16 - How to make shadows in Vegas 7.0

Ok, so a couple of guys has been asking me how to add shadows in a wow machinima movie, so i decided to make a quick tutorial about it.

But, i dont want to take creds for the knowledge itself, as Baron Soosdon tought me how to do it, iam just the messenger you can say :)

Ok, so, its not hard really, but i think you might need to know the basics of how to use Vegas before going out on this one.


Click the images to see more clearly. Lets start!



1 - First, you open a project in Vegas. In this case, a new project. Add for instance a background and a clip from modelviewer.



2 - Chroma key the modelviewer clip, and position it where you want it.


3 - Now add a new video track beneath the original chromakeyed clip.


4 - Duplicate the first modelviewer clip and put it into the video track beneath. One way to duplicate it, is to click the original footage -> ctrl + c, then click where you want the duplicated footage, and press ctrl + v.


5 - Press Event FX, and add Sony HSL adjust to the duplicated footage.



6 - Adjust the Luminance to 0,00. The settings should look like the picture above.



7 - Exit the Event FX adjustments, and Click on this little icon on the track where the duplicated footage is.



8 - Select 3d Source Alpha, the option at the top.



9 - Press the Track Motion button. (The icon with 2 windows and an arrow)



10 - This window will pop up, play around with it until you get it where you want it


11 - Mine ended up like this. But of course you can adjust it so it suits you :)


12 - To make it look more real, you can adjust the opacity on that layer by dragging the button as shown at the image backwards.


The downthing about this technique, is that these settings affect that whole layer, so with many different scenes, this can add up to be many, many layers.

Have fun with it!!