How to Transparent a Logo? at DVinfo.net

Matthew Amirkhani · February 4th, 2008, 04:55 PM

HiAll,

I have a logo on white background whih I need to incorporate it into a video. Please tell me as how I can Transparent it.

Thanks
Matthew

Don Bloom · February 4th, 2008, 07:24 PM

there are 2 things I can think of.
1) in Vegas try to mask it in the Pan/Crop window
2) bring the logo into a photoeditor like Photoshop and work it there. Either a mask, or copy and paste into a new layer and use the magic wand to kill off the background or the eraser. I prefer the mask.
Don

Allen Plowman · February 4th, 2008, 07:28 PM

couldn't you just chroma key out the background color, I assume its a solid color?

Jerry Waters · February 4th, 2008, 07:45 PM

In Vegas you could take the white out with the Secondary Color Corrector but white exists in a lot of places and Photoshop, in my opinion, is a better choice. Send it out as PNG if you are using Vegas.

Harold Brown · February 4th, 2008, 10:31 PM

Not seeing the logo... I agree with using Photoshop. Very easy and quick to do.

Graham Bernard · February 5th, 2008, 03:30 AM

TIP: Once you have got the PNG back into Vegas you need to make the Alpha=Tranparent channel active/live:

GO: Right Click on Still-Logo Event > Properties > Media Tab > Alpha Channel (down there at the bottom) > Down Menu Arrow and select EITHER Premultiplied OR Premultiplied (dirty) > click OK

. . . and what WAS your Alpha channel colour in your graphics package should have carried thru' to Vegas. You should immediately SEE the difference 'cos your Logo SHOULD be sitting on a "check" background, and that tells you you have a transparent background.

HTH

Grazie

February 4th, 2008, 04:55 PM	#1
Matthew Amirkhani Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 279	How to Transparent a Logo? HiAll, I have a logo on white background whih I need to incorporate it into a video. Please tell me as how I can Transparent it. Thanks Matthew __________________ Canon XHA1, Brevis 35mm, Manfrotto 028,501,Vegas Pro 10e

February 4th, 2008, 07:28 PM	#3
Allen Plowman Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paradise, california Posts: 353	couldn't you just chroma key out the background color, I assume its a solid color? __________________ "What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter."

February 4th, 2008, 07:45 PM	#4
Jerry Waters Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 136	In Vegas you could take the white out with the Secondary Color Corrector but white exists in a lot of places and Photoshop, in my opinion, is a better choice. Send it out as PNG if you are using Vegas. __________________ Jerry Waters Arize Productions

February 4th, 2008, 10:31 PM	#5
Harold Brown Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North East Ohio Posts: 84	Not seeing the logo... I agree with using Photoshop. Very easy and quick to do. __________________ Harold BhagaVideo.com

February 4th, 2008, 07:24 PM	#2
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	there are 2 things I can think of. 1) in Vegas try to mask it in the Pan/Crop window 2) bring the logo into a photoeditor like Photoshop and work it there. Either a mask, or copy and paste into a new layer and use the magic wand to kill off the background or the eraser. I prefer the mask. Don

February 5th, 2008, 03:30 AM	#6
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	TIP: Once you have got the PNG back into Vegas you need to make the Alpha=Tranparent channel active/live: GO: Right Click on Still-Logo Event > Properties > Media Tab > Alpha Channel (down there at the bottom) > Down Menu Arrow and select EITHER Premultiplied OR Premultiplied (dirty) > click OK . . . and what WAS your Alpha channel colour in your graphics package should have carried thru' to Vegas. You should immediately SEE the difference 'cos your Logo SHOULD be sitting on a "check" background, and that tells you you have a transparent background. HTH Grazie