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Text on Track 2 Appears UNDER Graphic on Track 3
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Hey Tyson! Thanks for the info on the 3D tracks. I did not realize that 3D tracks interact with each other outside of parent/child relationships. Good to know!! But, I still don’t understand why, when all my keyframes have the same z-index on the tracks, that Instance A has the text behind and all other Instances have the text in front. Even when I delete Instance A and copy and paste another Instance to that same spot, the text goes behind.
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Hi John, Thanks for jumping in. Yes, you are correct that my text and graphics tracks are all 3D Source Alpha and that my graphics are at 50%.
I have the I don’t have any track motion keyframes on the text track and the graphics track has keyframes to make the graphic “unfold” into position. However, the Z settings for all the graphics (Instance A and Other Instances) are all the same so I’m not sure why this Instance A would be different and have the text behind. Also, I can delete Instance A completely and copy and paste one of the Other Instances in its place and suddenly the text that was correct in Other Instance is now behind the graphic in the spot I pasted it that Instance A held.
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Too late now since you cut and pasted the other one but I’m sure if you nudged the text track a pixel closer on the Z axis it would have solved your problem. As to why the other events don’t have the same problem it’s anyone’s guess. If tracks and on the same Z plane and one is transparent, I guess Vegas Pro can decide which one it wants to process first. Placing the text in front on the Z axis prevents and guess work.
~jr
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Hi John, Thanks again. I put it back to the way it was and tried your suggestion. I added a keyframe on the text track motion and nudged the Z axis with the arrow keys and got it in front of the graphics. But, I had to add another keyframe at the end of the text clip with an even lower z amount to keep it in front, otherwise, it moved to the back of the graphics as the timeline moved forward.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions!!
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[julie pfeifenroth] “I added a keyframe on the text track motion and nudged the Z axis with the arrow keys and got it in front of the graphics. But, I had to add another keyframe at the end of the text clip with an even lower z amount to keep it in front, otherwise, it moved to the back of the graphics as the timeline moved forward.”
I’m glad that worked. It’s important to understand that there are different types of keyframes. You can right-click on any keyframe to select the type. If you changed the keyframe type to a Hold keyframe, you would not have had to add a second one because the first value would be held until it encounters another value. You also could have just set the very first keyframe to that value and it would have held as well. I’m glad you’re learning more about 3D Track Motion and keyframing instead of solving it with a 2D title. 😉
~jr
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Funny you mention that. I was aware of the different keyframe types as I routinely change them to smooth. It didn’t occur to me to change it to hold. Thanks for that!
I had set the very first and only keyframe to the new value, but it didn’t move the text to the front until I moved the keyframe to the start of the text clip.
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[julie pfeifenroth] “I had set the very first and only keyframe to the new value, but it didn’t move the text to the front until I moved the keyframe to the start of the text clip.”
That’s odd because Track Motion keyframes operate at the Track level (as the name implies). They are not affected by what events are on the track.
~jr
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[ John Rofrano ] That’s odd because Track Motion keyframes operate at the Track level (as the name implies). They are not affected by what events are on the track.
Yes, I thought it was odd as well.
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