What is the correct way to mask video, can I also mask to shapes?

[Victor Perez]

As Dave says above, “How elaborate does this mask have to be?”
also some people say Mask and some say Matte even though they are very different.

For a simple Matte procedure you can check out one of the three Walter Biscardi Tutorials on Travel Mattes. This will allow you to cut your video to a shape you have chosen.

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/biscardi_walter/FCPTravelMat1/video-tutorial.php

Hope that helps,

Victor

[Alan Okey]

[Dave LaRonde] “You soon learn why good roto artists make The Big Bucks. “

If only!

Roto is considered the entry level position in a compositing pipeline. They even have a term for it: “Roto Monkeys.” Doing roto in the compositing world is like being a runner in the editing world. Someone on a compositing forum that I frequent has a signature that reads “Roto: it’s a job, not a skill.”

Sad but true.

[Sebastian Knight]

Victor the link you sent me was exactly what I was looking to do, I thought there was another way built in to Final Cut Pro filters! I am just happy to know how to do it.

Thanks all posters,

Sebastian

Thank You in advance for taking the time to read and reply to my Post.

Sebastian