Filming a self-duet and singer
I’m trying to film a guitar duet with myself, plus a singer, and have encountered a problem with the visuals. To illustrate this, I’ve set up three chairs in a row, and filmed myself sitting in each chair one after the other. The film is continuous and therefore the background is identical throughout. I’ve then chopped them up into left, right and centre.
In Reaper, I’ve put left on top, centre in the middle and right at the bottom. In File/Project Settings I’ve set ‘Video item visibility’ to ‘Items in lower numbered tracks replace higher’.
I’ve then attached the video processor to the top two tracks, and selected ‘horizontal wipe’. Using this, I can reveal the three images of me sitting side by side. But the central image has a lighter background than the other two. I’ve attached a jpg which shows this happening, with the outside wipes half-completed. As you can see, as the wipe proceeds the background changes, and the central figure has a lighter background than the other two, even though the background is actually identical throughout. It’s as if the centre film goes behind the other two and makes them seem darker. Is there any way round this? I’ve encountered exactly the same problem when trying to achieve the same goal in PowerDirector.
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