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trying to mask a layer and then movie the footage, not the mask.
Basically what I am trying to do is take 1080 footage, mask out a DV res frame and then move the footage around the new frame.
When I try adjust the position of the layer the mask moves with it. Makes sense. But my limited masking knowledge ends there.
Can I make a mask on another layer and have it apply to all the layers below – An adjustment layer?
I am assuming that having the mask on its own layer will help me get the effect I am going for.
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[Ben Roche] “Can I make a mask on another layer and have it apply to all the layers below”
yep, just duplicate the layer that you have a mask on right now (or copy and past the mask onto a new layer). move the layer that will be the mask above any layers that you want to mask. then, from the blending modes dropdown menu (in the timeline) the choose stencil alpha. this will impose that layer’s alpha onto all layer bellow it.
if you only wanted the layer directly below the matte layer to take on it’s alpha, you could set the lower layer to use the alpha matte of the above layer as a track matte, by selecting that option from the trackmatte dropdown menu (right next to the blending modes menu).
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
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thanks for the help Kevin, it worked like you said. I got another thread about an upres if you care to tackle that one too!
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