video masking in media studio pro

BROWNERS · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2004, 11:42 AM

pure jammy created a clip of his daughter with scrolling video. i have created everything so far but was curious how the mask was created. to give his daughter the halo effect.

Also video sound, how do i turn off the sound on a clip i have inserted into my timeline and put my own music over the top.

purejammy · #2 (**permalink**) 05-31-2004, 02:55 PM

In that particular clip I didn;t use a video matte. I simply applied a 'Motion Blur Camera Lense' filter to the monochrome video. It was by sheer chance that the halo effect appeared. However Mediastudio does have full video matte support. The best place to start with Mattes is to check our the excellent tutorial (using Video Paint) in the manual.

As for muting sound within your project, try the following,

1. On a clip by clip basis, select the clip > right click clip > split audio > then simply delete the audio on trach Va or Vb (or where ever)

2. On a project basis you can mute the sound on an entire video track simply by unchecking the 'enable / disable' checkbox on track Aa, Ab, A1, A2 etc etc as appropriate (the 'enable/disable' checkbox is the checkbox on the left most side of the timeline)

3. To use your own audio all you have to do is insert your audio file onto track A1, or A2 or whatever. (Insert > Audio)

4. Enjoy

BROWNERS · #3 (**permalink**) 05-31-2004, 04:41 PM

Cheers for the reply

How is it best to use lower thirds in this package

I have a lower I want to use for a background for some text to sit on over my video.

purejammy · #4 (**permalink**) 05-31-2004, 05:15 PM

Place your lower third video on one of the overlay tracks (V1 V2 V3 etc).

Enjoy