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  • Effects/Transition on Top layer Affecting Bottom/main layer

    Posted by David Cooke on June 13, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    How to I NOT do this. Ex. Trying to “blur zoom on” a logo key over top of bottom layer which has the main background. As I apply this to the top layer, It also “blur-zooms” the bottom layer. I just want to
    bring in that logo on top of the background without the background layer be affected at all.
    Thanks,
    David

    D’s Video

    Tony West replied 11 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Bret Williams

    June 14, 2014 at 5:15 am

    Are you using a transition? Try using just the effect called “zoom”

    Set the look parameter to variable and keyframe the amount.

  • Nick Toth

    June 14, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Some effects are built specifically for transitions between full-screen video and will not work with titles or other keyed elements such as a logo. Some of them can be modified in Motion to work correctly with titles by turning off the A or B layer.

    anickt

  • David Cooke

    June 14, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    Thanks, I will check that when back at work Monday. I do believe it was the “blur” under effects, but not sure of the Zoom function-if it was in the motion tab-(sorry, old FCP7 terminology) or an effect.

    D’s Video

  • Bret Williams

    June 14, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    The zoom effect is a zoom blur effect. It’ll do it without affecting the layer beneath.

  • Tony West

    June 16, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    I think I know what you are trying to do and I was asked this before.

    If you have the logo on top of your video and then you ad your transitions to it, I think you then need to make the logo and transition a compound clip.

    A person I know wanted to make a bloom title come on screen without having it effect the video below it.

    This is how I did it.

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