Vegas Pro 13 - Layering/transparent video in multicamera editing- possible?

[msimon7]

hello,
I'm making a multi-camera video and I am trying to layer or blend one clip on top of another in some shots.
Basically the same way you do it non multi-camera layout when you have one video track listed/layered above another and lower the transparency level so the track underneath shows through.
Is this possible? I've search the forums/net/you-tube and haven't been able to find anything other than jumping between takes and at most doing a cross-fade.

Wondering if it has to be done by keeping the tracks separate and doing "composite level", like in this short vid tutorial ?
Much prefer to do it while in mulitcam or editing the multicam track after different take points set.

Also trying (wanting) to do something similar with track overlaying with no transparency ("top" video is narrow and "bottom/behind" video is full screen) and having both show together. The first question above may answer this one, or I may have to render that video separately and bring back into the project?

any help would be appreciated! (I'm new to multicam editing by the way)

thanks as always

[smrpix]

This is as much a workflow question as anything. Go and do your basic single track multicam edit and then go back to the parts you want to affect, matchback to the sources in sync and then lay the 2nd shot onto another video track. This way you're not dragging 6 or more video layers along with each edit and maintaining some level of responsiveness as you cut.

Sometimes it's helpful to previsualize an overly with a long dissolve.

[msimon7]

Thanks for the quick reply
I think I get what you are saying. In my case the "far away" shots from the back of the arena I want to layer those with the close-ups occasionally.
So keep those shots on a different track and don't include in the multi-mix track combination.
and then fade those in as desired. that makes great sense, assuming I interpreted correctly. Thanks, I'll give that a go!

I think for the other items in my 2nd question, I'll keep those all separate too (possibly pre-render them a final single track) and throw them back into the muti-cam mix.

whole lot of trial-error-learn-try-again
thanks

[smrpix]

Keep everything in your multicam source, then bring in a 2nd instance of just the pieces you need and put them on a higher track. You can use the multicam source clip as a quick way to match back to your clip and maintain sync.