Yes. Shoot your subject with a green screen. Background, bottom layer. Titles, middle layer, Subject, top layer with the green screen dropped out using your chromakey effect.
Tom's method would work, but it looks to me like the OP's example was shot on location. Instead of using a green screen, they've created a negative mask around the subject, and applied the mask to the text. When the text passes in front of the subject, it is masked out, giving the impression that it is behind the subject.
There is an easy way by adding color corrector select mask and set your lumens tones and multiply mask
For more tricky stuff
On the first the red was dominant in the retained image but it also had blue tones same as sky so I could not use chroma key so I used channel blend distribute red channel then cut the blue and pumped the red then added mask gen fx
On the water clip where the background image has darks and lights simply use lighten composite on the png and any high lumens will automatically pop forward.
The duck clip same as first but a bit more fiddle but not enough check the tones from 0 - 8 are non exsistant on the mask so it needs more work, but you will get the idea.
So who ever said lol back at ya.
Shot Jerry I can make up a veg with single images and zip and e-mail you “should be small enough from chain gang office.”
Robert thank you. If some tutorials can assist someone it would be a pleasure to do some. I will post some starting with Pro Type Titler.
In fact there is a very easy way to use it effectively and with ease, visually as well.
Rory, I think you'll find there are more people here who would like to see how you did this than you can imagine. I would certainly like to see how this was done.
I take my hat off to anyone who gets their head around the Channel Blend FX.
That's arguably the most potent tool in the Vegas arsenal and also the one with the worst GUI, well it doesn't even have a GUI. I'm certain someone could rejig the beast so a user doesn't need a degree in applied bistromathematics to use it.
This subject sounds very promising. If I'm not wrong, you are tweaking with channels (color), until it is possible to make bold distinction between object and his background (in order to use then mask generator).
But can't understand, how to tweak ... could you provide some tutorial ?
Rory -
I'm really looking forward to your tutorials. And from reading comments posted by other members, we will all appreciate what you plan to share with us.
Starting with the Pro Type Titler would be great.
If we simplify it this image red/green/blue = RGB so the yellow is R252 G204 B18 or in CB R2.520 G2.0400 B1.800
So if we add distribute channel red then slowly increase G to 2.04 and Blue to B1.8 the following will happen
same workflow Chan blend fx + mask fx + multiply mask parent track
So I don’t crunch numbers but prefer to do it visually but checking your color sampler in color corrector will give you the numbers.