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408 Chapter 12 Keyingandcompositing
4 To make the new clip partially transparent, select it in the Timeline and adjust the
Opacity control in the Compositing section of the Video inspector.
The closer you set Opacity to 0 percent, the more transparent the clip above the
primary storyline becomes. Additionally, you can use the Opacity fade handles in
the Video Animation Editor to have the composited clip dissolve on and o, or add
keyframes to have the opacity value change at specied points.
Choose a blend mode
1 Position the playhead in the Timeline to where you want to add a clip above the
primary storyline.
2 Select the clip to add in the Event Browser, and choose Edit > Connect to Primary
Storyline (or press Q).
3 To see the composited clips, position the playhead within the clip that was just added.
By default, the new clip completely obscures the clip on the primary storyline.
4 Choose an option from the Blend Mode pop-up menu in the Compositing section of
the Video inspector.
There are many blend mode settings to choose from—the correct one to use depends
on the video content and the sort of look you are aiming for. Additionally, you can
adjust the Opacity control to make the blend mode setting more subtle.