[Steve James]

Thanks guys for your info. I will take it onboard. Much appreciated.
Thank you.

[Steve James]

Thanks Dave for your valued advice. Much appreciated.

[Steve James]

Thanks Dave and Darby-I will try out your suggestions.

[Steve James]

obviously not

[Steve James]

Hi Darby,
Thanks for your patience-I’m a newbie and unfamiliar with a lot of the ” techie ” terms. I found my answer-using Blending>Stencil Alpha.
Works perfect. And your suggestions are also great.
Thanks so much for helping me. I am indebted to you.
Best regards from Steve

[Steve James]

Hi Darby,
I have an animation (mov+alpha).It is NOT full screen-but say, half-screen size, in the shape of a crescent. It’s the SHAPE of this animation that I want to use as a ” template ” for ” filling with the colors of other animations, then resave, fill in with another animation, resave, etc etc. I don’t want to do anything else, except to use the default shape and re-colorize, by way of somehow using other animations’ colors.
Example-the shape of the default animation is, say, a banana-shape.
I want a yellow banana, a red one , a green one etc etc.

The reason why the animation is a ” strange shape ” is because it’s an Overlay similar to Lower Third animations, which I purchased online.And all I want is to make many different colored-variations.

Hope this helps, Darby.
Many thanks

[Steve James]

Thanks Darby,
Not what I wanted, but thanks anyway.

[Steve James]

Thank you duffbeer911, it certainly does make sense.
I appreciate your help so much.
Best regards

[Steve James]

Hi Kyle,
Many thanks for your informative explanation. I will try everything you suggested.
With best regards

[Steve James]

Ian,
What does ” keyframe the crack by hand ” mean ?
Also how do you put portions of a layer onto layers of their own ?

Thanks