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  • Vegas Pro Masking

    Posted by Lawrence Farr on June 3, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    I need help with masking in Vegas. I’m working with drone video and I capture two videos.

    1. A hi res video from the drone.
    2. A lower res screen recording with the telemetry on it.

    What I need to do is to mask the second video to only show the white text, remove all parts of the moving background, so I can overay the telemetry on the hi res drone video. The background is obvioiusly changing around the text.

    What’s the best way to approach this?

     

    Silviu Negoita
    replied 1 month ago
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  • Silviu Negoita

    July 20, 2026 at 1:49 pm

    Hi! Since the background behind the telemetry is always moving, using a normal mask will probably be very time consuming and difficult.

    What I would recommend is the following: 1.Put the telemetry video on a track ABOVE your drone footage. 2.Add the LUMINANCE KEYER Effect to the TELEMETRY video. 3.Adjust the setting until only the white text is visible and most of the background disappears.

    I do not have much experience with such aspects, please try it and tell me if the results are satisfactory, if not, I can probably adjust and think of another method.

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