How to use Saber to make EPIC Basketball Highlight Videos
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มี.ค. 2021
- Learn how to use Saber from Video CoPilot to create epic basketball highlight videos with visual effects!
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I made a video breaking down how I add visual effects to my basketball highlight b roll footage on this channel almost a year ago. Since then I have had tons of questions about how I use the Video CoPilot After Effects plug-in Saber in my basketball highlight videos. That video has been steadily gaining interest since I released it, so I decided that I should provide an update going over the specific steps and techniques that I used when I’m adding VFX to sports videos using the Saber plug-in by Video CoPilot in Adobe After Effects!
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If you didn't see the first Saber video that I did check it out here: th-cam.com/video/XcFWTWVe9p8/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the tutorial! Love seeing content like this on my feed, big fan!
You’re welcome! I’m gonna keep it coming
Thanks for the tutorial. Very Detailed , it deserves more views.
Glad it helped you!
Aye fingeroll I now know your secrets 😂
wow dude. I always wanted to use this effect for sports videos but had no ideah ow, u sir helped me so much!
Amazing! Happy to help.
Thanks, brother. Well explained !
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial as usual!
Thank you E!! Loved your video today as well
Super helpful man 🙏🏽
Happy to hear it!
Great video. Thanks
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!
great tutorial 🔥🔥
Happy to hear you liked it! 🙏🏼
I guess a mask does make sense for a smaller object like a ball. For larger objects or longer edits, I like to roto the object and then auto trace it. It’s nice seeing different techniques.
Yeah definitely both good ways, I’ve just found that for this specific use case the mask works better but auto trace can be very clutch
thanks for the tutorial sir... but plz can u provide the video you used in your project plz....
Fire thanks
Thank you for the tutorial, can you tell me if the canon vixia hf r800 is good for cinematic videos
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial! I haven’t personally used that camera so I can’t speak from first hand experience but I have used similar handycams before and based on the specs of that camera and reviews it should work as a serviceable beginner camera for sports videos in reasonable lighting conditions.
Cant wait!!!!
Me neither! Only a few more hours
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What program is this is this app I'm trying to figure out how to do that to my videos on Pinnacle studio 22
hey man you mind if you do a tutorial on how to add cc particle world effect at the end as well like you had on the first saber video?
I like the idea and I always think about this but just never get to it
@@petersarellas yea just something extra i wanted to add onto my videos with this effect! Thanks for the tutorials man 💪🏽
when I copy the mask to the solid layer... It does not copy in the same spot...
I'm having an issue with rendering the saber effect with a black background. What settings does saber need to be so there is just the effect with no black background??
Very late but for anyone wondering you need to set the blending mode to screen I think
Do you use Sony? And if so what Focus mode do you use?
Shoot on Sony A7iii and use continuous autofocus. If you want to see all of my gear and settings I have a video on the channel where I go into detail about it all
hi there, only problem i'm having is when I get to the tracker part it doesn't let me track frame by frame and is all greyed out, and when I end up getting the tracker option to come up the red circle goes away? thanks
Hey there, I’d probably have to see your project in order to figure out why this is happening so unfortunately I don’t think I can give you an answer off the top of my head to fix your problem. If you do find the solution though please comment it here to help anyone else who may be in your situation.
Make sure the mask is selected/highlighted
Спасибо !!!! ))))
Not sure what you said lol but thanks for tuning in!
why is it that the mask layer I made wont copy and paste into the black solid layer? It just makes a blank layer underneath it.
Make sure that you’re selecting and copying the mask itself and not the whole video layer that the mask was made on
Soo how do you export it to add to Adobe premiere?
File > Export > Add to render queue, then render it out and bring the .mov file that exports into Premiere. You can also use dynamic link in Premiere to get into After Effects if you want and then when you save in AE it will update in Premiere
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I see your thumbnail you’re shooting handheld with a strap. Is that how you typically shoot and how come you don’t use a rig if that’s the case
Yes I typically use a strap pulled around my neck and go handheld. I like shooting this way because it allows me to easily make quick camera movements and be more mobile around the arena that I’m shooting in
@@petersarellas thank you sir!
