Overlaying 2 video tracks (special effect)

This is what i want to accomplish. Let me know if can be done. In short, i want to know if FCP 4.5 will play both video tracks and show them at the same time without using oppacity. The effect I is muliple duplication of the same purson i a room. (camera set on a tripod and the person is filmed over and over again to make it look like there are 10 of him in the room. IF i did not move the camera and layer the video tracks, this could be accompished. Is there a way to play both video tracks at the same time? Because right now, the top video track blocks out the bottom video track unless i adjust opacity.
Thanks,
Tony

This can really only be accomplished with green screen and keying. You'd film the first shot with the one guy in the room, then you'd shoot the actor against a green screen for the other 9 shots, then composite the shots by using a chroma key.
With the way you shot it, you cannot get all the guys in the room unless you either adjust the opacity and make the other guys look like ghosts, or use the garbage mattes and frame by frame trace around the each of the other guys (VERY tedious).
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/chroma_key_fcp_hdmonahan.html

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Okay I just found these.. they are great! But I was wondering... is anyone else having issues when filming either backlit or in the snow?
My vids are... as best described... "mucky" looking!
Is there not an option to increase the contrast or to 'vivid color' saturate the look?
Thanks...
===== and for those that do not know about the special effects: =====
Chapter 5 Using the Video Camera page:53
Recording Video with Special Effects
You can record video with a variety of special effects on iPod nano.
Note: Video effects can only be selected before recording. iPod nano can’t add effects
to or remove effects from recorded videos. You can’t change video effects settings
while recording.
To record video with special effects:
1 Choose Video Camera from the main menu.
2 Press and hold the Center button to display the video effects palette.
3 Use the Click Wheel to browse the effects, and press the Center button to select one.
The viewfinder screen appears with the selected effect.
4 Press the Center button again to start recording with video effects.
5 Press the Center button to stop recording.
If you exit the Video Camera screen to play back your video, video effects are turned
off. To resume recording with a video effect, repeat steps 2 through 4.

Okay, why am I the only one who couldn't figure out how to get Special Effects with my video camera? The User Manual instructions: see pg 7, which is correct and pg 53-54 seem to be written incompletely; and (as I read them) indicate that with "Video Camera" on the screen, the center black button should be held down, thus providing the choices of Special Effects. WRONG. What does provide the array of Special Effects, is to select Video Camera (with the black center button), opening the lens of the camera. Before recording begins, hold the center black button down until the Special Effects are displayed, THEN select one and begin recording with it by quickly depressing the black center button. To end, again depress the black center button.

Video FX (special effects) keep blacking out my clips..

I just switched from using IMovie 08 to IMovie HD because I wanted more effects to further enhance my videos etc. However, one of the very odd things I've been running across is when I try to use the special effects (mainly the Earthquake/Electricity) i apply it to my selected tab, however, once it's done applying, a black screen just shows up with just audio and no video.
I've fiddled with the "Effect IN/Effect OUT" sliders, to align when the effect comes in and exits. and I've done it with other special effects (like flash) and the others work fine. It's just with earthquake and electricity that this black screen keeps showing up over and over again.
Please help this poor noob!

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Can be so many things.
1. Often the free space on the internal hard disk (start-up disk) is less than
25Gb free. When down under 5Gb it goes really strange and very instable.
2. In iMovie up to vers. 6 there can be added plug-ins. They can be faulthy or
missmatch.
3. iMovie has a pref file - rather often this can be corrupted - deleting it forces
iMovie to make a new fresh error free one. (Easiest is to make a new account, log into
this and re-try - works in same way but lot's of more pref files will be made fresh.
To start with.
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Video editing 'special effects': can you apply a fast/slow motion effect to video clips?

I haven't been able to find a way to create the effects of fast or slow motion in the video clips. Is there a way to do this? If not, please consider adding it in the full version - I use these effects alot when editing videos.
Thanks!

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When working with a video layer (clip) in the Timeline panel, either 1.) Context-click on the selected clip (right-click or ctrl-click for mac) or 2.) Click on the flyout button located at the top right corner of the clip.
The "Speed" option should show up in the flyout menu. This is only available for video layers. If you're working with still or smart objects the speed option is not available.

