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112 Titles and effects
Now, shadows, midtones and
highlights of the selected color and
level will be able to be edited separately
(view page 110) in a regular fashion.
A classic example: Saturation of all
brightness areas on the background
layer is reduced, and colors in the
foreground are adjusted as desired.
Chro a ey
This section con er a
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tains the mixing effects for chroma keying used to mix togeth
foreground and background video to create an overlay effect.
Note: The background video must be present in the track above the object for the
foreground!
For example, track 1: background, track 2: foreground
Stamp: The currently selected object is "stamped" onto the video on the track above the
object. This is only possible if the bottom video takes up only a part of the image, as
otherwise only the bottom (currently selected) video would be visible. The object should be
see above) or the
itor. The
ng this color, and the video on the top track
can be seen “through” these areas.
Mix: This button mixes the two videos together. With the aid of the fade handles, very soft
cross-fades can be achieved between the partially overlapping videos.
Black/blue/white/green screen: The selected video covers up the video on the top track
and all black/blue/white/green areas appear transparent. This makes it possible to "place" a
person who has been recorded in front of a blue (or green, white or black) background into
any type of landscape or background.
Alpha: This video effect uses the brightness of a video to control a cross-fading effect
between two other videos on neighboring tracks. The additional videos should be situated
directly above and below the alpha-keying object.
reduced or moved first. This can be achieved using the edit functions (
"Selection" sub-menu in the "Effect" menu. To find out more, read "
Shrink or interlace
videos
(view page 89)".
Color: Select the range with the color that should be transparent in the video mon
video is made transparent in the areas featuri