• Avid Media Composer

  Applying the mask to source rushes

  Posted by Romana Cicova on August 13, 2017 at 11:20 am

  Hi all,

  Is there a way to view actual rushes with a mask? They were shot 16:9 but should have 1.85 mask but it should not be encoded in the rushes.

  Thank you!

  Michael Phillips replied 9 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  August 13, 2017 at 5:25 pm

  String them out in a sequence, and put the mask on the layer above

  Shane
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  Romana Cicova

  August 13, 2017 at 6:57 pm

  Thank you. That would be sweet and simple, but the editor doesn’t want to cut from string outs, wants the mask on the actual clips, without it being encoded in the footage. I was now told that there’s actually a plug in for Avid 8 which can do that so curious to find out if that works.
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  Michael Phillips

  August 13, 2017 at 10:47 pm

  Look to using “Target Mask” which came in some version of 8.x. set the aspect ratio in the format tape of the project window. Right click select in the source/record monitors to activate.

  Michael

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