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I can select an in and out point on video track 1 and then extract that selection but is there a way to do this on the 2nd video track without the other video track being effected?

Well it works here.
eg 2 video tracks on top of each other.
Lock either track so that the cross hatching shows on the locked clip.
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Special effect for wedding video

I just started using Final Cut Express 2. I recently shot a wedding video for my daughter and I want to put in a certain special effect. The Bride is sitting on one side of a bench and the groom is sitting on the other side of the bench. They are looking away from each other and they slowly turn and notice each other. Now the effect that I want to do is as they get up and walk toward each other and embrace I want their physical bodies to stay on the bench looking at each other, but I want their transparent (spirit) bodies get up from the bench and walk toward each other and embrace. Does anyone know if I can do this with Final Cut Express and if so how can I do it.
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Well Bill, there are several ways to do this, but I'll give you the answer that first comes to mind. You'll want to set the same video track over top of itself then bump down the transparency to somewhere areound 50% on the top video feed. Now, because it's the same clip, you'll most likely have "time" to deal with, and by that I mean you run the risk of them getting up in both clips at some point, so what you might want to do with the video clip on the bottom layer is slow down the footage (right click the video feed, click speed and put it down to %60 or something that fits). The transparency of the top clip can be adjusted (I think I'm not at my regular computer right now) by double clicking the clip and going into one of the four tabs at the top and you should have a transparency slider.
FCE2 is an excellent editor to start off with, it can do much more than people give it credit I think. I'll be making the transition to Pro this winter.
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Exporting multiple video tracks as 1 file with different effects on each track.

I am currently trying to export 3 video tracks as 1 mp4.
Each track has exactly the same footage, but with different effects to achieve a certain aesthetic.
When I view the sequence it in premiere all 3 tracks are displayed correclty.
The exported version appears to only export the uppermost track, track 3.
Track 2 and 3 have opacity set to 47%.
Track 1 opacity is set to 100%.
I have tried exporting a test project that has multiple layers and there was no problem.
I have NOT tried exporting a test project with exactly the same opacities and effects, as it's a bit time consuming. I will do so if I can't get a stisafctory solution from the forums.
The problem, I believe, is down to the layering of effects. In this case on track 3 I have procamp, which is boosting the red in 1 layer. This is the image I get once the final piece is exported - track 3's.
So..
How do I get the effects of each layer to show properly in the export?
and
Why is the exported version missing tracks (or the effects of tracks) 1 and 2?

You didn't answer probably the most important question: whether you're using hardware or software Mercury Playback Engine (MPE). However, since you've set Maximum Render Quality on, it's largely irrelevant.
When you're using hardware MPE or have the MRQ flag set for your export, rendering is performed with linear color. Linear color processing affects how color channels and alpha channels are composited--anything less than 100% opacity is subject to linear color processing. Check out this article for more information on linear color/linear light: Linear Light - Artbeats
Since it sounds like you're seeing the results you expect in the Program Monitor, but not export, I'll wager you're not using hardware MPE. Only by disabling the Maximum Render Quality flag on export will you be able to get results that match what you see in the Program Monitor (within reason, of course). The only way you could see the effects of linear color within Premiere would be to either use a qualified GPU that enables hardware MPE, or go into your Sequence Settings and check the "Maximum Render Quality" option and then render previews.
Please let me know if that helps resolve the issue, or at least provide a little insight into the problem.

Applying effects to multiple clips or an entire sequence on a separate video track

I'm looking for an easy way to apply effects on a separate video track. In AVID I would just drag and drop the effect preset onto a blank layer. Or if I wanted the clip to affect just a few clips, I would add two edits (similar to razor blade) on a separate video track and drag the effect preset between those edit points. Is there a way to do this in Premiere Pro? Running CS 5.0.4. Thanks for the help!

