The Matrix Effect

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How to create the effect in The Matrix when Neo punches people by overlapping two layers of video and changing the opacity on one.

  1. By: Izzy Video
  2. Categories How To
  3. Views 460,814
  4. Added :11-Jun-07
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  • hmmm

    Reminds me of a kipkay video

    lol nice effect keep em coming

    By Broderick 1183087043
  • NICCE!

    Dude great vid.......except wats the video editing software you are using?? + is it for free

    By avtst65 1183035793
    • PC editing

      There is PC editing software out here Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas are two good ones to try. Both offer free trails for download. you can find em on the company sites or MovieDemo resource area.

      By VaporTrail 1185128491
    • Final Cut Pro

      He uses Final Cut Pro, which is not free software but worth it if you're seriously thinking of doing video editing

      By Neejoh 1183464291
    • HELP me with video making software!?

      wat kind of program can i use to make a video of my own from my canon camera.. i need alot of help.. i cant even put ito n my computer, i have all the cords and CD's that came with the camera as well. I am trying to make a soccer compilation highlight video of my team's current season, can anyone help!? i need it to be done very soon before one of my coaches parties!

      By Delti 1184794449
    • copy paste would do the trick...

      or maybe u need a quicktime or realone player to run ur video... once you have all the necessary plug-ins there won't be any problem.. for pc you can use adobe premier, incite or the windows movie maker. adobe premier could do lots of tricks, Final cut pro/express is somehow more advance and easy to use. its like a combination of premier and after effects

      By crapyfatty 1185001611
    • and by the way...

      final cut is for mac only

      By crapyfatty 1185001666
    • hmm well..

      it still dusnt work, u c.. cus i have recorded the video onto a tape inside the cama, a removable one, but is ther a way i can transfer it from a tape to a computer? thx alot

      By Delti 1185041204
    • use a capture card

      there's a lot of capture card available nowadays but its almost obsolete since we now have firewires and usb connections and other hardware stuffs made for video capturing... but i'm not sure coz its been 2 yrs now since i stopped doing video editing. But since you have a tape camera use a capture card for your pc/mac (the most popular before was pinnacle) look it up on stores....

      By crapyfatty 1201809677
    • Something you guys should know

      Final Cut Pro is for macs, I don' think you can get it for windows : (

      By Kramerica 1183579617
    • True...

      That's true.
      The same effect can easily be done with Adobe Premiere Pro, which runs on Windows

      By Neejoh 1183633256
  • koo

    another great video kip! oh wait. your not kip. lmfao!

    By loves-to-vid 1185292967
  • cool

    ;)

    By Geoshaman 1185177857
  • nice

    woot

    By Ravene 1185173066
  • Is there a way to isolate this effect?

    It's very cool but it might look better if only the arms of the subject were blurring. Is this possible?

    By hEr0 1185121104
    • this way

      make a feathered mask on the top layer(the semi-transparent) that covers up the body

      btw use adobe premiere and adobe after effects

      By T2024ut 1185646558
  • good video

    interesting and informative. professionally done.

    By spooly 1184711217
  • ..

    which programm is that?

    By AgInhaber 1184706034
  • ...

    wow! that looks amazingly bad!

    By demainlespoulpes 1184696936
  • Awesome!

    I wonder if we could do this on Adobe premier pro?

    By EvilDooer 1184551414
  • crazy kids

    cool effect though... easy

    By Wesf90 1184325971
  • Awesome!

    Yeah, that makes sense now. I've wondered how they made that effect.

    By sniperGasMask 1184315833
  • ahh

    ahhhh

    By eriku 1183417297
  • program

    he usses final cut pro for mac and there is no trial version so u have to buy it for $1,299 :(

    By moe3124 1183403341
    • yes there is

      its called final cut express. it only costs $100 and is still pretty powerful

      By contraflip 1184255626
  • software

    does somebody wants all kind of software? free dowload

    By snake123 1183362554
    • hey dude

      yes i want free software

      By liquidsugar 1184274655
  • ...

    pretty neat, it's infinitely easier to do in sony vegas. i wish i had proper punching footage for it.

    By Byronius7X 1261301438
  • how about the ultimate slow down bullet

    effect.... any ideas

    By GaryQ 1230602902
  • Excellent!

    Very helpful, well-produced videos! Good luck with your website.

    By DrTummy 1206726491
  • Code to do this in AviSynth

    #open your clip
    myclip = msg.trim(215, 369)

    #create blank mask (select everything) same length as your clip
    mymask = blankclip(myclip, myclip.framecount(), color=255255255)

    #overlay myclip with itself, add 5 blank frames to start of overlay clip, then trim these after overlaying
    return overlay(myclip, blankclip(myclip,5) myclip, 0, 0, mymask, 1.0).trim(5, 0)

    By mrshr3d 1206333127
  • jweeks

    it was stupid

    By j weeks 1185472558
  • THAT WAS FANTASTIC INFORMATION...

    this is one of the best videos i hv seen on this site... very very informative.... thank for sharing dude ... luved it... cheers

    mp3junction.com

    By manishz 1185299430
  • Great tutorial!

    I gonna try that in Sony Vegas.
    I noticed that you often use FinalCut or Apple's Motion... are you only using Apple's software?
    Will you , by any chance, be introducing some AfterEffects tutorials ? :)

    great job, your videos are pretty interesting

    By mayflower- 1185118195
  • wow

    ur a frikin retard, first retarded mistake: WHY THE HELL ARE YOU USING FINAL CUT !?!??!

    for a better effect of the punching, have jus tthe arms punching by creating a feathered mask that covers up the body, this way it will look like the matrix even more by making it look like jus tthe arms are swishing around

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    By T2024ut 1185646408
    • hey

      all you are is a spammer so why dont you be gone?!

      By thepivotchannel 1185814827
  • nice

    http://www.isound.com/edfish_and_the_sea_urchins

    By edfish 1185702884
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