• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  How Do I Accomplish This?

  Posted by Gcode9 on February 18, 2007 at 1:49 pm

  Greeting All-

  I have a client project that I’m doing (Talk Show for Web) and I’m having problems with creating a transparent “logo” as a permanent lower third. I accomplished this before…however I’ve been away from the cutting board for a moment. But anyway, the client sent the “logo” in a jpeg format (white background/black characters)…I would also like to have the logo appear throughout the duration of the sequence…Will this require a diffent file format (psd./ill.)? Could someone please lend a helping hand?

  Thank You,

  Gees

  Neil Ryan replied 19 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Chris Tompkins

  February 18, 2007 at 2:10 pm

  Do u have Adobe PhotoShop? Take the file into PhotoShop and remove the white background. Save as a .PSD file and import into FCP
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  Walter Biscardi

  February 18, 2007 at 2:13 pm

  [gees] “But anyway, the client sent the “logo” in a jpeg format (white background/black characters)…I would also like to have the logo appear throughout the duration of the sequence…Will this require a diffent file format (psd./ill.)? Could someone please lend a helping hand?”

  Use the Luma Key and remove the White (or light) elements. Then drop the opacity of the overall element in the timeline to get the desired opacity.

  In the Browser, change the Duration of the still to be as long as you need it to be. If your timeline is 10 minutes long, change the duration to 10:30 so you just need the one file instead of repeating it several times.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
  https://www.biscardicreative.com
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  HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

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  Gcode9

  February 18, 2007 at 2:45 pm

  Thanks Chris…will give it a try!!!
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  Gcode9

  February 18, 2007 at 2:46 pm

  Walter you hit it rught on the nail…Thanks a bunch!!!

  Have a pleasant day!
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  Gcode9

  February 18, 2007 at 2:47 pm

  Walter, you hit it right on the nail…Thanks a bunch!!!

  Have a pleasant day!
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  Neil Ryan

  February 19, 2007 at 3:37 am

  “”logo” in a jpeg format (white background/black characters)”
  Another method:

  Try setting the Composite Mode to ‘Multiply’ then adjust the opacity to suit. (Setting the opacity to 25% is a good start – gets you in the ballpark …)

  ( ! Be aware that ‘Composite Mode’ values are not part of the Attributes for copy/paste purposes)

  Neil.

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