to get a version of the effect you want.

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