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Creating Lower Thirds in Photoshop to import into SVP 11
I created an animated lower thirds in Photoshop CS5, using PS’s animation feature.
When creating the lower thirds, I have the background set to transparent, then I added my elements that I want to move into place.
I set the bitrate of the file to 32, then render the lower thirds animation in Photoshop to an MPEG-4 format.
When I bring the clip into SVP 11, the background in black. How can I render a lower-thirds animation in PS, then bring it into SVP with a transparent background?
Do I need to do something in PS, or in SVP?
Thanks for any responses.
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3 Replies
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I am pretty sure that MP4 does not support an alpha channel. Export it from Photoshop into a series of PNG files then import that into Vegas as an image sequence.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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To have an alpha, you will need: avi (uncompressed), mov (animation), or mov (png). Or a series of png images (as Stephen mentioned).
However, another technique (from a DJ tutorial by D. Eric Franks) to get transparency:
a. Add track, insert clip
b. Add FX Sony Mask Generator
c. Add track below, insert clip
d. Make track (c) a child of track (a)
e. Duplicate track (a) [another track with the Sony Mask Generator]
f. Drag track (e) below track (c)
g. Change track (a) compositing mode to MultiplyI.e.:
Track 1 – clip, Mask Generator, Multiply
Track 2 – clip, Source Alpha, child of Track 1
Track 3 – clip, Mask Generator, Source Alpha -
I thought of another.
I use Videotagger for my credit rolls and it makes a white text on a black background. No alpha. When I want the end of the video to show under the credit roll, I just use the Vegas chromakey to key out the black.Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com
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