Editing; Making pregnancy test look positive


Using After Effects
  • After inserting the footage I had previously collected, which was that of the abortion leaflet and a pregnancy test that was not positive.
  • I then applied the 'Warp Stabilizer VFX' from the 'effects and presets' window, and changed setting from 'smooth motion' to 'no motion'.
  • Opening the 'layer' option at the top bar of the screen then went to 'new' 'solid'. 
  • I guessed that it is a 5:1 aspect ratio width 1920 px times height 384 px.
  • Using a shade of blue that is close to the shade of the bar already on the pregnancy test, and then pressed ok to create another solid.
  • This was then transformed with position scale, rotation and opacity, and lowered the opacity to the level that I thought matched. At this point it was in the position that I required on the footage after using these aspects.
  • The blending mode was then changed to 'multiply' so that some of the original texture could still be seen in the bar.
  • After putting it into multiply I re-adjusted the opacity transformation, just because it makes it look slightly different
  • In order to make the blue bar I was adding look more realistic, I pre-composed the blue solid, and then opened the new composition.
  • This was so I could apply effects to the blue bar to ensure it looks as realistic as possible.
  • These effects included 2 'roughen edges' 'hue/saturation' and played around with this to match the original comp colour.
These are screenshots of the process used to create the positive pregnancy test effect.
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