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.
Thanks for the help
Bill

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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