Another Effect Question

WBJ · Post by **WBJ** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:42 pm

ok, i have after effects and im sure you can do these effects on it but im not sure how.

Here’s the first one

And the second

thanks in advance

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:43 pm

It's called masking, and it really depends on the action/animation that's going on in both the background and foreground clips which will make it easy or hard to do.

Just take the pen tool and draw a "mask" around whatever image you want to composite over.

WBJ · Post by **WBJ** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:36 am

are you talking about Photoshop, because i dont believe after effects has a pen tool. also i should have mentioned this earlier, the images above are moving. i got this first image from istiv amv- spirt never dies and the second one i got from AbsoluteDestiny’s amv- i wish i was a lesbian. I just want to know how this is done in after effects, sorry for the trouble.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:39 am

After Effects has a pen tool. Search the help for Masks.

WBJ · Post by **WBJ** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:51 am

ah, stupid me. well i was trying out the pen tool but its difficult to get the image i want. plus there are levels of the pen tool which im not sure is the right one to use. one of them has a +, the other - and the other one just makes lines across the image.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:30 am

The help topics should explain what the + and - and all do.

I find rotobezier masks are easier to handle than the normal masks, but they suck for making sharp corners.

WBJ · Post by **WBJ** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:58 am

ok, thanks for your help. i have another question though, is keying matte the same as masking?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:43 pm

No. A matte refers to a black and white image, where one color determines what parts are transparent.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:31 pm

Zarxrax wrote:The help topics should explain what the + and - and all do.

I find rotobezier masks are easier to handle than the normal masks, but they suck for making sharp corners.

I pefer point to point my self... and if you do it right only some points have to move - my next video I think has over 40% of the video masked with keyframes

Vlad

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:22 pm

WBJ wrote:are you talking about Photoshop...

That's what *I* use for this kind of thing.