Layers in Premiere

Spider2k3 · Post by **Spider2k3** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:17 am

Hey guys, Ive searched through the forum and guides but dont seem to find anything about what im after, sorry if ive missed something.

Basically what Im trying to do is create those cutout strip layers, ive managed to do that using the transparency options in Adobe Premiere and it looks pretty good.. however what I would ideally like to do next is have it resizing the strip as its playing (possibly moving horizontally also). I tried motion and that only moves the video (keeping the strip in the same place) and the rubber band only seems to control the level of transparency

Any help would be much apreciated, cheers.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 3:07 pm

Hrm. I'm not sure I understand....

You have to move the 'strip', not the video. How are you making the 'strip'? (I'm guessing "Garbage Matte" or "Track Matte"). That's what you have to move (with the Track Matte's motion settings or the Garbage Matte's position settings), not the video. Well, unless you want the same section of video to stay underneath, in which case you have to move it too, at the same speed.

Spider2k3 · Post by **Spider2k3** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:00 pm

Im not really sure what Garbage Matte and Track Matte are so il explain what I did

The way its setup right now is with the other clip on track 2 of the timeline, then I clicked on the transparency settings button and it brings up a screen with all the different types (Im using Green Screen if that matters) and in the preview box it has corner squares that can be moved around to crop the layer into some kind of shape.

I used this to produce a vertical 'strip' so only that section was shown on top of the other video layer. The problem is though there dosnt seem to be a way to control the cut, only the transparency opaqueness (if thats even a word). What I was trying to do was move the strip about but not the video layer underneath.

The closest I have got so far is to do all the above but make seperate clips (copies) and give each a different transparency cut setting for each one, it sorta works but wasnt what i was originally intending. It does somehow lineup with the other tune bit of the music though

I can do a screenshot or something if im still not making any sense ^_^'

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:07 pm

probably the best thing for you to do is to create the vertical strip using a white matte seperately from the clip and then moving the strip around over the clip your trying to use "reveal" also since its just a black and white image (if i read right your trying to make the strip shrink into a vertical strip?) you can use image crop to make the strip larger or smaller.

Also I think the common term for that is Piano keys.

mckeed · Post by **mckeed** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:37 pm

What you are looking for is clipping combined with a difference matte.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:53 pm

DrngdKreationz wrote:Also I think the common term for that is Piano keys.

I always thought it was 'evil'.

Spider2k3 · Post by **Spider2k3** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:57 pm

w00t its working

I had tried something a bit like that earlier on but stupidly used 'crop' instead of 'clip'...ohwell well now I know, it seems to have given the effect im after

Also tried the white block method but Premiere was being a bastard about it with almost every other combination to the one I was after

Now lets see, cut goes right->left->middle->right->middle, with maybe a bit of cliping change and a flicker at the end, it sounds stupid but the music is fast paced and has one of those cyber whooshy effects at that particular section...

Anyway, thanks for all the help guys!