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Postby Ghet » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:35 pm



just mask the character and then add the effect to the masked layer
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Postby Nunchuck » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:16 pm

I don't want to mask the person :?

I want this circle in the middle empty and the borders with this effect. I think you can somehow do it with the Color Gradient "Elliptical transparent to Black" effect in the Media Generator Bar, but I have no clue how.

Help appreciated :?
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Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:00 pm

are you talking about something like this:

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how how there is a blurry circle bordering the image?
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Postby Nunchuck » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:53 pm

Yeah! That's what I want^^

I want to put an anime into those 4 black edges though. :>
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Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:22 pm

well you can either use a cookie cutter of it has the shape you want (like I did) and feather the edges way up,

or mask out the shape you want (if cookie cutter doesn't have it) and feather the edges way up(I'd probably set the feathering to both: feather in and out)
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Postby Nunchuck » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:52 pm

Thanks for helping me. d('.'d)

I have never used this video event before *impressed*
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Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:55 pm

good luck O:
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Postby AimoAio » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:19 am

hmm how do I get another video playing ontop of another?its like your watching one video and slightly faded into the background is another video playing
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Postby AimoAio » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:20 am

I've tried having the video clip on a different layer and changing the opacity of the first video to 50% but all it showed was the 2nd video playing and the first one disappeared!
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Postby Freyzon » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:42 pm

Ive been having issues with lag in vegas lately... do anyone know hot to "cure" this :P?
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Postby JaddziaDax » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:15 pm

squallxrinoa wrote:I've tried having the video clip on a different layer and changing the opacity of the first video to 50% but all it showed was the 2nd video playing and the first one disappeared!


is that timeline darker in color than the others?

Freyzon wrote:Ive been having issues with lag in vegas lately... do anyone know hot to "cure" this :P?

create a loop region then press Shift B
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Postby AimoAio » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:20 pm

I think I've got it

First vid in layer 1 is at 24% opacity and 2nd vid is at 74%.its not terribly brilliant but thats the kind of thing I was looking for.Except it seemed to have alot of flashes at the start...

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Postby AimoAio » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:10 pm

and I highlighted it because it wont play smoothly but I pressed Shift + B and it works now.

what does the opacity do?coz usually it would be the visibility of something.like the lower the opacity,the more transparent the picture is.but when I just lowered 1 video's opacity to 50% it make the video darker instead of brighter which I thought it was supposed to be...
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Postby Ghet » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:16 pm

squallxrinoa wrote:and I highlighted it because it wont play smoothly but I pressed Shift + B and it works now.

what does the opacity do?coz usually it would be the visibility of something.like the lower the opacity,the more transparent the picture is.but when I just lowered 1 video's opacity to 50% it make the video darker instead of brighter which I thought it was supposed to be...

opacity controls how much of the video you see
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Postby AimoAio » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:56 pm

ah ok thanks!tried it out and it seems to be pretty good.

As for WAX plugins I had a look at them but are they vista compatiable?cause it said for windows 2000/XP :S
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