I tried that but the negative opacity that I had set for the other rectange on the same clip didn't do anything for my second rectangle. In other words I ended up with one rectanle opaque and the other one just a rectangle.

I'm at work so I can't try it now but if its possible I play with it some more tonight. It was just acting to me like it wasn't possible to create a second mask on the same clip.

Thanks Gary. Loved your presentation at WEVA this year too!

>>...the negative opacity that I had set for the other rectange on the same clip didn't do anything for my second rectangle...

I am having this exact same problem.

How to you "activate" the other masks besides the first one.

Thanks!

Never mind.

I figured it out.

Thanks!

> Never mind. ... I figured it out."

Please share - this stuff is useful for many.

>>Please share - this stuff is useful for many.

I actually thought about, but forgot. Sorry.

1.) Go to Pan/Crop.
2.) Enable the "Mask" track via the Mask text box.
3.) Select the Anchor Selection point tool.
4.) Create a closed path selection/mask.
5.) Set what you just made to Positive/Nagative, depending on your needs.
6.) With the Anchor Selection point tool still enabled, repeat step 4.
7.) Repeat step 5.

You now have multiple Masks on one event.

now...

If you need to adjust a previously existing mask, or change mode of previously existing mask...

1.) Select the Normal Edit tool.
2.) While hovering the Normal Edit Tool over the dotted path line of the mask in question, right-click, then choose Select , then choose Path.

Your Mask in question is now selected and you can now select the selected Mask mode.

It was the right-click, select thing that threw me off.

I am still very new to Bezier masks, and am stuggling a bit.

If someone has an explanation of how to simply drag/move an existing anchor point without doing the tangental move, would be most helpful.

I got it once today, but forgot what I did.

Thanks.

using the normal edit tool should do that - just click on the anchorpoint and drag.

if you hold down CTRL it will allow you to adjust it's tangent handles.

Dave

Also - don't forget. If you want to make an empty shape etc... all you have to do is make the one mask, and then make another mask, smaller, inside it. You then change the inside mask to the opposite of the outside one. So outside pos, inside neg. Outside Neg, Inside Pos.

Ya dig :)

Dave

When I click on the anchor point and drag, the *whole* mask moves.

What is needed to just move that one very anchor point?

Thanks!

first you have to de-select the anchor points by clicking anywhere with the normal edit tool that's not the mask or one of the lines. Then just click and drag an individual anchor. If you click too close to the line you'll not select a single anchor but move the line, and if you click to select and then click to drag and you don't get it on the anchor you may accidentally select the line and therefore select 2 points.

Dave

Well, I feel silly now. :)

Thanks!

Great thread -

Just did a bunch of compositing in Vegas - I usually go right to After Effects but the mask tools in Vegas are pretty sweet. I usually use the hold shift-click method to group or "individualize" the mask points. Here is a short of example of a bunch of stuff I've been working on - done mostly with moving masks in Vegas -

http://www99.pair.com/yoyodyne/Mentor/

Great work Yoyo! If you are willing to share you gotta a veg you could throw my way? If it aint there already, I bet VASST or CHIENWORKS would like to host it?

This Forum just gets better and better!!

Grazie

Great job on the video...but... :)

Where did you get the sound effect?

I could really use something like that right about now.

Thanks!

Thanks guys - I'll try and post a veg when I get a chance but here is a link to where that little computer sound effect came from;

http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/

It's all free stuff and some of it's pretty good. The other sounds are just stuff from acid loops i've got lying around.

In fact here is a link to the sound effect itself;

http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Interfaces/more3.php

hope this helps