How do you do transparent video in Vegas ? | Thread profile

Quote: Originally Posted by Jim Day I'm not sure, but reading some of the replies, I think there might be some confusion as to what the OP is trying to do. He is trying to have a transparent character/video appear on a webpage (I think). This does not work the same way as simply using transparent video in a video. There are many more steps in Dreamweaver8 for embedding the transparent video on the web , but first you must have a...

It looks like that page is using flash to composite the moving video with the graphic background. This is probably a pretty good choice, as I can't think of another distribution codec that supports transparency, and Flash does this kind of layering/compositing very well. And that's what you're looking for, right? - a distribution codec and a way to composite on the web. If you follow the MSN/Coke example, you'll need to:...

I'm not sure, but reading some of the replies, I think there might be some confusion as to what the OP is trying to do. He is trying to have a transparent character/video appear on a webpage (I think). This does not work the same way as simply using transparent video in a video.

why cant you just drop your background into another track or use your greenscreen clip as a veg. in another project?

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Ojjeh that's what I am trying to do but I can't find a way to render my video in Vegas to a transparent back-round only File - Render As - pick AVI as the file type and UNCOMPRESSED as the preset. Now go into the "Custom" settings and make sure the Alpha Setting box is checked. Now you'll have a (large) file with a transparent background. Some of the other formats allow...

When there is nothing under a transparent piece it will show black in preview. Try putting THAT video on the TOP track and drop another piece on a track BELOW that. Don