• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 2/17/2014

  RE: Blurring or somehow removing the head of an actor in underlying video so I can place another "head" in it's place
  AA4362, You might be able to get what you want by combining two effects -- pixelate (or better simply blur) the background face and then overlay ;your foreground head. I think there is not way to completely eliminate any background head showing,
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 2/9/2014

  RE: How to add a 'Camcorder' Style RED record flashing dot to a movie?
  Hi John, I expect Carl is in bed by now! Just add the suffix  'alpha' to the filename, like MyNameAlpha.png, MyName-Alpha.png, MyName_ alpha.png, etc.   Terry, East Grinstead, UK    
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/17/2014

  RE: proDAD Adorage - usefulness
  Hi John, Yes, that was where I read about using those 'advanced' options dealing with logos overlapping the overscan region. (In practice they don't seem to make much difference though.) But as you say it's clearly out of date. And contains some
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/17/2014

  RE: proDAD Adorage - usefulness
  Terry, I found this info about logoaway. I am looking for an updated manual, but this explains a lot and shows how to improve on the default stuff by adding an alpha mask, including how to make
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  RE: Quicktime file with alpha channel
  padieg, Some time ago I did a little bit of alpha channel stuff using Cinema 4D. As you suggest, I used the option to export the mask as a separate clip. Regards, Carl
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  Quicktime file with alpha channel
  Hello everyone, I got stuck with a problem that probably is very easy to solve, but I wasn`t able to find an answer on the forum. I have a Quicktime file with an Alpha channel that I am trying to use over another clip. It is an Earth rotating
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  RE: Multiple effects on the same object
  Ivar said "...the underlying engine itself is quite capable though to achieve certain things require tricks." That is an understatement! You might not believe this trick: Apply rain effect to the background clip. Un-group and copy the
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  RE: Multiple effects on the same object
  Ivar, Though the intros and outros are listed under 'Effects' some are rather special as they contain multiple elements and no doubt behind the scenes code for applying them. Regular effects like zooms and distortions and color shifts can be
• Off topic

  2 answers, most recent on 11/29/2013

  RE: How to cut out the person from the frame in Video Deluxe 2013
  Hi This is actually very difficult if you need a precise cut out. If a 'cameo' type insert is OK you can do this using a suitable shaped black and white image as a mask and apply Effects, Video effects, Chroma, Alpha to it to mask out the
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 11/9/2013

  RE: Accessing KFs of animated titles?
  Hi Carl and Terry, Carl, interesting thought. I tried out a few things. Couldn't get the text to become stationary. If animation is chosen, the text scrolls through the textbox and disappears no matter what, even if the box moves. I looked at
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 10/19/2013

  RE: Object mask
  Handy hint for all you mask users: If you name your images ending in 'alpha' eg WhiteCircle_alpha.jpg, the alpha effect is applied automatically. Same IIRC with black, white, green etc.  
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 10/19/2013

  RE: Object mask
  I recently saw a nice variation to the use of a gradient mask, on a YouTube tutorial for creating a Tilt and Shift / Minature effect in MEP. By selecting the track with the Alpha mask and varying the Brightness and Contrast you can control the
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 10/19/2013

  RE: Object mask
  Hi You have to use a mask image of some kind. I use a lot of  Alpha masks - which are black and white images, jpg or png, to which you apply the Chroma Key Alpha, Black, or White effect below is a small example of the masks I have created and
• Photostory

  One answer, on 8/23/2013

  I have sorted photographs in strict date and ascending order in the My Pictures folder because two different cameras have been used and this is the best place to prepare images for a travel related slideshow. However, when I load the files into Photostory
  I have sorted photographs in strict date and ascending order in the My Pictures folder because two different cameras have been used and this is the best place to prepare images for a travel related slideshow. However, when I load the files into
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 8/4/2013

  Alpha Title on Picture
  Dear friends, I want to have a title-with-alpha on a picture. I tried to make all. Fist I followed how to do the Alpha Title. But then the problem starts. As I try to put these all under the picture, nothing happens i.e. I mean that the Alpha
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 7/12/2013

  Recording a mono microphone on Music Maker
  Hello friends,   I am using a Magix Music Maker MX and a Lexicon Alpha external sound card. I've attached a microphone to the sound card and would like to record my voice onto the Music Maker. The sound is obviously Mono, but I can't get it to
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  Hi Terry Thanks for the naming convention I knew it was something like that and thought I had kept a reference to it. The Alpha convention is not consistent with the Chroma naming convention. John
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
    Hi Terry Nice one - do not forget Carls naming convention so you do not have to apply the green chroma key effect - which I cannot find a reference to    Thanks John. Re the naming convention, note that the rules for Alpha are
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  Hi John, Here's your neat clock with a white body and a green background added as per my 'Alpha Sandwich Method', ready for use in any project. Looks good! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4019461/John-White.mp4   -- Terry, East
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  I've now worked out how to achieve the sort of clock I described in my summary on Saturday, namely a solid face of white or black and hands, numerals and first border of black or white. That provides consistent readability against a whole range of
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  Hi Terry Here are some more clocks (reasonable
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 7/7/2013

  RE: OT: Displaying transparency in image editors
  Hi tTerry That setting makes does not quite make sense!!! The Alpha channel is a fourth 'colour' channel ie RGB + alpha  is stored in the png image, why telling PSP to load/save display the alpha channel the background colour causes a solid 
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
    Hi Terry, Here are two examples both from shutterstock   Thanks George I found those earlier but prices of £50 to £100 are too rich for me! That LH one for example is £54 (about $80). I should have added 'Free' to my spec. Have
• Off topic

  9 answers, most recent on 7/5/2013

  RE: How to insert футажи with an alpha the channel?
    @Terry, Here is the first clock that John showed first.  I made the clock white using chroma key, black using alpha channel, and changed the white clock to yellow with color correction. George Hi George, See my reply in