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Sony Vegas Timecode Background
Hi All,
Just following the instructions of a previous post by JR, can someone please explain exactly how this is done?
The post by JR:
Re: Sony timecode
by John Rofrano on Oct 14, 2008 at 10:26:58 pmNo, the timecode is always white on black but if you add the timecode to a piece of black generated media above the track and also add a Sony Mask Generator, it will key out the black leaving you with just the timecode on a transparent background.
~jr
I’ve got the timecode on track 2, and have now added a black generated media on track 1 and applied a Sony Mask Generator to it, but the timecode is still black background? Am I do something wrong?
Thanks in Advance…
Cheers,
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4 Replies
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You should place the black generated media above your videotrack. Then you apply the timecode and the Mask Generator (setting LUMINANCE) both the the black Generated Media. Thats all to do…
Theo
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Perfect… But I actually while doing it just put the Mask Generator to the rest of the plugin chain (Timecode + Cookie Cutter x 2), set Luminance, and that seems to have done the trick too 🙂
Thanks heaps Theo
Cheers,
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> Perfect… But I actually while doing it just put the Mask Generator to the rest of the plugin chain (Timecode + Cookie Cutter x 2), set Luminance, and that seems to have done the trick too 🙂
Yea the Mask Generator is the thing that allows the removal of the black. The reason I said to add it to a piece of black media on the track above is because the Mask Generator effects the entire clip which turns it Black & White and you may have other black parts that you don’t want keyed out. But as long as whatever you did works for you then that’s a fine way to do it. 😉
~jr
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If the part you want masked out is the only black in the video, you can chromakey it out too.
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