To do this in premier 6.5?

Ninjafox · Post by **Ninjafox** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:22 am

ello~, the effect is called "Cookie Cutter" in Vegas Movie Studio 4. What i want to know is, how do i do it in adobe premier 6.5?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:55 am

For those of us who've never used Vegas, what does the effect do?

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:34 am

The Vegas Cookie Cutter is a built-in masking capability...without the complexity of making an alpha channel picture or compositing setup or anything like that.

You drop the effect on a clip like any other effect. Select one of the predefined shapes (circle, oval, rectangle, arrow, etc.). Then adjust some parameters (size, location, border, feathering, etc.) The result is exactly like masking the clip with that shape. It's faster than compositing, but you are limited to the shapes that are provided. A quick tutorial is here.

Very useful and one of Vegas' best features. I'm almost certain that Premiere has nothing like it.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:18 pm

Create a black and white image mask in an image editing program, then use it as an "image matte" in premiere.

Ninjafox · Post by **Ninjafox** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:26 am

Zarxrax wrote:Create a black and white image mask in an image editing program, then use it as an "image matte" in premiere.

sorry

, but i dont quite understand..

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:35 am

Read the manual and see how to do it then. Image Matte is the term you need to know to look for.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:46 am

I haven't watched all of this, but it seems like it might be useful:
http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/ahtm ... rialQT.htm