I can only make one mask from one frame which is really sad. I'm trying to make a green screen and I'm having trouble masking.
I want to mask a frame so it can cover the background but it can only respond to one mask, even when I try to put multiple masks in one frame it will still respond to the first mask I put from the frame.
I'm currently using sony vegas 15 and I am very new to it.
Help.
you could try a combination of using an image mask as well as using the mask tool in video event pan/crop if you needed to apply more than one mask per track, though i'm not sure if that will work for what you are doing. If you need more than that, just duplicate the track and mask out everything but the areas you need for that particular mask. You can duplicate as many tracks as needed, so you can mask out different elements of one scene using multiple masks that way.
you could try a combination of using an image mask as well as using the mask tool in video event pan/crop if you needed to apply more than one mask per track, though i'm not sure if that will work for what you are doing. If you need more than that, just duplicate the track and mask out everything but the areas you need for that particular mask. You can duplicate as many tracks as needed, so you can mask out different elements of one scene using multiple masks that way.
Like I said, I'm new to sony vegas, I just want to apply more than one mask on one frame.
Easiest way to do that is to duplicate that frame, masking out a different section each time. Make sure the section that is supposed to be the background is on the bottom track, and every other "layer" that gets closer to the camera would be masked out and stacked on a new track above the background masked track.
So, you'll end up with a bunch of different tracks stacked on top of each other of the same thing, with each track only showing a portion of the image, the rest is masked out. This gives you control over the individual elements of the frame, and you are able to not only apply individual masks to each track, but also individual effects and such as well.
Add Mocha to that mix, and you can make motion-tracked masks of each element of the image, giving you extremely fine-grain control over every element (like being able to make a person black and white as they walk around in a full color scene).
The only way I know of that might work to get more than one mask onto the same track would be the method I mentioned above, applying an image mask first, then using the mask tool in video event pan/crop to apply a second layer of masking... I haven't tried that though, I'm not sure Vegas will even allow that.
I can make multiple Masks in Pan/Crop. How are you creating your mask?
Like I said, I'm new to sony vegas, I just want to apply more than one mask on one frame.
Sony? Really?
Like I said, I'm new to sony vegas, I just want to apply more than one mask on one frame.
Sony? Really?
this doesn't even apply to the question. I'm okay at sony vegas but I just don't know important things before making a video
Easiest way to do that is to duplicate that frame, masking out a different section each time. Make sure the section that is supposed to be the background is on the bottom track, and every other "layer" that gets closer to the camera would be masked out and stacked on a new track above the background masked track.
So, you'll end up with a bunch of different tracks stacked on top of each other of the same thing, with each track only showing a portion of the image, the rest is masked out. This gives you control over the individual elements of the frame, and you are able to not only apply individual masks to each track, but also individual effects and such as well.
Add Mocha to that mix, and you can make motion-tracked masks of each element of the image, giving you extremely fine-grain control over every element (like being able to make a person black and white as they walk around in a full color scene).
The only way I know of that might work to get more than one mask onto the same track would be the method I mentioned above, applying an image mask first, then using the mask tool in video event pan/crop to apply a second layer of masking... I haven't tried that though, I'm not sure Vegas will even allow that.
Are you saying that I have to duplicate the same video from a different track?
Like the first reply to your original post (from Grazie), it is unclear what exactly you are trying to do, and nor is it clear about what you mean by "respond to one mask".
However, the Mask function at the bottom of the event's Pan/Crop window does allow for multiple masks, and all of them should work as per one I just quickly created:
If you want to adjust one or more of the masks individually, click on the mask border and that mask's anchor points should appear in yellow. Right-click on one of the yellow anchor points and then select "Select" and then "Path". The mask will highlight as per the far LH mask in the above screen grab. You can then adjust that mask, including under the 'Show Properties' icon (the cogwheel at the top of the mask tools on the far left of the mask window).
If you want to select all the masks, right-click anywhere on the mask workspace, select "Select" and then "All".
I hope this helps.