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August 7, 2026
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Solid colour using track matte - can I make it independent?

  • August 7, 2026
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Hi,

 

I have some footage of someone moving.  I have used the Object Matte Tool to isolate the person moving, then placed a solid colour layer underneath and selected the top layer as track matte.

 

This has worked very well.  I now have a solid colour replacing the person on a transparent background.

I would now like to play around with this, mirroring and adding echo etc.  Can I/should I make the solid layer independent of the tracking layer?

 

Thank you.

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    ShiveringCactus
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    Community Expert
    August 7, 2026

    I think probably the next step is to precompose the tracking and solid.  You can then treat it as if it was its own video, ready for you to add effects