Making A Glass Window

[Bouncing Ferret Films]

I'm working on a short film for a friend. In the clips they have a man on a train by the window. As the train itself was stationary, they put a greenscreen by the window. I've added every effect to make it look like there is an outside and its speeding by, but it looks like there's nothing inbetween the man and the outside.

The outside is actual filmed B-roll of trees going by and is not a keyframed picture zooming by.

How do i make a "glass window" in Photoshop Elements 11... something I can bring into my project and but inbetween the man and the outside. just a 2d square "glass" effect.

I do not have adobie After Effects. The only adobie Program i have is Photoshop Elements 11.

I've looked online and can't find any pictures that work, and any search comes up with making a glass ball that magnifies the images inside of it.

Thanks for your time.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xz9PFlWrzM&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[Steve Grisetti]

Hi, Ferret. Welcome to Muvipix!

One thing that's not clear though: You say you only have Photoshop Elements -- yet you say you're editing a video? It would help to know which video editing program you're using.

It should be fairly simple to create a white block to serve as your window pane and then lower its opacity to make it nearly transparent.

But it might be an even cooler effect if you actually used video as your window pane. Sort of like a reflection in the glass of the scenery going by. Once again, you can lower its opacity to make it as transparent as you need it to be.

Though, as I've said, how exactly you do this depends on which program you're using to edit your video.

[momoffduty]

Found this free glass window psd. I have not used this site so download with caution. My WOB (web of trust) gives it a green light.

http://downloadpsd.com/layer-style/glass-effect-in-psd

[Bouncing Ferret Films]

Hi, Ferret. Welcome to Muvipix!

One thing that's not clear though: You say you only have Photoshop Elements -- yet you say you're editing a video? It would help to know which video editing program you're using.

It should be fairly simple to create a white block to serve as your window pane and then lower its opacity to make it nearly transparent.

But it might be an even cooler effect if you actually used video as your window pane. Sort of like a reflection in the glass of the scenery going by. Once again, you can lower its opacity to make it as transparent as you need it to be.

Though, as I've said, how exactly you do this depends on which program you're using to edit your video.

Its Apple Motion, that's the program i'm using, you can see a detailed video if you put my yo ut ube lin k back together.
The outside footage of the tree's going by is already a video, and is layered in accordingly. I just need that "glass" to go in between him and the outside as the real glass disappears when i apply the green screen effect.

[Bouncing Ferret Films]

Found this free glass window psd. I have not used this site so download with caution. My WOB (web of trust) gives it a green light.

http://downloadpsd.com/layer-style/glass-effect-in-psd

I'm not sure what to do with this... i can't separate the glass from the background

[Chuck Engels]

This might help
Video Through a Window

[Bouncing Ferret Films]

This might help
Video Through a Window

It says subscribers only

[Chuck Engels]

$19.95 gets you a 2 months subscription to all of the learning materials and tutorials. We have to pay for the site somehow

[Bob]

That tutorial doesn't address the glass pane problem, Chuck. And, he's already doing the equivalent in Apple Motion. That tutorial won't help him.

[Chuck Engels]

Oops, sorry about that
Thanks for double checking the tutorial Bob

[Chuck Engels]

Ok, I watched the video Bouncing Ferret but I am still not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish with the glass, sorry.

[momoffduty]

Found this free glass window psd. I have not used this site so download with caution. My WOB (web of trust) gives it a green light.

http://downloadpsd.com/layer-style/glass-effect-in-psd

I'm not sure what to do with this... i can't separate the glass from the background

Not sure why, isn't this in layers?
To make in Photoshop Elements:
Make a psd the size of your video with a transparent background. You won't need this large but your foreground video in PrEl will hide the excess.
Next layer is a solid of a light blue or you could go with a light grey. Lower opacity to taste.
Next layer is a transparent and make some streaks for glare. Draw on with the shape tool rectangles of white going in angles. Add a Gaussian blur to these to taste. Lower opacity to taste.
If you want some dirt on the window, brush on specks of dark blue or dark grey. Lower opacity to taste.

In PrEl place the window between your background video and your foreground video. Adjust the opacity.
You may have to take the file back to PSE to refine.

Here is a tut for PSE for making a glass. Disregard the frame, but look at the part about streaks.
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/ht ... dow-glass/

For a reflection you could double your foreground video and flip the duplicate, lower the opacity and add a garbage matte...say just a reflection of your body...and move the position so the reflection of you is on the window. The stacking order in PrEl: Track one background video, track two window, track three reflection foreground video, track four foreground video.