Well, depending on what you want to do, you might actually be able to use a clip instance of one sort or another.
One option is Transparent Video (File > New > Transparent Video); by itself, Trans. Video doesn't do anything, but some effects can be applied to it and will generate an output. This doesn't work with all effects, so you'll have to experiment. Check here for more: Create a transparent video clip
Another option would be to use a Color Matte (File > New > Color Matte) or Black Video (File > New > Black Video) clip. These do have an effect by themselves, so you could apply any effect you wanted to them, and then possibly use a Blending Mode to apply it. Black Video is common for this purpose, with something like the Add mode. Again, not perfect, but it will depend on the effect you're trying to achieve.
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How do I apply special effects to a track when I keep getting error message that "Could not find layout Default Reverb GB"?

How do I apply special effects to a track in GarageBand when I keep getting error message that says"Could not find layout Default Reverb GB"?

I go to Applications to see if
GarageBand has changed and dthere is no change, still 1.42GB of file size ‹
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evidence in my download folder that I downloded anything, and most
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Downloading the extra content will take a very long time.
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Can You "Overlay" only on Video Track 1?

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This is a super old post but I just saw it in relation to a function of premiere I'm trying to figure out. If somehow in the last 4 years nobody has been able to answer this for you it is because your Source Video is still on Video 1. Source Video is marked as a 'V' on the far left of your Timeline panel. For you to Overlay onto Video 2 you need to move the Source Video so that it is next to Sequence Video 1 and then do the overlay. Also, any video on other tracks that are enabled will be deleted wherever the Overlay occurs.
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Lost special effects sounds from video and no sounds available to reload.

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one of the special effects audio I inserted is no longer playing.

Try doing a reset on the iPhone,
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Video special effect (closeup of earth)

is there anything that that would give the illusion starting in a distant galaxy and traveling through space towards earth. And slowly as you enter earth to start seeing clouds and then have someone focus on top of a mountain? Not sure what this would be call or what type of special effect it would be? Any help is appreciated.

thanks for the responses. I never thought google earth could do this...
well a little more technical... You know how in some movies there is that illusion you are traveling and flying through space as you pass constellations and stars and get clear views of nebulas, asteroids, planets, etc... and then you come to earth enter it and fly through the clouds, an airplane or birds and then focuses on someone out on the street? Well that is what I would like to be be able to do. Give that illusion on a video.
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I like the special effect at 0:09/0:10 in this fashion video:
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bubblyxlove wrote:
I like the special effect at 0:09/0:10 in this fashion video:
this 'effect' is basically two... :
• 'micro-edits' - 1 frame from clip#1, 1 frame from clip#2, repeat a few times.. done. A bit 'fiddly' in iMovie, but possible.
• 'artificial depth of field' - have a look:
first the cam is focussed on the girl with the long hair in the background; then, while recording, focus shifts to girl in foreground; then, in the micro-edits, they jump btw., the two focus-levels (plus shift the framing, but that is another story…)
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Welcome Dak991 to the iMovie boards ..
I dare to say: no chance with iMovie...
the vertical movin' split-screen as in your example contains video - so, you need two video tracks at last to accomplish such an effect (and a mask for size and borders) => easy with FinalCutExpress, NoGo with a 20$toy tool as iMovie
if you would use stills/pics/photo, you could probably 'fake' it with some combo of Ken Burns over a pre-produced, very wide still and greenscreen... but no movin' images...

2 video tracks?

Is there any way possible to put 2 video tracks and one audio track in imovie HD? OR is there any easy way to edit between two separate videos footage. I've been pulling my hair out for 3 days now.. and I can't get final cut express to import my footage, or I'd be using that.
PLEASE HELP, i'm on a deadline!
thanks!
cyndi

Nope. iMovie is a consumer program that only has one video track. So you can't do overlays and some other Hollywood type video effects. But you can still do quite a lot.
As work arounds, you could move one separate set of video clips farther down the time line and edit it there. Or, you could open a second iMovie project for the second video set, and then drag it into the initial project after you have edited it.
You also might consider posting on the FCE board to find out why FCE won't import your footage. That's the main issue.
Good luck with this.

Overlaying 2 video tracks (special effect)

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