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  • Newbie ? of how to get a Photo behind a Shrunken Video?

    Posted by Pete Richardson on January 6, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    Hello
    I am Very new to Sony Vegas, I have Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 6.0 on my PC . I’m liking playing around with it.
    I have a idea that I want to make a video based on a Newspaper where the photos in it turn to video,
    I have managed to shrink the video’s down to a size & position that is good for this, I have managed to add a image (that will end up being the newspaper part) to the video, but what I am not seeing is a way of moving the Jpeg picture back behind the video. Could somebody assist me please? To me it sounds like it would be a easy thing to do but I can’t find anything to move the Jpeg back behind the video
    Any help is appreciated
    Best Wishes Pete

    Danny Hays replied 15 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Danny Hays

    January 6, 2011 at 11:38 pm

    try putting the JPEG on a track below the video track in the timeline. tracks on top in the timeline will show up on top in the playback and rendered video.

  • Pete Richardson

    January 7, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    Thank you very much for replying Danny, it worked & was very easily done Thanks, a similar question, on Coral Draw I can make a section of a Jpeg or gif see through by doing a colour mask & invert, I tried using a jpeg like this in the video software but my Jpeg wasnt see through, do you know of a way for me to do that same trick with a Jpeg on top in Sony vegas but can see through to a video behind?
    Best Wishes & Thanks Pete

  • Danny Hays

    January 7, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    Not in Vegas, Photoshop can make a png picture with an alpha channel(transparent).

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