Hi John,
Yes, the tutorial made note of the need to first put the matte in a separate sequence. I'm not sure I understand why, but I guess that's not always necessary. Thanks for your response! RR --- In [email protected], "John Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RR, > > I've not seen the Wrigley tutorial, but do know how to use the track > matte effect. Yes, you have to turn off visibility of that track, so > plan your show accordingly and put the track matte on the highest track. > I assume you've discovered that to animate the track matte mask, it has > to be done in a separate sequence? You then bring that sequence onto > your timeline and add the track matte effect to the sequence containing > the animated mask. It also works to export your animated mask separately > as numbered targas, then import the resulting numbered frames and THEN > apply the track matte effect. Fewer steps to do it using a separate > sequence. That other way was something I discovered when trying to learn > how to use the effect. The manual is poorly written regarding those > steps. > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AP] Track Matte Question > > > > > Hi, > > I'm beginning to experiment with track mattes and have watched the > Wrigley tutorial. This may be obvious, but I want to check out my > assumption... > > In order for the track matte effect to work, you have to turn off the > track output where the matte resides. I assume this means that the > entire video track cannot be used for anything else except another > track matte, correct? > > Like I said, that's probably obvious, but it wasn't really made clear > in the tutorial. It seems important, especially if the effect is > used early in the video editing process. If I know that I will be > layering some clips later in the process (tracks 2, 3, and 4), I may > want to be sure and put the track matte on a higher track (5) rather > than eliminate an easily viewed track for the rest of the editing > process. Right? > > TIA, > RR > > > > > > > _____ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] subject=Unsubscribe> > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
