Layers help

Jake the Snake wrote on 3/4/2012, 3:25 PM

Hi, new here.

How do I add a second video file with a trasparant area in it so the underlying first video can be seen through it?

Im using vegas pro11

Thanks

Comments

amendegw wrote on 3/4/2012, 3:30 PM

Jake,

I think we need some additional info here. What exactly are you trying to do? There are several different techniques in Vegas to do this - Chroma Keying, Masking, Cookie Cutter FX, etc. Each of which serve a different purpose.

...Jerry

monoparadox wrote on 3/4/2012, 3:31 PM

create a new video track (layer) above the video track. Place the event with alpha channel on the top layer above the event you want to show through.

Jake the Snake wrote on 3/4/2012, 3:35 PM

I'm putting together an animation I made with Toon Boom Animate Pro.

At the end of the intro I have my character poke his head through a hole in a curtain like the old merry melodies looney toons used to do.

So I have a video with the character, and I want to overlay the video containing the curtain with the hole in it to achieve this effect.

johnmeyer wrote on 3/4/2012, 4:06 PM

If you have the time to watch, this Sony "Webinar" from a month ago does a great job of introducing many of the techniques and tools in Vegas designed to do exactly what you are asking about:

Masking and Compositing Techniques

I had an hour available two days ago, so I just watched it. Gary, as usual, did a great job. The advantage of watching the Webinar "on tape" rather than live is that you can skip ahead through sections that don't apply or where you are already confident you know what you're doing.

I had used all the techniques at one time or other over the past dozen years, but I learned a whole bunch of tips and techniques that will be incredibly useful in the future.