Solid color with a transparent hole

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Kelly_Randall
Apr 26, 2005
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I want to create a file I can use in Premiere Elements so that I’ll see a color around the outside & it’ll have a transparent ellipse in the middle, through which the video will be visible. It doesn’t seem like this would be very difficult, but I’m having trouble figuring it out. Any help would be appreciated.
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Raymond Robillard
Apr 26, 2005
Start with a new document, with transparent background.

Select the Elliptical Selection Tool, and draw your selection. Then click on Select / Inverse.

Click on Edit / Fill. Choose your colour and click on Ok.

You’ll have your hole and frame on a transparent background. Now, as for the saving format, I have no clue what Première will accept, it doesn’t exist on the Mac so I can’t test it. But I’d say since it’s an Adobe product, save in Photoshop Format. Safe bet it should work.

Ray
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Kelly_Randall
Apr 26, 2005
Thanks! I’ll give it a try.
KR
Kelly_Randall
Apr 26, 2005
OK- I create a document & make the background transparent. I draw my ellipse. Before I can click Select/Inverse, it seems I have to Control-Click on the Layer Thmbnail. Otherwise, "Inverse" is greyed out. Then I click on "Edit" and "Fill Selection" is greyed out. I must be missing something.
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Wendy_E_Williams
Apr 27, 2005
Kelly,

You need to use the Elliptical Marquee tool … 🙂

Wendy
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Kelly_Randall
Apr 27, 2005
Thanks to you both! That worked! I’ve got a book coming from Amazon which will hopefully help me get the hang off this.

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