Title / clips over clips
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:45 pm
I just completed a "year in review" phot montage with videos woven in, etc. Family thinks it looks great, but being a perfectionist, there are some things that are sticking out to me like sore thumbs. Does anyone else notice? Nope, but I do! So, I have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone can help with...
1. Movie opens up with a title in Track 2 at 100% level. Still image in track 1 fades in (video fade in) at about 6 secs and is fully visible at 7 secs. Title is showing on top of the image like the way I want. At about 8 secs I did "video fade out" to the title and image stays on screen (what I want). It puts the white dot on the title clip (not sure what the dot is called!) and line fades down to the end of clip. So, here's the issue: When you play the movie, when you get to the point where the dot is the title briefly gets brighter and then fades out. Any idea s why this "flash" would happen?!
2. Separate place in video. I want two video clip montages playing simultaneousl. Video clips in track 2, opacity at 50%. Video clips in Track 1 opacity 100%. On the clips in track 2, I have a cross dissolve to make the transition smoother. With this set up, though the brightness of the clip is real "choppy"...it goes light to dark and back to light on the next clip. It's like it doesn't play the dissolve correctly when I am laying tracks like this. If I take the transition out, no brightness problems, but the clips obviously transition abruptly. Any ideas?!
Maybe these two topics are related...maybe I need a tutorial on clip on top of clip if anyone knows a good link.
Thanks in advance!
1. Movie opens up with a title in Track 2 at 100% level. Still image in track 1 fades in (video fade in) at about 6 secs and is fully visible at 7 secs. Title is showing on top of the image like the way I want. At about 8 secs I did "video fade out" to the title and image stays on screen (what I want). It puts the white dot on the title clip (not sure what the dot is called!) and line fades down to the end of clip. So, here's the issue: When you play the movie, when you get to the point where the dot is the title briefly gets brighter and then fades out. Any idea s why this "flash" would happen?!
2. Separate place in video. I want two video clip montages playing simultaneousl. Video clips in track 2, opacity at 50%. Video clips in Track 1 opacity 100%. On the clips in track 2, I have a cross dissolve to make the transition smoother. With this set up, though the brightness of the clip is real "choppy"...it goes light to dark and back to light on the next clip. It's like it doesn't play the dissolve correctly when I am laying tracks like this. If I take the transition out, no brightness problems, but the clips obviously transition abruptly. Any ideas?!
Maybe these two topics are related...maybe I need a tutorial on clip on top of clip if anyone knows a good link.
Thanks in advance!