Improving My Masks

TimTyler wrote on 7/27/2005, 11:49 AM

If I create a mask at frame #1 of a clip and then another mask at frame #50, is there a way to have Vegas automatically move the mask along an invisible path between frames 1-50?

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Grazie wrote on 7/27/2005, 11:51 AM

Yes. Track Motion.

Liam_Vegas wrote on 7/27/2005, 12:15 PM

How did you create this mask?

If what you need is a moving mask... that is tracking some object in the frame then what you need to do is use the Bezier Mask that is part of the pan/crop tool on your video event. You would keyframe the mask so that it tracks the object.

TimTyler wrote on 7/27/2005, 12:27 PM

> use the Bezier Mask that is part of the
> pan/crop tool on your video event.

That's what I'm doing.

If I create a keyframe with a mask at frame #1, and another at frame #40, I'd like Vegas to move the mask from point A to point B during frames 2-39.

--- UPDATE --

I guess Vegas IS interpolating frames.

I switch the interpolation curves to 'smooth' and then added a few more keyframe masks during the eratic movement areas and that cleaned things up considerably.

Thanks for the help :)

jetdv wrote on 7/27/2005, 12:51 PM

If I create a keyframe with a mask at frame #1, and another at frame #40, I'd like Vegas to move the mask from point A to point B during frames 2-39.

That's exactly what it should be doing unless the keyframe is set to "Hold".