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Easy way of fading in/out a roll at Safe Title points
Every now and then I forget how to do something, and as embarrassed as I am by this, I’ll post this here so that maybe others will get a good laugh, and learn the right way of doing it… and learn of the work around I stumbled onto in order to get the job done.
I’m doing a title roll, which starts off screen and ends off screen, and I want it to dissolve on at the Safe Title area at bottom of screen, and off at Safe Title are at top of screen…. And I’ve forgotten how to do it easily!!!
I Know I’ve done this before, and it was really easy to do, but for reasons I can’t explain, I can’t remember how….
I’ve found a work around……(To get the project done)!
Apply 2 separate Video Effects/Linear Wipes on top of title, and set one for 0 Degrees Wipe Angle, and other for 180 Degrees Wipe angle. Set Each for 18% completion, and each with 80% Feather…
That Does accomplish the effect I want….
BUT….
It is not the Easy way I’ve remembered doing this before…
So, now that you’ve had a good laugh at my expense….. Would you please educate me in a Simple way to accomplish this without taking many, many steps?
Thanks! I’ll be looking forward for your answers!!!
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Personally, i would use the opacity handles (sometimes called “rubber bands”) to fade in the roll at the correct point. You can’t use transitions because they are anchored to the end of the clip and you can’t “cut off” frames of a title roll…it will simply shorten or lengthen. With the opacity handles the fade in can be in any chronological position on the clip, and can be any length.
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
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Tim…. Are you talking about fading a clip in and out at the title beginning and ends?
I’m wanting to have the roll not be visable at bottom and top of each frame. Won’t Opacity do entire frame?Jan
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Sorry…misunderstood. I was thinking for the beginning and ending…
THEN…I’d probably do a track matte key with whatever footage was beneath the credit roll matted back in on the top and bottom of the screen over the rolling title…
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
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Hi Jan,
What you are looking for is a matte.
Easier to create in Photoshop, but can also be done in the title designer if you insist on working only within Premiere…Create a white still frame, with black, gradiented bars on the top and bottom (size of bars determined by safe zone, amount of gradient determined by how smooth you want the fade in/out).
Position this file in a video track directly above your title in the timeline. (same duration).
Apply “Track Matte Key” effect on your title. For “Matte :” choose the video track on which you positioned your matte file, and for “Composite Using :” choose “Matte Luma”
cheers,
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[dixie.fever] “Apply “Track Matte Key” effect on your title. For “Matte :” choose the video track on which you positioned your matte file, and for “Composite Using :” choose “Matte Luma””
That sounds logical except for the fact that if the title is already an alpha channel key over video, the track matte will not work properly, at least in CS3, as the two transparency types don’t function together. I know because I tried it before I posted as I had some faint memory of some small hang up there…
So…as I said…if you experience unexpected behavior with the matte, use the track matte like Jon said, but you’ll have to track matte the background video into a soft top and bottom border, an alpha key doesn’t respond properly inside a luma track matte (again…at least in CS3 this is true. I don’t have CS2 loaded on anything to try it out).
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
http://www.classondemand.net
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