How to make transparent video mask in power-director 13? (alpha channel?)

IstvanX

Newbie Joined: May 26, 2015 15:57 Messages: 3 Offline

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Mar 08, 2016 16:14

Hi,

I woulkd like to create an alpha-channel video mask in powerdirector 13.

I searched Google and this forum and find nothing to this regard.please see here what I mean exactly...
[url=https://youtu.be/7Jtft6LT1UM]
transparent video mask clip...[/url]

what I do not know: how to create the transparent video mask in Powerdirector 13... as you see the dancing girl in the sample video above...

Thanks... i...

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ynotfish

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

Mar 09, 2016 19:19

Hi IstvanX -

PDR13 cannot generate an alpha channel video, even though it can import and use them in editing. Nor can it make the moving "mask" shown in the linked video.

If you had (say) a green screen video of a dark figure dancing, you could invert the colours (unless you wanted a sea of green on your screen) then use chroma key on the inverted version.

Even though there are a number of steps to take, it works - I just tried it.

It turned out like this...

Cheers - Tony
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Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Mar 10, 2016 20:17

Hi, Tony!

That's a curious effect! Can it be done in PD14? What would I need to do to create the superimpose for the PiP track? It's a very interesting effect too! Such an effect as this could be used as an opening/closing title effect for a video(credits scrolling across or up the screen).

Cheers!

Neil.

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IstvanX

Newbie Joined: May 26, 2015 15:57 Messages: 3 Offline

Mar 11, 2016 14:40

Thank you a lot ynotfish,

Hope it is not a stretch to ask you please, let as know the steps, how to do this effect.

I am lost, how to invert the video clip to make the middle part transparent.

Thanks a thousand times...

ynotfish

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

Mar 13, 2016 07:27

Not too much of a stretch, especially after a thousand thank yous!

The video doesn't explain HOW to do it, but the attached (& now corrected) PDF file does.

Cheers - Tony

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