Hi, I am trying to use Vegas Pro 13 to render some animation I'm working on. I'm exporting the video from the animation program as individual PNG frames AKA a TARGA sequence which Vegas handles nicely.
The animation software generates additional tracks for the shadows thrown by the characters and objects, these tracks are supposed to be transparent except for the shadows, but they are white with the shadows as light grey. I suppose I could key it but that would harm the sharpness of the shadows.
I have never had a problem importing PNG files to Vegas, the backgrounds are always transparent. Apparently Hit Film allows you to import and use these types of tracks using the following strategy "You need to set the blend mode on your shadow layer to "darken". You can then adjust the opacity to change the shadow intensity." I don't want to learn new software, I want to do it in Vegas!
The animation software generates additional tracks for the shadows thrown by the characters and objects, these tracks are supposed to be transparent except for the shadows, but they are white with the shadows as light grey. I suppose I could key it but that would harm the sharpness of the shadows.
I have never had a problem importing PNG files to Vegas, the backgrounds are always transparent. Apparently Hit Film allows you to import and use these types of tracks using the following strategy "You need to set the blend mode on your shadow layer to "darken". You can then adjust the opacity to change the shadow intensity." I don't want to learn new software, I want to do it in Vegas!