overlaying a still image in Vegas?

[Bansaw]

I want to overlay a still image of a person on a background in Vegas.

But I want just the outline of the person. Cookie cutter won't do it for me because it has basic shapes like ovals, circle, square etc.
I want to know if I can just have the outline and the rest of the image transparent? Is this possible?

Thanks,



ps: I have Vegas 6.0

[caradoc]

You could always try the Bezier option for making a mask or take the still use an eraser in Photoshop or similar program, delete the parts of the picture you do not need fill it with a colour which is not in the part of the picture you wish to keep and then use the Chroma Key video FX.

[Bjs]

Dont know vegas ...

But try converting the image to png format first ...
Depending on paint program you use ... I prefer the gimp .
Paint eveything in picture you dont want black ... gimp has good "sellecting" tool's .
Select black area , add to alpha chanel , save as png format ... default's used when saving in gimp .

Alpha chanel , depending on colour used is masking ... ie , black is completely transparent .

When used in wax2 , and in avisynth scripting .. it is completely transparent ... in vegas , it could be anything else .

Checkout wax2 , and the frameserver ... I think it support's vegas ... dont know which way though .

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I'll be messing with the ulead video part to see what is what ...

[wwaag]

You can also use Photoshop. Simply create a selection of the image you want and then copy (Ctrl-C). Then create (Ctrl-N) a new image the size of your video frame (e.g. 720x480) with a transparent background. Then paste (Ctrl-V) your copied image onto the newly created image. This will create a new layer. Once satisfied with your placement, then simply save as a PSD file. Import directly into Vegas. Hope this helps.

wwaag

[Bansaw]

Yip, went with the PSD option and used the ereaser to delete background I did not want. Worked well, tks.