On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:10:46 -0800, SOS Engineering wrote:

>Create the graphic in Photoshop or whatever, just the way you want them to
>look, outlines, shadows, whatever. Make the background for this, 255 blue
>only. No green (0 green), no red (0 red).
>
>Save a copy as a tif or bmp or whatever at the exact resolution you will need,
>ie 640x480, 720x480, etc.
>
>In premiere import the image and place it in your timeline in the next track
>ABOVE where you need it over your video.
>
>Right click the image and choos transparancy. In the drop down box choose Blue
>Screen. It should be fine but may need a bit of fussing over.
>
>To see the "key", hold down the "ALT" key and scrub through the timeline where
>it is.
>
>You can also apply motion to the title to fly it into the scene or even do
>wipes and effects to it. Just don't alter the color or the key will be lost.
>
>That's how I do it all the time.

This is a good way to make titles (I also add "better
Gaussian blur", varied in sharpness with time to fly
in huge soft lettering that "solidifies" as it moves
into place, and other such effects), but Premiere has
trouble cleanly keying images over video, alas (titles
from Premiere or a graphic program [or Ulead Cool 3-D]
are great when not keyed, using plain backgrounds,
though). It is almost worth the cost of a discounted
Media Studio Pro suite to get CG-Infinity - this program
can place titles over moving video cleanly (it does it
by importing a clip into the titler and combining the
title and video images without using keying).