On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 21:56:23 GMT, "jaray" wrote:

>Is there a way to blend two layers of video in Premiere without having a
>hard edge between them? The effect I'm looking for is similiar to blending
>layers in Photoshop with a mask to make the images merge seamlessly.

Use "Image Matte" in "Transparency" for a clip on V2 or
above, and use a drawing program to make the soft-edged
matte... (it won't move, but that can be solved, too...;-).
You can also use the Soft Xplode Alpha transition, if you
have the Raptor or similar...