Moving Masks?

Anime_Freak_4_Life · Post by **Anime_Freak_4_Life** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:16 pm

Hey everyone. I recently picked up Sony Vegas hoping to improve the effects in some of my videos. Now, I have a very demanding idea for a project and need some help. I understand how masks work, but is it possible for there to be moving masks? I'm wanting to take a character from one series, and add it to a clip from another series. Now if the character was stationary, this wouldnt be a problem. However, the character moves and I want them to interact with others. Any idea's how I would achieve this? I've seen it done in several videos before, one such example being the Tainted Donuts video, where Spike is chasing Mr. Humanoid Typhoon. I'm really excited aboiut this idea, so please, if you have any info for me, lemme know.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:08 pm

It's simple actually - You simply make a mask for every frame of motion.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:08 pm

set the mask on every frame

you can do that by creating keyframes:

Anime_Freak_4_Life · Post by **Anime_Freak_4_Life** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:37 pm

Oh wow. I didn't even know about that aspect of the masking process. It's alot easier than I thought, thanks a million!

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:59 pm

Haha, that's usually the point where people say it's harder than they thought. =P

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:25 pm

you are going to have to make keyframes on EVERY FRAME in order to make the "moving mask" work.

Orestes · Post by **Orestes** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:21 pm

yea use keyframes The clip's key frame see when scene changes then remask over the new scene (repeat) then it should have a moving mask

NS · Post by NS » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:24 pm

Thaaaaaaank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu somewhitekid.

Orestes · Post by **Orestes** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:41 pm

xD is that sarcasm? i mean the mask thing isn't that hard to learn to do. except after a while just really annoy sometimes (depending on what you are masking)

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:55 am

necropost 2 months after the last post :/