Hey Peter, I've been having issues trying to recreate this Saber affect. For some reason when I try to blend the black solid on Linear Dodge the affect is not applying....do you know why this might be an issue. Feel free to reach out anytime...appreciate your incite.
Hey Joe, what is the layer beneath your black solid when you’re blending it? Linear dodge will have lighter colours show through and darker colours blended in, so if your background layer is very bright and the Saber effect that you’ve created is very dark for example, then you may have to use a subtractive blending mode like linear burn instead. Either way, I’d suggest playing around with blending modes until you find the one that works for you and gives you the look that you’d like. Let me know if this helps and if any other issues come up.
@@petersarellas Just tell them to close out of After Effects and open it back up, same thing happened to me and ive been sitting here for an hour trying to figure it out and that's all I had to do lol
@@shotmakersclub Bro you a g lol. I just closed AF and re opened and the saber applied. Thanks man!!!
@@matiascrespo5049 Lol no problem man I was sitting there for hours pissed off smh
@@shotmakersclub it didn’t work
I need help, it will not work at all, it either doesn't show black screen with saber, or doesn't track the right way
I think that I would have to see your project to help you based on that description. What is happening instead when you say it isn’t tracking correctly?
When I turn on Linear Dodge the background stays black, how can I fix this?
You need to have a video layer beneath the Saber layer or else the blending modes won’t do anything as the Saber layer has nothing to blend with
How do you get the elipse tool?
Tap the Q key to cycle through the mask/shape tools until you get to the ellipse, or click and hold on the mask/shape tool icon on the top toolbar (defaults to rectangle) until the other shape tools fly out and pick the ellipse.
whenever i try to download saber from that link it says that the disk is damaged and i need to eject it. any reason why that may be?
Absolutely no idea why that may be. Possibly may have to download it to a different hard drive.
@@petersarellas like an ssd?
Is it possible rotobrush could do this?
It’s possible to get a similar result by using rotobrush and then going Layer > Auto-trace to trace the mask, but you do one way it another have to create a pen tool mask to make this work
@@petersarellas so basically this is the best way?
@@zackxmagz6343 for this shot this was the best way in my opinion, but it really depends on what your shot is, how accurate the mask has to be for your purpose, and how you work best
Does this only work in after effects?
There are other programs that can do similar effects but this specific plug-in and method that I’ve gone over here is compatible with After Effects
@@petersarellas ok thanks
sir which software are you using?
Adobe after effects
@@petersarellas thank you sir so much
1:06 you type what?
why dont i have a mode option?
now that i have a mode option the video still isnt showing?
i cant blend the background its all black all the time no matter what i do
I’d have to take a look at your project to really see what the problem is but just off the top of my head, make sure that you have a video layer beneath the Saber layer and make sure that you’re using an additive blending mode. If you still can’t get it to work then try precomposing the Saber layer once you’ve got it looking how you want and then change the blending mode on the precomp.
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Yes that does exist
Yo can give me the unedited clip
Sorry I’m not able to do that as the clip is property of the Canadian Elite Basketball League and I have been given permission to use it for educational purposes
@@petersarellas ok do you have any clips that you can give for me to practice
Here’s some old stuff you can mess around with: drive.google.com/drive/folders/196piSbJvtjeUMfhdjy3G-vT8X-_cC1cT
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@@clutchhoops4821 all good man
why don’t i get the white rectangle around my mask to make it bigger?
Which white rectangle? Can you elaborate?
@@petersarellas it’s around the mask to scale it so i can fit it around the ball better
@@pgbprod.5033 I have the same problem. I can't resize the eclipse properly without the white frame
@@imranhani3196 same problem I'm having
Figured it out....Layer>>Mask and Shape Path>>Free Transform Points