Pinnacle Studio Help | Using a Shape mask to edit specific areas

Using a Shape mask to edit specific areas

You can use a Shape mask to complete many editing and creative tasks by setting the Mask Properties and Matte Properties you want.

Functions include:

• Opacity: Create transparent areas based on shapes, text, brushstrokes, or color selected with the Magic Wand.

• Color Correction: Selectively brighten an area or desaturate all but one element, boost color in specific areas and more.

• Invert Color: Invert colors in the selected area.

• Replace Color: Select and change one color for another color.

• Black and White: Create a Black and White film effect, leaving some areas in color.

• Zoom and Loupe: Create magnification effects in selected areas.

For a full list, refer to the Function menu.

Filters include:

• High Pass

• Low Pass

• Dichroic

• Color

The Mask panel (left) and the Mask preview in the Player panel (right) let you create, view, set properties, and edit masks.

To create a Shape mask

1 Do one of the following:

• In the Timeline, select a clip that you want to mask, and click Mask to display the Mask panel (shares a space with Library and Editor panel). Click Create Mask to add a Mask Track above the clip and automatically create a mask (yellow bar) that matches the length of the selected clip.

• In the Timeline, select a clip that you want to mask, and click Mask to display the Mask panel. Click Create Clip Mask to add a mask directly to the clip.

• In the Timeline, click the Insert mask track button in the track head of track to which you want to add a mask. In the new mask track that appears, hold down Ctrl and drag along the mask track to set the length of the mask (yellow bar).

2 In the Mask panel, click Create Shape.

3 Choose one of the shape tools along the left edge of the Mask preview, and create one or more shapes, clicking Done in the preview area when you finish.

4 In the Mask panel, adjust the properties for the shape, including the Transform mode to determine the interaction between shapes.

5 If you want to create a dynamic mask, use the keyframes in the Mask panel to adjust the properties over time.

6 If you need to organize the shapes, for more complex masks, click Add a New Group (bottom of Mask panel). Add as many shapes and groups as you need.

7 In the Mask panel, click Function (near the top of the panel).

8 From the Mask Properties area and the Matte Properties area, from the drop-down menu choose Function or Filter, and choose a function or filter from the corresponding drop-down menu.

9 Adjust the settings to get the effect your want.

If you want to remove an effect, choose None from the drop-down menu.