Fading effect

[PadForce]

Hello there, I am a relative AMV noob, sorry if this isnt in the right forum section, but I just wanted to ask about the fading effect I have seen in a lot of amvs where there are two different clips playing at the same time but one is like see through in the background, is it possible to do that with windows media player which is the only program I have atm?
Thanks in advance

[Willen]

The correct forum section for questions like this is Video Software Help. But I'll answer this here since this post will most likely be moved anyways.

The simple answer is "no". The complicated and messy one is "maybe".

Depending on the exact effect you are trying to get, WMM can sort of do this. Lay down your first track then add the track you want to play along next to the first. In the Timeline mode, drag your second track onto the first one. The clips will essentially cross-fade into and out of each other for the duration that they overlap, so at the beginning, the first clip will be more prominent, then the 2 will be equal, and finally the second clip will become dominant.

This most likely won't give you the effect you are looking for since you can't adjust the opacity of the clips independantly and precisely. Ideally, you'd want to use an editing program that supports at least 2 video tracks (Premiere, Vegas, Magix, etc.).

[PadForce]

thank you for your help, i will try that, it sounds very usefull, thanks again!

[Gepetto]

Hello there, I am a relative AMV noob, sorry if this isnt in the right forum section, but I just wanted to ask about the fading effect I have seen in a lot of amvs where there are two different clips playing at the same time but one is like see through in the background, is it possible to do that with windows media player which is the only program I have atm?
Thanks in advance

why don't people know the name of WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER?

[dokidoki]

Use VirtualDub and AviSynth to output another AVI.

a=AVISource("clip1.avi").ConvertToRGB32()
b=AVISource("clip2.avi").ConvertToRGB32()
a.Layer(b, "add", 128)

See here for more information.

[Zero Link]

well, just right click the clip and choose fade. If you really want to go into details such as flash fade you can create a short clip, add fade into black and then fade into white. And when you run it it should make a flash. The shorter the clip is the shorter the flash will be. I barely use wmm so Im alittle rusty on giving out information. I use vegas.

[Jayn_Newell]

I think he was asking about a transparency effect, rather than a fade, from what he described. Although I'm not an expert on the capabilities of WMM--I never delved into it very far, beyond simple editing techniques--even if such a thing is possible it's probably a giant PITA. If he has the money, he'd probably be better served getting a relatively cheap editing program than trying to beat WMM into submission. WMM is workable, but it's a pain, even for a simple cut-n-paste AMV. (That said, if he doesn't have the money, WMM isn't a bad place to start)

[Zero Link]

You can't really transparent on Wmm. Im pretty good at making music videos and I've been making them for about 2 years now and I've never seen anyone transparent on WMM. (then again I might be getting the wrong idea on what transparent is). Im thinking he means playing two clips at the same time.

[PadForce]

Yeah I do mean two clips at the same time, the first suggestion does work by the way, it just gradually changes into the other symultaneous clip and is very usefull.
Unfortunately I am a student and dont have the money to buy a new movie maker.

[PadForce]

also thanks for the advice on flash fade, i will try that as well!