Matte Question

[Banned: ussinners]

I managed through trial and error to do what I kind of needed. It didn't come out perfect. But, maybe if it's possible someone can let me know the proper way to do this.

Here's the final outcome:


How I accomplished this.

Here's a link to the Photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...2201882&type=1

PHOTO 1
Track One had the Christmas tree going round.
Track Two had the silhouette Photo.
I added Composite mode "Screen" to track Two

I exported a QT movie from this.


Photo 2
Same as Photo One. But instead of "Screen" Composite mode: I added "Luma" composite mode to Track Two.

I exported a QT movie from this.

To get the final product I put Photo 2 on Track two and put composite mode "ADD".

As you can see from the final product the B/W image looks negative instead of the way it does in Photo 2.

Is there anyway I could have done this to make the B/W section look normal? I tried so many different things including Extract from Matte and it didn't work.

[trueindie]

Try this:
1. Instead of putting the Christmas tree on Track 1, put it on trk2. Put sillouhette on trk1. Then depending on whether it's white on black or black on white and however you want the final image to look, on track two use either "luma" or "luma inverted" (looks black on white, so probably luma inverted) ---> Comp 1

1B. keep footage modes "normal." I'm not sure why you would change it to 'screen' in this instance.

2. Create New composition with the photo 2, in the same way as above, except with the exact opposite Luma from the first one ---->Comp2

3. Then create another composition and put both compositions in the third composition Comp1 on Track 1, comp 2 on track 2, (not sure if it matters) and then change footage mode of the top track to "add" ---->Comp 3

no need to export in between
Hope this helps
aveek

[Banned: ussinners]

THANKS. I tried that originally, and it didn't do it. I'm guessing because the Tree Video is still there, it messes with each other. The b/w becomes negative and the color gets extremely dark. I played with color correction and tried to correct it. But, in the end I just simplified. I think my original way is neater, but the silhouettes stand out in this version the best. I always put up some small Christmas video each year.

Thanks Again.