FX border question

Pal wrote on 1/20/2006, 7:16 AM

I'm putting some still pictures in a video as a picture in a picture effect in VMS Platinum. I thought I would put a soft border around the edges. When I shrink the picture down in the pan/crop window the picture gets smaller but the border effect stays the original size. Does anyone know how to correct that? Thanks!

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rustier wrote on 1/20/2006, 1:21 PM

Try an elliptical color gradient (for starters) on level 1, set composite mode to multiply, put the picture below (level2) with composite mode source alpha and make sure the arrow is pointing up (making the generated media the "mama" (it will say make composite parent) now get back to your color gradient and look at the properties. Make the number 2 control point closer to the center than 1, and its color white (as a mask), make the other control points "clear" and play with the distance between points to sharpen or blur the edges. Your video or slides can be on level 3 or 4. If you have trouble getting the picture centered (in your PIP) check the properties - source - and set the stretch to fill to NO and if you must set the aspect to NO as well. This will give you pretty much free reign on zooming and panning.

that oughta giterdun or at least gicha down the road a piece. . .

Pal wrote on 1/20/2006, 9:21 PM

Thanks! A little more complicated than I was hoping for :-) This project has over 100 pictures squeezed into different locations and sizes as the video is playing. I've never done anything with the compositing feature so I am interested in seeing how that works. So thanks again!