[Scott Williams]

Thanks for the advice gentlemen. One thing I tried was making white text at 235 and didn’t stroke any of the smaller text – it looked much better.
I’ll take your advice and do some more experimenting to see what works best for my applications/ projects.
Thanks again!
-Scott

[Scott Williams]

I had a similar problem once. Try a opening a new project and try a different project setting. I’m on a Canopus system so for my project settings I have to choose a Canopus setting.
-Scott

[Scott Williams]

I got the problem figured out with some help from Steven Gotz. I was putting the Track Matte effect on the Transition clip not the Track 2 clip. I’m glad it was something really simple and not a problem with Premiere.
Thanks again for all the great help. It’s really great having a friendly community to get advice from.
-Scott

[Scott Williams]

Would you like the whole project, or just the video clip I rendered out of AE? What’s the best way to do that, ZIP?
Thanks – Scott

[Scott Williams]

Actually I am using a video clip I created in After Effects. The clip starts out all Black and wipes to White. Using the Track Matte, found under the Keying tab in the Video Effects palette, it is supposedly possible to Transition from one video clip to another. I originally found out about this when I purchased an Editors Toolkit from Digital Juice, which came with a number of pre-made Transitions. They offer directions on their website which is exactly the same as the Help Menu in Premiere.

To apply the Track Matte key:
Add the background clip to a track.
Add the clip you want to superimpose to any track higher than the track containing the background clip. This is the clip revealed by the track matte.
On a third track, add the track matte clip.
In the Effects window, expand the Video Effects bin and then the Keying bin, and drag the Track Matte effect to the superimposed clip.
In the Effect Controls window, click the triangle next to the Track Matte name to expand it.
For the Matte option, select the video track that contains the track matte.
In the Timeline window, hide the track containing the track matte by clicking the track’s Eye icon.
Adjust other options as needed.
Composite Using
Select Matte Alpha to composite using the values in the alpha channel of the track matte. Select Matte Luma to composite using the image’s luminance values instead.

I used the Luma option. Hope this helps some. I