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Overlay blending turns all black
Hi. I’d like to set an event to overlay blending mode, and it works, but when nothing is on that track, Vegas appears to assume black and commences to overlay black on my other events. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way for it to overlay TRANSPARENT if nothing is on that track at that moment in time? Thanks!
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…and just to verify… I can’t specify a blending mode on individual events, can I? I’m very new to Vegas. It would make my life easier if I could do that.
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I worked around this by adding an opacity track envelope, setting it to zero except when I am using the track. Is this the way to go or am I doing this backwards? Thanks.
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Hello all. This is related.
I would really like to use a Multiply blending mode on a track, like how Multiply blending works in Photoshop layers (only blacks show through, whites are transparent). However, when I try this, well, the clip I’m using works, but when the clip is NOT present, the entire track is black-opaque. Setting a track opacity envelope to 0% does not make the track transparent — it renders black-opaque. It seems that Multiply blending is for some reason associated with masking, even though in this case I do not want to mask. Much help needed!
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Recommendation: Use it for the small section that needs this effect. Then render that out to a new DV-AVI file. Now add this to your main project which does not require a “Multiply” track. Or, I guess, you could just add a White Generated Media to the rest of that track! Or maybe add more tracks ABOVE the mask track for the rest of the project – with unlimited tracks, that’s always a possibility.
Edward Troxel
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Thanks! After some more experimentation, I ended up using a Track Matte parent-child group that I set up earlier for some other things. I used the clip as the mask with a solid black matte being masked. Very convoluted…. I guess this is one of the quirks of Vegas that all programs have. Multiply doesn’t blend. Thanks again! I got the effect I wanted.
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Wow, good to know how to do that. I still wonder why the multiply mode is so different than in After Effects/Photoshop. Seems like it should be called something else.
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uhhh…well i certainly am bumping an old topic. I am having this problem as well, but I am unable to understand what OP did to resolve. please help
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