Masking Not Working on Proxy Files!!

AbdelhadiAfa wrote on 11/21/2025, 11:41 AM

Hey everyone,
I’m running into a really annoying issue in Vegas Pro 23 when working with proxy files.

Whenever I try to mask a video while the project is set to use proxies, the masking simply doesn’t work, the entire video becomes invisible as soon as I start masking. The only way to make the mask behave normally is to switch the preview quality back to Good or Best, which forces Vegas to use the original media instead of proxies.
 

Is there any fix or setting that allows masking to work correctly with proxy files?
Or is this a known limitation/bug in Vegas Pro 23?

Any help or workaround would be appreciated!

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RogerS wrote on 11/21/2025, 1:49 PM

I think this is a known limitation- at least for me the preview is offset to the point it's not usable. In best/full it's fine.

This is the same issue as here?

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-23-mask-position-problem-appears-in-different-location--149711/#ca941780

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 11/22/2025, 8:43 AM

@AbdelhadiAfa The only way I know of using proxies independently of preview resolution is to put all your media in a single folder and make proxies manually and then put them in a different folder. Then you can use Swap Video Files in Project Media to switch between the 2 folders, if all the file names match. I think the 3rd Party HOS apps have a menu driven feature to automate the process. Whichever way you do it, this gives you the opportunity to make HD clips for your proxies of 4k media which will work better with masking and chroma-key than 720 media. Works best if frame rates match or are at least even divisors of the original. The bonus is that this approach yields higher performance when editing with proxies compared to Vegas default proxies which change both the frame rate and res by an irregular amount and then make up for it with time-stretching. Downside is you have to manually switch folders back to get the better quality render with original media... although there is a render option in vp23 that makes swapping the folder back more convenient.