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A video editing question

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Skibumsmith
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When you're in a video editing program and you're overlaying a picture on top of the movie for a title or whatever, how do you make the background of the picture opaque instead of having the white background show? I'm using Adobe Premiere Elements 10.
Thanks

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May 18 2013 1:17AM
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Skier1478
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I'd say find a photo without the background or photoshop it out.

I use one of those two.
May 18 2013 1:27AM
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homestar
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save it as a .png with a transparent background
May 18 2013 1:28AM
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Skibumsmith
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I'm guessing you can't do that with MS paint
May 18 2013 1:31AM
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homestar
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Unfortunately no. You can get a free program that can do it called GIMP though. Or a free trial of photoshop would do the trick.
May 18 2013 1:54AM
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gotti
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You have adobe premiere but you don't know how to do this? Haha
May 18 2013 2:37AM
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sweatshirt
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why be a dick? he is learning how to edit...
May 18 2013 4:08AM
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eheath
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adobe premiere pro =/= adobe premiere elements. pretty sure elements is free?
May 18 2013 4:25AM
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Kazabazua
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Save as a PNG or a Tiff with transparent background.
May 18 2013 9:47AM
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Skibumsmith
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yep
May 18 2013 11:10AM
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Skibumsmith
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This worked perfectly thank you. +k
May 18 2013 2:04PM
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miroz
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Elements isn't free, but it's far cheaper...maybe it's free for students.

Answer: Photoshop! or a photoshop knockoff. Both should have that ability. Additionally, I know Powerpoint can remove backgrounds too, if you have an up-to-date version of it. I don't know how to do that though I just know it can be done.
May 18 2013 2:21PM
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Skibumsmith
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end result looks good I think

May 20 2013 1:16AM
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