There is also a realtime effect called "mask overlay", but it only works currently with rectangular areas.
Gabriel. http://lives.sourceforge.net https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 13:22, salsaman <[email protected]> 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. > > > http://lives.sourceforge.net > https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 13:03, Louigi Verona <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> There are many ways of doing this depending on what you want to >>>> achieve. Look in the manual. >>>> >>>> >>>> Gabriel. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://lives.sourceforge.net >>>> https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 06:27, Louigi Verona <[email protected]> >>>> 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. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Louigi Verona >>>> > http://www.louigiverona.ru/ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. >>>> > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. >>>> > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! >>>> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Lives-users mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lives-users >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. >>>> Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. >>>> Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Lives-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lives-users >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Louigi Verona >>> http://www.louigiverona.ru/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Louigi Verona >> http://www.louigiverona.ru/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. >> Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. >> Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lives-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lives-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Lives-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lives-users
