Video Tracks stuck as transparent

[TM2YC]

I wanted to add some white text (That originally had a black background) over the top of some other moving images. The top track with the text I set to "Screen" under 'Composting Mode' and left the rest of the tracks as is ("Source Alpha"). The effect looked just how I wanted and was exactly what the Doctor ordered...

...however I've later gone to experiment with some 'Chroma key' effects on a different part of the project and when I had one track on the top of the other it did this...

The two tracks that had these two clips did not have any adjustments to their transparency or compositing. I even tried turning off the "screen mode" from the top track but every track is now locked to transparent. I'm tearing my hair out here trying to figure out why Vegas is doing this and how to switch it off.

Hope somebody can help .

 

[ThrowgnCpr]

screen shots of your layers and effects chains would would help.

 

[matrixgrindhouse]

I wanted to add some white text (That originally had a black background) over the top of some other moving images. The top track with the text I set to "Screen" under 'Composting Mode' and left the rest of the tracks as is ("Source Alpha"). The effect looked just how I wanted and was exactly what the Doctor ordered...

...however I've later gone to experiment with some 'Chroma key' effects on a different part of the project and when I had one track on the top of the other it did this...

The two tracks that had these two clips did not have any adjustments to their transparency or compositing. I even tried turning off the "screen mode" from the top track but every track is now locked to transparent. I'm tearing my hair out here trying to figure out why Vegas is doing this and how to switch it off.

Hope somebody can help .

Check the "Level" slider on the video track itself. It's possible this accidentally got adjusted with your scroll wheel. If that's at 100%, check the clip's opacity level - the little blue handle at the top of the clip. Drag it all the way to the top for full opacity.

 

[TM2YC]

screen shots of your layers and effects chains would would help.

Thanks. Your post fixed it ^ :lol:.

I went through switching off the various FX (Just to show you a screengrab of them all off) and when I clicked on switch off 'colour balance' the clip became solid again. I then deleted the CB from my FX chain and then immediately added it back and now the clip is fine.

What the actual f**k Vegas, that makes no sense! I demand that machines and the code that runs on them adheres to logic!

 

[TM2YC]

Check the "Level" slider on the video track itself. It's possible this accidentally got adjusted with your scroll wheel. If that's at 100%, check the clip's opacity level - the little blue handle at the top of the clip. Drag it all the way to the top for full opacity.

I tried checking all that before but thanks anyway (Oddly, although 100% gave me 50% transparency, switching the track to 95% transparency, gave me 95% transparency?!?). Problem sorted but it annoys me that I don't know why it is now working.