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  • Crop Masking

    Posted by Ryan Zhang on February 14, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    I am trying to mask a video diagonally in half but also using the crop tool. But before I mask I wish to crop it so that only a portion of the video is diagonally cut in half. Is there a way to mask while maintaining inside the crop boundary?

    If it’s confusing I’ll post a picture. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

    Ryan Zhang replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Theo Van laar

    February 14, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    To crop your video diagonally, you can make a black and white mask with the desired shape in a photoediting program and use this in combination with the Sony Mask Generator FX in Vegas

    Theo

  • Ryan Zhang

    February 14, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    Thanks for the quick reply.
    I’m still new to using Vegas; how would I go about using Sony Mask Generator FX after I have the mask images?

  • Theo Van laar

    February 14, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Create three video tracks
    Add the black and white mask to the upper track
    Place footage one at the middle track
    Add footage two to the lower track
    Add the mask generator fx to the mask event at the upper track and choose the option LUMINANCE
    Choose for the composition mode of the upper track MULTIPLY (MASK)
    Make the middle track a child of the upper track

    Thats all…

    Theo

  • Ryan Zhang

    February 14, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    Thanks!

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