Trasparancy using image matte on 4 layers

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:00 am

You should just use "clip" on the footage you want to use, and then use the RGB transparency and select "black"
red 0
blue 0
green 0
You may have to reverse key. Also, setting smoothing to "high" may help. But I'm going by the "guess" that using image mattes have clearer results?

bluelife2128 · Post by **bluelife2128** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 2:54 am

KMV
Man, ya... I don't know... yours looks awsome (thats EXACTLY what I wanna get.)
Explination of lines.
The clip seems a little darker and there are black lines running horizontally through the clip/bar. Don't really know how to describe it more than that. Now, the CCS video I've captured from dvd I have at 720X480, something like that... and so I have created the images in PS the say resolution. But what were you talking about the interlacing thing??
could that effect thid all that much (the footage looks fine except for this and when I have effects added on)

bluelife2128 · Post by **bluelife2128** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:29 am

By the way... everything I do is with DivX codecs.
But the lines even show up in the monitor window in Priemer before I even export timeline. (u know... the whole holding alt and drag timeline thing)

kmv · Post by **kmv** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 5:45 am

Premiere is notorious for not liking MPEG4 based codec's like DivX and XviD. That might be the problem. Try editing in something like hufyuv or MJPEG (and then switching to hufyuv for export).

The guides have a lot of good information on this subject.

bluelife2128 · Post by **bluelife2128** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 12:47 am

ouch...
So you saying I have to re-codec all the clips I got from the dvds...
(all the sudden I got a twisted stomach)
So... mjpeg codec right. What if I just convert the codecs instead of converting the vob. file . (i.e. from divx to mjpeg instead of vob. to mjpeg) would that work just as well?

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 2:25 am

bluelife2128 wrote:ouch...
So... mjpeg codec right. What if I just convert the codecs instead of converting the vob. file . (i.e. from divx to mjpeg instead of vob. to mjpeg) would that work just as well?

yes, but you would screw up some video quality with that.
and mjpeg codec wouldn't either be the optimal solution for this

Read the guides here for optimal solutions for this.

bluelife2128 · Post by **bluelife2128** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:58 am

Hey KMV...
I Converted a clip from divx to mpeg (I don't have mjpeg codecs unless they're under another name) but anyway, the mpeg didn't work either. where do I get mjpeg codecs?

FurryCurry · Post by **FurryCurry** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 12:16 pm

bluelife2128 wrote:where do I get mjpeg codecs?

http://www.pegasusimaging.com/picvideomjpeg.htm

Free to download, $28 to get rid of the watermark.

Hey! they raised the price of the non-commercial license from $18 to $28.

Bastards. Glad I bought mine when it was cheaper.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 12:55 pm

bluelife2128 wrote:Hey KMV...
where do I get mjpeg codecs?

http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net

...if you have a spare box laying around. Free (and really nice) MPEG-2 encoder, too.

bluelife2128 · Post by **bluelife2128** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 1:03 am

hEY, COO GUYS THANKS.
Now, do ya all really think this might help with the lines problem?

Aw look... Trythill.... HEY TRYTHILL, wuz cookin...
Dude, I'm still swoonen over you always video.

so great
thnx all... I let ya all know how it turns out.