Cookie Cutter Question

farss wrote on 5/17/2003, 2:02 AM

My apologies if this has come up before, I did do a quick search.

Is there anyway to change the aspect of the defined shapes that the cookie cutter uses.

I'm after various thin rectangles.

I realise I can achieve the same result using masks but when you need lots of different areas highlighted at different points thats an aweful lot of toing and froing with Photoshop.

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jetdv wrote on 5/17/2003, 5:57 AM

Maybe Track Motion???? (haven't tried it) Otherwise, not that I know of. Can you use Pan/Crop instead?

farss wrote on 5/17/2003, 6:19 AM

Sort of tried a few of those things but it doesn't affect the shape of the cutout. I think if I really need the effect I'll just go with making masks in PS.

I was just surprised that the cutter is so restricted, everything else in VV seems infinately variable.

kameronj wrote on 5/17/2003, 8:42 AM

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but....I needed some thinner rectangels as a mask - but found that the 3D plugin worked better since I could crop the top, bottom, left and right to suit my needs.

Of course, I threw in some tracking motion (and salted to taste)....worked for me. Maybe it can work for you to?

farss wrote on 5/17/2003, 9:38 AM

Thanks I'll try it out, oops.
Which 3D plugin?
Must be a 3rd party thing?

kameronj wrote on 5/17/2003, 9:41 AM

Yup....sort of.

Satish (did I spell the name right) has written some very useful plugins for VV. You can get them at his site (click here). Very good stuff!!

farss wrote on 5/17/2003, 9:49 AM

Stupid me, I have most of his stuff but I think when I upgraded I need to reload them.