Operation Manual

Chapter 8: Still images 149
Controlling transparency in overlay images
Viewed in the Album, or in a graphics editor, an
overlay image appears to have a solid background.
When you place it on the title track, however, the
background disappears, allowing the video to show
through.
Studio uses the color of the top-left pixel of the image
to determine which areas will be transparent. Pixels
that match this color are not drawn when the image is
rendered over video.
This scheme works well for still images that have
consistent solid background colors. Sometimes, you
may have to edit the top-left pixel of a bitmapped
image to get the transparency effect you want. Any
image-editing program – even the Windows Paint
accessory – will do the job.
The automatic transparency feature applies to images
that are imported into Studio via the Title Editor as
well as those that are accessed through the Album.
Making a slideshow
If you would like to assemble a quick slideshow of still
images or video clips, you may want to take advantage
of Studio’s Ripple Transition feature to quickly insert a
chosen transition between each pair of clips or images.
See page 143 for details.