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To create a background set [2]:
Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar and select the file
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FISH.TIF from the
CD. Once it is displayed in the workspace, open the SKY.TIF file from
the same location.
Click the Magic Wand tool and in the Similarity spin box on the
2.
Attribute toolbar, enter in a value of 25.
Select the edit window containing the image of the fish, and then drag
3.
over the fish to create a selection, starting from the tail and moving
toward the head. If you have more sea than fish selected, try again, or
decrease the Similarity range.
Switch to the Lasso tool and, holding down the [
4.
the areas of the sea which are included in the selection. Double-
clicking then deselects these areas. Keep doing this until all areas of the
sea are no longer part of the selection. (If you need to add areas of the
fish to the selection area, hold down the [
and paste the fish into the edit window containing the image of the sky.
Switch to the Transformation tool and click the Resize button on the
5.
Attribute toolbar. A bounding box appears around the fish. Holding
down the [
] key, drag one of the handles of the bounding box and
SHIFT
resize the fish so that it appears larger.
Switch to the Shape Selection tool and position the fish to the bottom
6.
left of the edit window. Now, paste in another three fish and resize
them, each one slightly smaller than the other, and position them over
the image in the edit window. You can also create a video window for
later use as an overlay clip in Video Editor by creating a selection area
and filling it with a solid color.
Creating a background set (left) with video window (right)
TUTORIAL THREE: VIDEO PAINT
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folder of the MediaStudio Pro
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