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wraps and overlay HEEEEEEELP!!!
ok, here is the problem. I have multiple clips from one stationary camera angle. Basically, the difference in the clips are where my character is standing. So, what I am wanting to do is to make ONE clip look like my character is standing in multiple places in the picture. Is there an easier way (and not so muddy looking) to do this than adding a simple overlay mode?
Also, how do I take one layer and put a simple move on it (from left to right), and once it goes out of the visible screen area (to the right) it seamlessly comes back on the opposite (left) side of the screen, so it does a wrap, or basically loops itself back on to the screen over and over and over and… well, you get the picture.
If anyone knows of any tutorials that could help me with this, that would be great. I actually had a dvd from Adobe that addressed both these topics… and, i lost it. DOH!
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Draw a garbage mask around your character in each example and composite them normally over the blank plate shot of the BG.
I’m still confused why you used the ‘overlay’ transfer mode. It isn’t relevant to what you are wanting to achieve.
Chris Smith
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Ok! I will give it a shot… however, does anyone know how to loop a layer by moving it off the screen while having the the image restart on the opposite side of the screen?
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Not 100% sure of your requirements here, but if your source footage subjects don’t overlap, then Chris’ advice is true – just mask each layer to merge the pieces of footage.
If the subject will overlap itself within the shot, things get a little more complicated. You may be able to use a Difference key to seperate the subject. Otherwise, you will probably need to animate mask shapes (rotoscope) the subject on the uppermost shots – essentially cutting out the subject frame by frame in each layer.
To perform your move, you could manually animate the subject with position kayframes, with duplicate layers repeating the move. Or, check out the Offset filter to create a seamless movement from left to right which is repeatable.
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thanks guys!
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