possible to make fill colour of text transparent?

[Sanspoof]

I don’t know if this answers your question but I’ll give it a shot.

If you have a text layer above a video layer you can create a track matte so the video will only show through the text. This is achieved by going to the “modes” column in the timeline and clicking on the trackmatte button (it will be next to the video layer not the text) and selecting alpha from the drop down box.

This only works if you have your text layer ordered above your video layer. Hopefully this is along the lines of what you wanted.

peace,
Michael

[Posix6]

hey michael,
thanks for your reply.

i’m aware of how to trackmatte a video layer into text.
however when you do so, the stroke of your text is lost.
basically what i’d need is to trackmatt the video layer only into the fill colour of the text layer and leave the stroke unaffected.

how can i achieve that?

[Sanspoof]

Well you could always motion track another text layer with only the outlines over the trackmatted footage. But there’s probably a better way than that. ~~for some reason I can’t figure out how to hide the fill to just show the outlines, but I guess the solution is to place it behind the trackmatted footage instead and increasing the font size.

Any one else have ideassss? I’ll let you know if I figure out a different way… doubtful though.

peace,
Michael

[Sanspoof]

Duh, there’s no need to motion track… my mind is failing me. Just use the same position keyframes from the trackmatted layer for the text layer.

Might have to mess with the tracking for both text layers to get it to line up properly.

goodness, sorry.
peace,
Michael

[Sanspoof]

Okay, I think I got it this time, and it’s minimal hassle. This is just one way to do it.

Apply your text as a trackmatte to the video layer. Precompose these two layers. Outside the precomposed layer, in the main comp, place an exact copy of your text under the precomposed layer. Select the precomposed layer and apply simple choker effect to its alpha channel. By choking the video a bit, the outlines of your text behind the precomposed layer will show through.

This eliminates the hassle of messing with the text tracking and ect. You could now parent these two layers to a null layer, or copy the keyframes from one to the other.

This is just one of the ways you could do this. Hope I could help a little.

peace,
Michael