Forum - How Do I ...? - Make a character PARTIALLY visible? - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Forum - How Do I ...? - Make a character PARTIALLY visible? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:21:24 GMT Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:21:24 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from CloudNinja Being a complete newbie to editing in Sony Vegas - I didn't know how to set the "transparency" in Vegas as mentioned in the steps below - here's how:
Hover your mouse pointer at the top edge of the clip that you want to make semi-transparent and a hand labelled 'Opacity is 100%' appears. Holding the left button pull down and the opacity of the clip will reduce (it's transparency will increase). The whole clip will then be at the transparency chosen.
A possible shortcut rather than copy the .set file & deleting the character before rendering it again as the "without":
1 - render the "With" scene as described below.
2 - edit the character/object in Muvizu so that the character is no longer visible (edit the character and uncheck the "Visible" box) - then render the scene the 2nd time as your "without".
Thanks for the advice and hope that helps too,
.cn]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:21:24 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from CloudNinja Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:27:11 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from MrDrWho13

What I've done is made a clip of him walking, rendered it, then made a copy of the .set file, deleted him from this new one, and rendered it out. Now I get one with and one without. In sony vegas I put the without scene on the bottom layer, and the with scene on the top, then reduced the transparency of the with scene to 50%:



Alternatively: with render layers, you could just render a layer with just the person in, then change the colour hue of the camera or the video in the editor then treat it as the with clip. It should have the same effect but give the character a different colour.
edited by MrDrWho13 on 23/02/2016]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2016 22:19:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from CloudNinja Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:18:23 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 CloudNinja wrote:
Much appreciated MrDrWho13...
BTW - am I out of luck to be able to do this if I don't have Vegas or Coral? (still saving for it ;0))........

You'll need a video editor or compositor that can overlay one video over another. I've no idea if virtualdub can do this but I'll install it and find out. You can get it here: http://muvizu.com/Wiki/wiki/116

Edit: I can't find the tutorial and I'm having trouble finding compatible files for virtualdub (It doesn't like mp4).
I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 11 which is £20 on amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Vegas-Studio-Platinum-Production/dp/B0051M6IPI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1456171773&sr=8-4&keywords=sony+vegas
edited by MrDrWho13 on 22/02/2016]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:04:53 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from CloudNinja BTW - am I out of luck to be able to do this if I don't have Vegas or Coral? (still saving for it ;0))........]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:02:51 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 edited by MrDrWho13 on 22/02/2016]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:56:44 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5522-make-a-character-partially-visible.aspx Message from CloudNinja I'm working on a scene where my character is wearing an "invisible cloak" BUT I want the camera/audience to see a PARTIALLY visible character (vs. going completely invisible)....
Any thoughts, tips, tricks or general sage advice?
with appreciation,
cn]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:50:11 GMT