You could check out VPlayer Xtra which lets you treat video (recordings) 
itself as an alpha-maskable sprite, or VideoSprite, which does live 
video.  Both allow chroma or alpha effects on the video itself, and 
likewise will allow sprites on top of them.

http://www.penworks.com/xtras

At 10:48 PM 8/29/02, Ross Clutterbuck wrote:
>Hi all
>
>This is just a theoretical question at this point but may well get used in a
>project in the near future (after 12 months unemployed, I am now FINALLY
>working - hurrah!)...
>
>How feasible is it to layer graphics over the top of a digital video? Up
>until now I've always had my movie Direct to Stage and designed a viewport
>into the screen to hold the movie, but now I'm looking at some kind of
>non-rectangular container for a video clip.
>
>I'd rather still keep the movie Direct-to-Stage for the performance boost,
>but I don't know of a way to place stuff over the top in that event. I've
>heard something about masking a Quicktime but unsure as to what this
>entails. Additionally, it'd be nice if the layering images were 32-bit so I
>could use an alpha blend over a running DV.
>
>Ambitious I know, which is why it's theoretical...
>
>Thanks and virtual beers to any and all assistants!
>
>Ross
>
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