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Many of our plugins, such as our ProFreeze series, use a masking tool within the plugin. In this video, we will walk you through how to properly use this tool with ease.
It is highly recommended that when using masking controls that your media being used with the masking tool plugin be the same resolution as your project. If your project is 1920 x 1080 the media should be 1920 x 1080 as well. If the media does not match the project resolution there is an easy fix!
Place a Custom color solid from the Solids categories in the Generators library beneath your media. Then, select the media clip and the color solid and right click and select Compound from the menu. If you don’t want to use a compound you can always Save Current Frame and bring in the new image to your main project. Then apply your masking plugin above or on top of your clip depending on the plugin and create your mask!
With the Pen tool appearing as your mouse cursor, point and click anywhere on your media to create a point. If you simply click it will create a linear point. If you hold click and drag the mouse you will get a curve to your mask. To close the mask you can either click on the first point or press the Return key on your keyboard.
If you want to refine your mask you can click and drag points to fine-tune their position. Additionally, by holding the Shift key on your keyboard and clicking on a point you can switch that point's mode between linear and smooth. When the point is in smooth you will be able to adjust the curvature of the path by repositioning the handle controls that extend from the point.