Opaque Title

[John Rofrano]

You can use Generated Media to make the triangle and you can set the transparency right in the color selector. Probably the easiest way is to create a Solid Color generated media and use the Cookie Cutter FX on with the triangle preset.

Here is how you set transparency:

~jr

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[Steve Rhoden]

That’s correct John…The only thing, using cookie cutter FX
always takes a heavy hit on render times on long projects.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
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[Jim Murphy]

John,

I am doing something wrong. What I am ending up with is a solid white rectangle (the actual shape I want) with the name of the person inside the white rectangle. That’s close to what I want, but what I really want is the white box to be translucent and showing in an opaque manner the video of the “actor.”

Here is what I have: On the top track I have the text media with the title of the actor.

On the middle track I have the white generated media, with the cookie cutter positioned so that the white rectangle is at the bottom center. The cookie cutter is set to “cut away all but section.” The text media shows the actor’s title. Where your example shows the ability to adjust the transparency, I have a solid black box with no way to adjust the transparency.

On the lower track I have the video event.

I suspect you can tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks, Jim

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[Jim Murphy]

John,

I sent a question on June 11 about your response. Not sure if you saw it…maybe you are on vacation. I would still appreciate your help if you see this. Thanks, Jim

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[John Rofrano]

[Jim Murphy] “Where your example shows the ability to adjust the transparency, I have a solid black box with no way to adjust the transparency.”

Are you sure that you are looking at the Solid Media color setting. It should be just like my screen shot. The little white arrow that my red arrow is pointing to controls the transparency. Just pull it down toward the bottom.

If you don’t have this ability, please post a screen shot so I can see what you’re seeing.

~jr

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[Jim Murphy]

I’ve got it working!! Thanks for your help. Jim

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[John Rofrano]

Glad you got it working. What was it that fixed it?

~jr

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