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Vignettes help to focus the action and keep the audience looking where you want them to look. You can make them as obvious or as subtle as you like and once you know what they are and how to use them you will see them being used everywhere. In this short Premiere Pro tutorial Andrew Devis demonstrates two different vignette approaches in Premiere Pro to keep your audiences attention on the action rather than on the background.

This tutorial is also available as a podcast.

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Re: Color Correction 3: Vignette Techniques
by Andrew Devis

Hi Kevin, really pleased you found the tutorial helpful :-) thanks for letting me know. Andrew

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Re: Color Correction 3: Vignette Techniques
by kevin dauernheim

Great Job. These are the things we need to know about premiere. I've been editing for 10 years now and didn't know how to drop the circle on the black layer like that. It makes my life so much easier, thank you. Also, I knew about the garbage mattes but seeing how you manipulate then lights up the light bulb a bit more. Thanks again!!

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Re: Color Correction 3: Vignette Techniques
by Cris McRae

Thank you I will contact Adobe.

Thanks
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Re: Color Correction 3: Vignette Techniques
by Andrew Devis

Hi again Cris

You should have fast blur in CS4 - it has been around a long time and I opened up my version of CS4 and can confirm it is there!

What you may have done is left something in the search box at the top of the effects panel which will reduce your search to items that are spelt the same way as what you have in that box! So, use the little x mark to the right and clear the search panel so you can search all your effects.

It will be under Video Effects>Blur and Sharpen>Fast Blur

If you really don't have it, then you ought to have a chat with Adobe as it is part of the standard suite.

Hope this helps
Andrew

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Re: Color Correction 3: Vignette Techniques
by Cris McRae

Firstly, your tutorials are great, thanks for the straight forward explanations.

I use Premiere CS4 and I don't have Fast Blur is that in CS5 only.

Thanks
Cris is Bliss
C.I.B. Visual Productions/K3 Films
Rough Luxury Records

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