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 > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts >http://uk.my.yahoo.com > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
