There is also a realtime effect called "mask overlay", but it only
works currently with rectangular areas.
Gabriel.
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On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 13:22, salsaman <salsaman@...> wrote:
> First of all you would create a mask the same shape as the house
> (using a program like gimp), eg black where the house is, white for
> the sky. Then load in the image, copy it to the clipboard, and use the
> merge method "luma mask" to black out the part of the sky clip where
> the house is. Then take this new clip and copy it, and again use the
> luma mask with opposite settings so that the house shows through this
> time.
>
> With a bit of experimentation you should be able to manage it.
>
>
> Gabriel.
>
>
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> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 13:03, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@...> wrote:
>> Hey Gabriel!
>>
>> Did re-read the manual, but have not found much. Can you give me some
>> pointers?
>>
>> Just to be more clear as to what I want to achieve - say, have part of a
>> clip be transparent and show the clip behind it. For example, if I have a
>> clip of a house and a clip of moving sky. And have part above the house be
>> transparent so that the sky clip is seen and thus it would appear that the
>> house is standing and the sky is moving above it.
>>
>> Louigi.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just to be sure - I am reading the manual in parallel with asking question
>>> - life in Linux world has taught me to do this before asking any questions
>>> ;)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:01 PM, salsaman <salsaman@...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are many ways of doing this depending on what you want to
>>>> achieve. Look in the manual.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gabriel.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 06:27, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hey guys!
>>>> >
>>>> > I am very new to this, so I would like to know if there is a tutorial
>>>> > or
>>>> > perhaps someone can offer advice as to how to work with partial
>>>> > transparency. Like to have one clip in the background and the other
>>>> > float
>>>> > above it. So far I can only have one clip playing at a time and, of
>>>> > course,
>>>> > I can do transitions.
>>>> >
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>>
>>
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