Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual
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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3
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Drag the Difference Matte effect onto the foreground video clip.
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In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle next to Difference Matte to expose its controls.
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From the Difference Layer drop-down menu, select the track that contains the matte frame.
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Adjust the other settings as needed to achieve the desired effect.
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(Optional) If you’re animating the Difference Matte, move the current-time indicator either in the Effect
Controls panel or Timeline panel and change the Image Matte settings.
A new keyframe appears in the Effect Controls timeline when you change the settings. You can also adjust the inter-
polation between keyframes by editing the keyframe graph. Repeat this step as needed.
See also
Move or change the transparent area with Track Matte Key
The Track Matte Key reveals one clip (background clip) through another (superimposed clip), using a third file as
a matte that creates transparent areas in the superimposed clip. This effect requires two clips and a matte, each
placed on its own track. White areas in the matte are opaque in the superimposed clip, preventing underlying clips
from showing through. Black areas in the matte are transparent, and gray areas are partially transparent.
A matte containing motion is called a traveling matte or moving matte. This matte consists of either motion footage,
such as a green-screen silhouette, or a still image matte that has been animated. You can animate a still by applying
the Motion effect to the matte. If you animate a still image, consider making the matte frame size larger than the
project frame size so that the edges of the matte don’t come into view when you animate the matte.
Because the Track Matte Key can be applied to a video clip, the matte can change over time.
You can create mattes in various ways:
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Use the Title panel to create text or shapes (grayscale only), save the title, and then import the file as your matte.
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Apply the Chroma, RGB Difference, Difference Matte, Blue Screen, or Non Red Key to any clip and then select
the Mask Only option.
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Use Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop to create a grayscale image and import it into Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Add the background clip to a track in the Timeline panel.
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Add the clip you want to superimpose to any track higher than the track containing the background clip. This is
the clip revealed by the track matte.
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Add the track matte clip to a third track above the tracks with the background and superimposed clips.
If you need to add a new track to the sequence, drag the track matte clip to the empty area above the highest video
track in the Timeline panel. A new track is automatically created.
April 1, 2008