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mjgraves  
#1 Posted : Thursday, September 27, 2018 9:51:15 PM(UTC)
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Multiview could be a lot more flexible if we could have control of the mixing of the layers.

This would be like the alpha control on the overlays. It would allow someone to have a image with an alpha channel allowing it to be keyed, but then made semi-transparent in some cases.

Key invert would also be handy.
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#2 Posted : Friday, September 28, 2018 4:24:13 AM(UTC)
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What is the use case for that. I don't get it.
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#3 Posted : Friday, September 28, 2018 9:31:37 AM(UTC)
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Lots of reasons - See my post on drop shadows on the main discussion.

IF we had opacity and shortcuts to them - we may get to the point we could have layers fade in and out in the "MultiView"
Now we are really talking about power control.

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#4 Posted : Friday, September 28, 2018 1:48:09 PM(UTC)
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mavik wrote:
What is the use case for that. I don't get it.


The ability to have a single reference logo with a complex alpha.

Use it fully opaque in some shots. That's alpha channel keyed, and fully mixed into view.

Use it semi-transparent in other places. That's alpha channel keyed, and partially mixed into view.

We already have such capability in the overlays. It's just a question of allowing it in the multiviews layers.

That would allow the multiview composites to be more sophisticated, without requiring a ton of prep work in Photoshop, and many more elements in the project.
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#5 Posted : Friday, September 28, 2018 2:51:21 PM(UTC)
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+1 to opacity and an invert function. These are bread and butter tools making a lot of other creative uses easily possible.

Perhaps a soft edge function on the crop.
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Yannick  
#6 Posted : Saturday, September 29, 2018 7:02:40 AM(UTC)
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#7 Posted : Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:07:08 AM(UTC)
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+1 huge benefit. I use 3 keys for one graphic with 3 separate parts, because I can't transition in a multiview, otherwise I'd use a multiview and transition, freeing up most of my keyers for other use.
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