Julie Hill
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That’s great Anthony. I’m glad Jim was able to help you get it figured out.
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Julie Hill
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Hi Anthony,
[Anthony Uccello] “Perhaps you could rephrase “matte” and your last paragraph for the options available in Sony Vegas Pro? “
to clarify this: a matte is the same principle as an alpha channel, but it’s a separate file instead of part of the color clip. (Does that make sense?)
I did talk with Bob and unfortunately we don’t have a current version of Vegas. So, I’m stumped on how further to help you. Have you talked with the tech support at Vegas?
Good luck and please let me know how it turns out.
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Julie Hill
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No need to do that, we’ll get it figured out!
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Julie Hill
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Hi Anthony,
I’m still working on this for you. Unfortunately, the tech guy (Bob Hayes) that can probably answer this is out of the office today. He’ll be back tomorrow. I do have a copy of an email that Bob had sent a while ago =) to another Vegas user, maybe it’ll help.
“Place your clips on the timeline’s lowest layer with a hard cut (where two clips meet with no transition where it would be just a hard jump to the next scene, which is where you would want to use something to cover it up, such as TRA103) from one clip to the next. The layers above that will have the TRA103 effect to “cover up” the hard cut you made in layer 1. You need to find the completely white frame in the TRA103M matte clip and make sure that frame lines up exactly where your hard cut occurs. The TRA103M matte defines the transparency for the TRA103 color clip, so that the area inside the curtains shows your footage beneath. When the curtains are completely closed, it hides the hard edit from your clip #1 to clip #2.
In Vegas, the color clip (TRA103) goes on layer 2 and the matte (TRA103M) goes on layer 3, the uppermost layer. Then, in layer 3, set the Compositing Mode to “source alpha.” Hopefully these instructions will “translate” to Video Factory with only a small amount of experimenting.”
If this doesn’t help, let me know and I’ll continue to research it for you.
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Julie Hill
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Hi Anthony,
I was on the Cow and ran across your post in the Sony Vegas forum. I’m not sure if this will help but the following is info we have on our site regarding using Transitions Volume 1 and Grand Openings in Premiere and FCP.
“There are sample projects for several common apps on the CDs in the Extras folder, but the basic method is that you use multiple layers in your timeline. Put your footage on the lowest layer, with a hard cut from one clip to the next. Then place the Transitions or Grand Openings color clip and matte on the layers above, lining up the completely white frame of the matte with your hard cut. Whether the color clip or the matte goes on layer 2 or 3 depends on which application you are using. Consult your video editing application’s documentation for specific details.
For instance, in Adobe Premiere, the matte goes on layer 3 and in Apple Final Cut Pro the matte goes on layer 2. Then, in Premiere you set the color clip’s layer transparency setting to “Track Matte” and it automatically uses the next higher layer–in this case the matte. In Final Cut Pro, you set the color clip’s Composite Mode to “Travel Matte-Luma” and it automatically uses the layer below it. Other applications will have similar settings.”
HTH
Julie Hill
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Julie Hill
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I had checked the floor map shortly before I left for HD Expo in Burbank around November 5th. It was while I was away at GV Expo in DC last week that I heard about AVID. So, curiously I looked at the NAB site and saw no mention of Apple either. Which, I thought was a tad strange since they had been there earlier (on the exhibitor list and on the map-which does change constantly but not at a constant rate).
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That is true that nothing is ever finalized until the day of the show and even then it’s still subject to change. However I was surprised that Apple wasn’t on the exhibitor list itself when it had been from booth selection around April 2007 until about two weeks ago.
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I’ve been reading with interest about all the speculation as to why AVID has pulled from NAB. In checking the NAB Exhibitor list and the floor map, I was also suprised to see that APPLE is nowhere listed. Hmmm, what goes here?
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Hi Chris,
Yes, Artbeats cost money. However, we do have various options available. If you don’t need broadcast resolution, you can get 320 x 240 size images for only $49 (plus buy 3, get the 4th free). We also have a Starter Kit for only $69 and that includes 6 free clips (pre-selected) and you can view them on our website. If you have any questions about any of our footage, please feel free to contact me.
Julie
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Julie Hill
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Hi Justin,
If you don’t need broadcast resolution footage, Artbeats has 320 x 240 clips of all their NTSC/PAL available for $49 each. Perhaps those would work for your projects.
Julie Hill
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Julie Hill
Artbeats
1405 N Myrtle Road
Myrtle Creek, OR 97457
Phone: (541)863-4429
Fax: (541)863-4547
http://www.artbeats.com