4. Keying and Transparancy Notes

• Track Matt (transferring transparency from one source to another).
• Order of layers IMPORTANT
• Use an elipse sub track and feather to give soft edge.
• Effect > Keying - Keylight - To cancel out blue/green screens!
• You can then click the Toggle Transparency Grid to show transparency not just black.

• Pen tool, draw shape, when close (finish) it creates a mask (hides everything around the shape), now mask is in the layer properties.

• Feather = Blur edges of mask.
• Transfer modes = F4 - Multiply - shows just white (how effect, texture is applied) screen - just black, play with different options!
• TrkMat - add transparency to a layer that doesn't have a transparency track.
• Luma -> Get rid of black
• Use colour correction > Curves to brighten an effect. Shut layer off to show layer through the effect. Brightening it means layer will show through better.
• Put picture layer under video layer, picture TrkMat - Alpha (get iPod advert type effect).
• New solids layers for solid colours, with one layer as background, one under video layer and use TrkMat Alpha again.