Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1569

Mask group Channels If you are using a bitmap as the mask file, you can use the Alpha channel, the Red, Green, or Blue channel, Luminance, Z-Buffer, Material Effects, or Object ID. Files Select a file to use as a mask. The name of the selected file appears above the Files button. Options Displays an Image Input Options dialog on page 6818 where you can set alignment and size, relative to the frames of video output. For animated images, you can also synchronize the mask with the frame sequence of video output. This is the same dialog used for Image Input Event options. Enabled Enables the mask. If turned off, Video Post ignores any other mask settings. Inverted When turned on, the mask is inverted. Video Post Parameters group VP Start Time/End Time Set the starting and ending frames for the selected event within the overall Video Post queue. Video Post renders the event over the number of frames specified here. Enabled Enables or disables the event. When turned off, the event is disabled and Video Post ignores it when rendering the queue. Each event must be disabled individually. For example, disabling a composite layer event does not disable the composited image events. The range bars of disabled events are unavailable in the event track area. Add Image Layer Event Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post window > Make sure the two child events are in the order you want the Image Layer event to use them. > Select the two events. > Video Post toolbar > Add Image Layer EventRendering menu > Video Post > Video Post window > Select a Layer Event. > Video Post toolbar > Edit Current Event The Add Image Layer Event adds a compositing plug-in on page 8092 to layer the selected images in the queue. Provides compositing plug-ins that use the previous event in the queue as a source, and composite the next event, using the parameters of the plug-in 6824 | Chapter 22 Video Post