Add on video

[Ertan]

Hello everyone

How can I set a “camera recording video” to be transparent to appear on V1?

Thank you.

[MusicalBox]

This Camcorder video seems to be white graphics on a black background
Add a Blend Mode filter to it and set it to Multiply

[Ertan]

I added blend mode. but I couldn’t find the multiply filter.

Shotcut v22.06.23

[Ertan]

OK, I did.

Blend mode - Add

Thank you.

[Elusien]

See here for a description of Blend Modes:

Blending Modes Explained – The Complete Guide to Photoshop Blend Modes

[Ertan]

I used add. Then I used the screen as well.

What is the difference?

Thank you.

[Elusien]

Another way of doing it is put a Chroma Key filter on the V2 clip and choose the color Black, modify the Distance parameter to somewhere around 10% until you are happy with the result.

Make sure BLEND for track V2 is set to “Over” as usual.

[jonray]

Hi @ertan,
I recently posted about my experiments with Blend Mode. These threads may be helpful to you.

Playing around with the Blend Mode filter, and a cool text title animation

Hi folks. I am excited to report and share how I made this rather cool animated text title (it’s part of a title sequence for an up and coming flute music video I’m making): [Animated text effect - Made in Shotcut] I did it with a custom-made HTML file. But first, my story begins with an experiment with Blend Modes and transparency… in which discovered something interesting. So in Shotcut, using three colours - black, grey and white, I exported a frame to produce this PNG file. […

and

More experimenting with the "Blend Mode:Hard Light" Filter - using coloured text

Hi folks, I’ve been experimenting with colours and the “Blend Mode:Hard Light” filter again. So, I put a photo on V1: [Spotlight photo (08)] and this image on V2 (which I created in Shotcut): [Colour Grid 03 (balck and white only)] Then I applied a “Blend Mode:Hard Light” to the clip on V2 and I got this: [Blend Mode 01a.PNG] This was no surprise - I knew already that a) the grey (which is a special grey, HALF GREY) becomes transparent. b) the white and black remain solid. (I alre…

[MusicalBox]

@Ertan

I used add. Then I used the screen as well.

Sorry if I misled you. I wasn’t on my computer when I replied to you.
So yes, to remove a black background under white elements, you need to use the Add or Screen blend modes.

[Ertan]

@Elusien @jonray

Thank you.

@MusicalBox

no problem. I solved it after your message. So you’ve been helpful as always. Thank you.