Lower Third–how to eliminate black background?

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Lower Third–how to eliminate black background?

Posted by Dave Petteruto on April 7, 2012 at 1:33 pm

I downloaded some lower thirds from Videoblocks and when I drop them on the timeline above of my video clip, there is a black background that shows up with the lower third. How do I get rid of this black background? I’m using Sony Vegas 10.

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Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.

Mike Kujbida replied 14 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 8 Replies
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Mike Kujbida
April 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Right-click the event, select Properties – Media and change the Alpha channel to Straight (unmatted).
Mike Kujbida
April 7, 2012 at 1:53 pm

I forgot to mention that if Straight (unmatted) doesn’t work, try one of the other options.
Dave Petteruto
April 7, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Mike,
Straight (unmatted) worked great–thanks so much.

Another question maybe you can help me with–the clips I’m downloading from Videoblocks are downloaded as Quicktime files. Some show up properly in Vegas and some are just black. They do play in the Quicktime viewer. Any idea why some of the clips are black?

Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.
Mike Kujbida
April 7, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Dave, glad that method worked for you.
As far as some QuickTime files not working, all I can suggest is that you might need a newer version of it. What version do you currently have? What does Movie Inspector say about the file (QuickTime player – Window – Show Movie Inspector)?
Dave Petteruto
April 7, 2012 at 4:03 pm

I was using an older computer with Vegas 7 and 9 on it (32bit). The Quicktime files worked in 7, but not 9??? The important thing is that the Quicktime files do work on my main editing computer where I’m running Vegas 10.

Thanks for you help 🙂

Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.
Steve Rhoden
April 7, 2012 at 5:18 pm

Also at the same time, make sure you have the latest
version of Quicktime installed.

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Dave Petteruto
April 7, 2012 at 5:38 pm

Steve–thanks for the suggestion. I checked and I did have the most current version of Quicktime installed. Just kind of baffles me as to why the clips show up in Vegas 7, but not Vegas 9.

Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.
Mike Kujbida
April 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm

[Dave Petteruto] “The Quicktime files worked in 7, but not 9???”

There was a QuickTime bug in Pro 9 that was resolved in 9.0d so make sure you’re running that one or the latest version (9.0e).

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