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8 Point Garbage Matte
This is peculiar. When manipulating the points in the 8 pt garbage matte, the points (numbered 1-8) start at the edges of the image — as you’d expect. But the red “x” that controls that point is not where the number is… it’s somewhere off in space in the far upper left, way off the screen. So when I click on the “1”, the #1 point jumps to just right & below the center of the screen. The “x” is so far removed from where the point is, that I cannot adjust the point to the upper portion of the screen.
Is this just a bug, or do I have a setting amiss?
Thanks in advance.
Jeff Pierce
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8 Replies
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I don’t think you have something amiss.
This happens to me as well. I’m not sure if it is a bug or a “Feature”.
What I have done to get around it is to shrink the image in the canvas so you see more or the outside space.
You can do this from the drop down menu in the upper left of the canvas (right next to the duration) or click on the canvas and hit Command – or Command + to enlarge.
Hope this helps
Steve Cohen
Editor
O2 Media Inc. -
Hi Steve.
Thanks for the reply. I’ve used the same work-around that you mention. But what was curious, was that yesterday morning, I experienced this same issue on a different project. It didn’t throw me, because it is always this way. But when I came back to it in the afternoon, the “x” controllers were located precisely on the 8 points!?!?
Go figure.
Again, thanks.
Jeff Pierce
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…and now 20 minutes later, the “x”s and the points are much closer — they’re at least visible at the same time. They’re still not correct, but when the point is on the Safe Title Area line, the “x” is at the edge of the screen.
By midnight tonight, they should be aligned perfectly!
jp
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I helped a friend with a similar issue – his tracker points didn’t match with where he dragged the mouse when trying to set an 8-point matte. It sounds like he had placed his HDV footage in a SD timeline – in the motion tab the video was scaled to somewhere around 51%. He started a new HDV sequence and it worked fine.
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if you are putting HDV in an SD sequence and you want to apply the 8 pints Garbage matte, you need to nest the sequence first. Effects are always applied before the Motion tab changes.
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All my source material is SD. Although I am using 16:9 footage in a 4:3 timeline.
I’ll have to experiment a bit with different combinations to see if this mix of aspect ratios is the root of the problem. Although I suspect it is not, since the issue improved — albeit slightly — with with time, and no other changes.
I’ll post back with my findings.
Jeff Pierce
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if the clips are scaled, the “centre” points wont match.
if you need to scale the clip,
copy & paste it,
remove attributes: Basic Motion.
do your key-framing work,
then paste attributes back from the original scaled version.cheers,
nick -
[Jeff Pierce] “he issue improved — albeit slightly — with with time, and no other changes.”
Yeah… that’s funky. =/
-Adam
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