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  • Effects/Transition on Top layer Affecting Bottom/main layer

    Posted by David Cooke on June 13, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    How to I NOT do this. Ex. Trying to “blur zoom on” a logo key over top of bottom layer which has the main background. As I apply this to the top layer, It also “blur-zooms” the bottom layer. I just want to
    bring in that logo on top of the background without the background layer be affected at all.
    Thanks,
    David

    D’s Video

    Tony West replied 12 years, 1 month ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Bret Williams

    June 14, 2014 at 5:15 am

    Are you using a transition? Try using just the effect called “zoom”

    Set the look parameter to variable and keyframe the amount.

  • Nick Toth

    June 14, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Some effects are built specifically for transitions between full-screen video and will not work with titles or other keyed elements such as a logo. Some of them can be modified in Motion to work correctly with titles by turning off the A or B layer.

    anickt

  • David Cooke

    June 14, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    Thanks, I will check that when back at work Monday. I do believe it was the “blur” under effects, but not sure of the Zoom function-if it was in the motion tab-(sorry, old FCP7 terminology) or an effect.

    D’s Video

  • Bret Williams

    June 14, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    The zoom effect is a zoom blur effect. It’ll do it without affecting the layer beneath.

  • Tony West

    June 16, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    I think I know what you are trying to do and I was asked this before.

    If you have the logo on top of your video and then you ad your transitions to it, I think you then need to make the logo and transition a compound clip.

    A person I know wanted to make a bloom title come on screen without having it effect the video below it.

    This is how I did it.

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