How to fade out text on top of video footage?

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How to fade out text on top of video footage?

Not quite sure how to sum up my question in Subject line, but here's what I'm trying to achieve: I've placed a text (Lower 3rd) on the V1 track, and a video clip on the V2 track. The Composite of the text is 'Normal', the video clip is 'Travel Matt - Alpha'. So the video appears inside the font, which is what I wanted.

But now I'd like to fade out the font, while just leaving the video play. When I add a Fade In Fade Out effect to the text, though, the video fades out as well, until the effect is over. Do I make sense?

Is there a way to just fade out the font (or Dissolve or Slide) without touching the video?

Thanks!

Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 5, 2008 8:49 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 5, 2008 9:03 AM in response to Alexander Signer

Just do a dissolve to the video clip

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Answer 2

Oct 5, 2008 9:46 AM in response to paulprisco

Thanks for trying, but again, there's no transition I can place on the video. Let me try to explain again: The video and text start together. The video clip plays, say, 15 seconds. The text on top of the video should disappear after 4 seconds, and should then fade out WITHOUT affecting the video.

The way I've arranged it (see my initial post), the video fades out whenever I add a transition to the text (dissolve, fade in/out, anything...).

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Answer 3

Oct 5, 2008 10:32 AM in response to J S Langham

or, as has already been suggested, match frame to the correct frame, and drop the video on to V1 (leaving the bit that needs to be on V2 for the duration of the text on V1 where it is) and dissolve from the effect clip to the video.

Also try putting the text on V2 and video on V1 and inverting the effect

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Answer 4

Oct 5, 2008 10:36 AM in response to Alexander Signer

Not quite sure what the Rubberband is on the video track (as opposed to the audio tracks). Anyway, think I found a workaround. I've just cut the video clip using the Blade where the text clip ends. Then copied/pasted the video on-to the text track, right after the text, then added a cross-dissolve between the text and duplicated video (which now is on both V1 and V2 track).

Complicated, I know...

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Answer 5

Oct 5, 2008 10:54 AM in response to Alexander Signer

The video should be on V1 and the text on V2.

Click the zig zag button at the bottom left of the timeline and you will see an opacity line going across your clips just below the top of them.

Put a keyframe on the opacity line of the text clip around a couple of seconds before the end.

Put another keyframe at the end of the text's opacity line and drag it to the bottom of the clip.

This will cause just the text to fade out.

You can do the reverse at the beginning to make it fade in if you wish.

PS. To create keyframes click P and your cursor will become the Pen (Keyframe) tool.

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