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You have a mask in ColorDirector. But not in PowerDirector. To get a mask in ColorDirector, you need something, that can be "chroma keyed". To achieve that:
Go to ColorDirector. For the created mask:
- Exposure to lowest value (-4.00)
- Brightness to lowest value (-100)
- Contrast to highest Value (+100)
- Clarity to lowest value (-100)
- Lightness: All colors to lowest value (-100)
Now, your masked area appears completely black. It is not! But the colors are so near by black, that you should not see the difference.
Select "Color Replacement" and select with the pipette the black color of your mask. Choose a color, that is not in the clip as the replacement color. Usually it is green (for greenscreen) or blue (for bluescreen).
Your mask should appear in that solid color now. It is not the choosen color (because it is not really black), but it is solid.
Go back to PowerDirector (or produce the clip in ColorDirector and import it to PowerDirector)
In PowerDirector:
- Add the clip to the timeline on a higher track than the video clip, that shall be shown after the transition.
- For the masked clip goto PiP-Designer, choose "Chroma Key" and select with the pipette the solid color of your masked clip.
Voila!
Hatti
Thank you Hatti, and Alain II
I do have a bit of a learning curve to deal with. I've worked with Adobe Premiere since 1992 and Premiere Pro since 2003, and I was pretty certain I didn't have any masks when I got back into Power Director, but had no idea how to get them there. I also knew that the color White "reveals" and that black "conceals", so I couldn't understand why Power Director gives you only red and blue choices for masks, when by themselves, don't really mask anything.
It took me about an hour to follow your instructions. Not your fault, but mine. I don't know the terminology in Director Suite 6 very well yet. I had to figure out what a "Pipette" is, and learn that you don't get into the PiP-Designer through the PiP room. Then there is the matter of the dominant clip position on the timeline. Most other editors have the dominant one on the top layer versus the bottom layer. Even how to find the pipette after choosing Chroma Key in the designer took some time.
The reason I chose Director Suite 6 is that there are so many things I do which are faster with this software than in Adobe Premiere. That isn't the case with this walkby procedure I'm doing, which is considerably more complex in PD than in Adobe, but it's just a matter of getting used to it. Thanks very much guys
But, you guys did it, and I thank you all very much.
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