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So there's an effect I've been pursuing for a while, and I'm not having much luck.

Basically I want to use a black & white video as a mask, and then have two additional source videos. One of the sources replaces the white areas of the mask video, and the other source replaces the black parts of the mask video.

I thought what I could do is place the "mask" video on Layer 4, with the "white" video underneath on Layer 3, and set the Multiply blend mode. (This part seems to work).

I then placed a Layer Router on Layer 2, asking it to take Layer 4 as the source. I added an Invert effect to flip black and white. So far so good.

I then placed the "black" video on Layer 1, and set the blend mode on Layer 2 to Multiply. Doesn't seem to be working. Any thoughts on why this might be the case? I've attached a screen shot of the setup.

you need 6 layers

layer 1 - black video
layer 2 - mask video - Mulitply at 50%
layer 3 - layer router from layers below
layer 4 - white video
layer 5 - layer router from layer 2 + invertRGB - Multiply at 50%
layer 6 - layer router from layer 3 - ADD at 50%

btw , if you route a layer from above the layer routers position you get the last rendered frame, not the current one so you'll always be one frame behind, that's why I placed the mask video on the bottom.

Thank you!

That works perfectly! It's been bugging me for a while and I am glad you helped me get it sorted, I now understand Layer Routers much better.

I think I can now understand how to set up a comp where you easily manipulate the mask, black and white videos.

Resolume 6 looks like it can do this with 5 layers, by routing a Layer Group.

Is there a better way to do this?

I'm guessing maybe you could get to 4 layers by using the Mask Layer feature?

Or 3?

Mask Layer with mask, set to affect Layer Below
"black" layer
"white" layer

And bingo, it works!

Thanks Resolume 6, you are my hero!

gpvillamil wrote:And bingo, it works!

Thanks Resolume 6, you are my hero!

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Howdy,

I'm trying to achieve exactly this in Avenue 6 however i'm very new to this and don't quite understand what you've done in that latest picture. Do you have some terms you could reference that I could google or a link to the part of the manual that's relevant? Or just maybe an explanation of what you've done? Sorry to be of trouble and thanks in advance

Cheers,
Eugene

Super simple.

Make 3 layers.

The topmost layer is your mask layer.
The next two layers are your "white" layer and your "black" layer.
Set the compositing mode for the mask layer to "Multiply"
Right-click on the mask layer, and look for "Mask Mode", set that to "One Below"

You should now be able to trigger clips on all three layers, and the top layer will act as a mask, where the white parts will reveal the 2nd layer (the one below), and the black parts will reveal the lowermost layer.

Way easier with R6 than with R5.

EugeneFitzgerald wrote:...

Howdy,

I'm trying to achieve exactly this in Avenue 6 however i'm very new to this and don't quite understand what you've done in that latest picture. Do you have some terms you could reference that I could google or a link to the part of the manual that's relevant? Or just maybe an explanation of what you've done? Sorry to be of trouble and thanks in advance

Cheers,
Eugene

Set the compositing mode for the mask layer to "Multiply"

Don't even need to do that anymore