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  1. 13th Oct 2005 13:08 #1
    honorarybrutha
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    I was looking at a commercial dvd that had a menu page with a background video clip that looked like it was about 60% opacity. What
    program can be used to create a translucent video clip? I have Premiere and After Effects but haven't played with them yet.
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    In Premiere,

    Put the clip on a track in the Timeline. Go into the Effects Pallet and reduce the opacity to where you want it ~ 40%, 50% ect.

    It just doesn't get any easier than that.
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    thanks, dipstick. i suspected it could be done with Premiere.
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    Originally Posted by honorarybrutha
    thanks, dipstick. i suspected it could be done with Premiere.
    Opacity in Premiere is a workaround. If you want to do it right, over an arbitrary backgound video, study up on the Alpha channel (32bit 4 channels YUVA).

    The alpha channel contains all the opacity information thereby allowing both the forground and background to remain unfiltered.
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    Originally Posted by edDV
    Originally Posted by honorarybrutha
    thanks, dipstick. i suspected it could be done with Premiere.
    Opacity in Premiere is a workaround. If you want to do it right, over an arbitrary backgound video, study up on the Alpha channel (32bit 4 channels YUVA).
    thanks, edDV
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