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adding a border to a mask
i have created a mask around some footage……done the travel matte luma thing and nested it – i can easily add a drop shadow around this layer – but i want to add a border instead of a drop shadow…..the border filter does not work – it puts a border around the entire frame and i want the border just around the masked footage………please help
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Use another matte to crop out what you don’t want to see?
Jerry
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jerrry – thanks for taking the time to help……but i guess i didnt explain my situation very well……….i have created a mask – and using the travel matte i have placed my footage inside the mask……….i have nested those 2 items giving me my footage inside the mask over a background……just like i want it……………..now – with that nested mask – i want to add a black border – to separate it from the background……like i said earlier – its easy to add a drop shadow – but i want a border, not a drop shadow….
hopefully i have explained this a little better
again – thanks for the help -
There is no Alpha Border for your effect so you’ll have to fake it. Just apply the same matte to a color matte and then adjust the controls (try CHOKE) to adjust the border outward.
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Yeah, I wanted to do the same thing. You can do it in AE or Motion. But, you can try this:
1. Duplicate the clip and add it to a video track underneath the original.
2. Scale up the duplicate just a tad.
3. Adjust the duplicate by adding a combination of video effects such as tint, gaussian blur, mask feather, etc. and adjust the opacity.-trevor
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