Adjustment layer masking not working

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February 13, 2021
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I'm almost a complete noob and hopefully this is something simple.

I add an adjustment layer and put it as the top track.

I create a rectangular mask and play with opacity. I see the rectangular outline on the video preview but it does nothing to the underlying video -- no effect.

If I create a mask directly on a clip it works.

How do I get the adjustment layer to do something? (My project is made up of many clips so applying masks to clips is not practical).

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Jennifer28069530403y

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Another approach might be to use an effect (like Gaussian Blur) on the adjustment layer to hide the undesired area. This will apply to all layers below the adjustment layer. Similarly, you could also cover with a graphic.

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Joanna5E5B

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I have exactly the same scenario and hoped to get an answer here. Looks like you were left hanging. That's disappointing.

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GAVIN5EA5Author

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Could be that I am misunderstanding what the Mask does in the adjustment layer.

I want to block out the speaker in the top-right corner of a zoom video.

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Joanna5E5B

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I ended up applying a difference blend mode to the marquee I drew around the stuff I wanted masked and that workaround achieved my goal. Not sure why the inverted mask didn't work but just applying a filter to the marquee itself within the layer mask will get the result for the Zoom video edit.

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