Create variable transparency matte keys in Avid with Digital Juice media.(PRODUCT MANAGER TUTORIAL)

Studio Monthly, August, 2005

STEP 1 Drop the media onto the timeline

Start by dropping your source video into V1, in this case a piece of stock footage from Digital Juice's VideoTraxx 3 library. Next, drop an animated background (from Jump Backs volume 21) into V2. Finally, drop an animated overlay matte into V3.

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An overlay matte is nothing more than a grayscale clip that you'll use to specify the transparency in your composite. In this example, you'll use a clip that is specifically designed for this purpose and is a part of a larger matching set of graphics found in Editor's Toolkit 5: Soft & Subtle Tools. Your initial timeline is a simple three-track affair.

STEP 2 Apply the matte key

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