Boarders in My Pip objects

waynegman

Newbie Location: Eastcoast USA Joined: Nov 09, 2006 23:59 Messages: 21 Offline

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Dec 15, 2010 11:22

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I have a major stupid problem with pip artwork included for the sponsors of the video.
Video segment in question Timestamped 20 thru 30 seconds of the video....that's it.

Pip objects have a boarder on the bottom and the right.....very unexpected in a very
vanilla pip layering on top of the standard white color tile.

Anyone see this before. There were ZERO configurations in the Pip object. Is there a configuration I need to make to present the pip object clean.

I'm working off the 2508 build of PD 8 Shooting the Video and the Rapids 2011
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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Dec 15, 2010 11:31

What was the backgound in the KAYAK411 and the PREDATOR pics that you imported? Was it transparent? If not, I'd probably put them on a transparent backgound and then into PD with the white colorboard backdrop that you have.

Jeff

waynegman

Newbie Location: Eastcoast USA Joined: Nov 09, 2006 23:59 Messages: 21 Offline

Dec 15, 2010 13:09

they were white. I'm not a photoshop guy (yet) I guess I have to get into this maybe. I could see a difference in white balance of each white VS the other but the boarder sticks out so much. any other PD config ideas as I gear up to pull these images into photoshop.

I attached one of the trouble Pip images for anyone to take a peek at.


Filename	Mohawk Title.jpg	Download
Description	Pip object MOHAWK
Filesize	12 Kbytes
Downloaded:	126 time(s)

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 15, 2010 13:15

Hi Wayne -

What Jeff has suggested is the cleanest way to get rid of the edges on those images... make the background of each logo transparent. You'll probably need to crop them a little too.

Here's a toot on that, if you need it http://www.youtube.com/user/PDtoots#p/u/9/6OLKfRILqBM

Another possibility is applying a mask to each PiP object - uncheck "Maintain Mask Aspect Ratio" & make transparency 100%. That can hide those pesky borders for you.

Cheers - Tony

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 15, 2010 13:28

Because it's a JPEG, it can't have transparency. Saving it as a .png will allow that, like in the attachments.

When you're doing this, it's always best to start with a clean image (no fuzzy edges). If you expand the view of the Mohawk title, you'll see...

Cheers - Tony


Filename	Kayak411.png	Download
Description
Filesize	11 Kbytes
Downloaded:	127 time(s)


Filename	Mohawk Title.png	Download
Description
Filesize	4 Kbytes
Downloaded:	122 time(s)

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waynegman

Newbie Location: Eastcoast USA Joined: Nov 09, 2006 23:59 Messages: 21 Offline

Dec 15, 2010 17:46

thanks, looks like I have a bit of work to do. I'll give it a try. Shooting the Video and the Rapids 2011
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