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  • First Post – Lower thirds alpha issue?

    Posted by Michael Griffith on November 8, 2012 at 6:25 am

    Hello all. Thanks for taking the time to look at my issue here. If the workflow you see in the image below looks like a jumbled mess, well, it’s my first attempt at doing anything in Avid; learning as I go.

    I have a lower thirds banner on the timeline but I can’t get it to overlay on the main video mixdown track. When I toggle with the record track monitor buttons I either get the main video or the banner over a black background.

    I had it working properly yesterday on a similar project but don’t know what I’ve done to cause the problem.

    Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

    James Patterson replied 13 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • James Patterson

    November 8, 2012 at 10:06 am

    Your lower third is hidden as it’s below your video track, NLE’s like Avid have a top to bottom hierarchy so your alpha needs to be above your video track.

    Best

    Paddy

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