Luma Matte Transparency
This tutorial explains the process for working with transparency and luma mattes.
by
Niall Thompson
Dec 10th 2020

by
Niall Thompson
Dec 10th 2020
Preparing Your Source Video
For the Luma Matte pre-processing you’ll need to stack the 2 versions of your source video on top of each other using a video compositing tool such as Adobe After Effects.
The luma matte needs to be on top and flipped vertically, with the normal base video below (unflipped).
Alternatively if you are familiar with FFmpeg you can use the following command to stack your videos. In this example the two input sources are “base.mp4” and “luma.mp4”.
ffmpeg -i base.mp4 -i luma.mp4 -filter_complex '[1:v]vflip[in2]; [0:v][in2] vstack=inputs=2' flip1.mp4
Applying the Luma Matte
- Select your content module to view the settings.
- Under Asset choose your stacked source video you wish to use.
- Then select a Mapping that you wish to apply the video to. This works best if you assign the content to an object in your scene that is invisible.
- Under Advanced Options > Texture Handling Options turn on Luma Matte Texture to apply the effect.
Demo Content
You can download an example luma matte to test within your scene.