masking-fixing an image on a number or letter

alanek wrote on 6/25/2002, 1:05 AM
I need to create an effect where an image fills the body of a number or letter in a title that zooms in and out. For example, I want the image of a face to be affixed to, or to "fill" in the number "1." When I mask and composite, the image is too faint, plus, different parts of the image show through as I zoom in and out. I thought maybe I should try to simply create a new image in Photoshop, and either map the image to the number/letter or create an "image-fill." Here's the problem, I never learned how to do this in Photoshop either. It has got to be really easy!?!? Any suggestions (VV3 & Photoshop) would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanx in advance.

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Tyler.Durden wrote on 6/25/2002, 8:37 AM
Hello,

In VV3 you could try this with moving video: place the "face" on a track, and the letter (from the text generator) on a track above. Click the Parent button on the far left of the Face track, and you get a text mask with the face showing through.

To keep the face and text married, just render to a new track.


In Photoshop, (as in Vegas) there are many ways to do this... it will obviously be a still: Make your image extra large to look good zooming. Open the face image as the background. Use the text tool (make a new layer), type and size the text in a solid color, and hit enter.

Use the magic-wand or Select>color range to select the text, Invert the selection, fill with color or black, select the text again and cut it to see through to the background.

Position both layers to suit.

You could also use the text shape to cut the face image and paste it over a transparent background, create an alpha channel, save as a .png file and import to VV to float it over video.

Many roads...


HTH, MPH
HPV wrote on 6/25/2002, 10:59 AM
The trick in Vegas to make this kind of stuff really easy is TAKES. This way you only have to build your motion paths on the title/graphic event.
Once you have your motion set, insert a new track and drag it below your text track. Setting your cursor to one end or the other of the event before doing the next step will keep you in perfect sync. Right click drag the text down to your new track. Choose "copy here" and "make a new copy.....". Now you must right click drag the picture from explorer and drop it on the copy/lower track of text. Add As Takes
Now all event pan/crop settings as well as keyframed filters are used on the picture.
Set picture track to child as Marty said and you have the slick stuff in short order.

Craig H.
HPV wrote on 6/25/2002, 11:09 AM
It works and looks great with Video also.