PLs Test this: P/C Mask to ExtMon?

Grazie wrote on 10/2/2006, 5:31 AM

If you have an External Monitor going out thru' f/w would you please try following.

#1 - Insert an Event on timeline.

#2 - Open its Pan/crop property.

#3 - Check the MASK option and draw a mask - anything.

#4 - Now using the the Feather Option try anything.

What do you see on the External Monitor? I get nothing. I get nothing until I go to the Event's Opacity and reduce it. 98% does it. The Mask then pops up.

Stills are fine.

However . ..

What DOES make/bring this into play is when I place something UNDER the MASKING track. Then I can see the MASK effect.

So, maybe this isn't an invertebrate issue but a feature to ensure I need to place something UNDER it to get the Mask attributes to show. But yet again this is NOT needed on the Internal & 2nd Monitor Previews. I can create and design Masks without needing something on a lower track. AND I can get this to happen if I lower the Event's opacity

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farss wrote on 10/2/2006, 5:48 AM

Works the same way here in V6.
Reducing opacity to anything less than 100% (99.9%) will force the mask.
This has something to do with the calculation of alpha channels I'd bet and how they're sent to the monitor.
DV doesn't support an alpha channel.
Try adding a second video track of gen media. Reduce it's opacity to 0.1%, no problem. Reduce it to 0%, NO mask!

Now here'll be the real test and damned if I know if I have the right gear to test this but will PTT work correctly for systems that do support an alpha channel????

Bob.