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Multiple inverted masks don't work.

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
February 23, 2018
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Short Version:

I am trying to put 3 inverted opacity masks on one image but the way the program works right now it won't let you do that.

So the question is - How do you remove multiple parts of an image?

Long Version:

I shot a music video for a friend with my sony z5u. I got shots when I was there that I planned to green screen myself into later. The reason for green screening myself in is that I am a ghost, so I have the opacity level down on my image. Most of the chroma-key shots dropped in like clockwork but 2 need some masking fx. I got through making one of the three masks on one of the shots and found out quickly when I started the second mask that you can't have 2 inverted masks. I've seen recommendations on other posts to use nesting. I tried it but all it did was move the problem to a new sequence so I am at a loss for how that's supposed to help. I also saw posts that said all you have to do is access a drop down menu that doesn't exist anymore. So that's a no go. Tried other solutions as well and tech support said moving it over to After FX didn't make a difference.
It doesn't seem like it should be this hard to do something so seemingly simple that basic garbage mattes could accomplish 15 years ago. Any help would be appreciated.

Correct answer cre8vimp

Does this help?

https://youtu.be/m0h5JnT82aY

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Fikri0D4D

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You can add multiple mask in your layer, but use Substract mode instead of invert it

Ann Bens

Community Expert

@Fikri0D4D

Premiere does not have subtract (that is an Ae feature).

natashah80132955

Participant

Ugh this is so annoying. I'm in the same boat. I want to remove 2 light switches on a still shot and I can't just add a second mask?

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cre8vimpCorrect answer

Legend

Does this help?

https://youtu.be/m0h5JnT82aY

Samuel_Tonin

Participant

I found a way around this.

First apply the first mask, then right clicked and chose Nest to nest the clip. This will make the first mask baked in. Now you could you can apply a second mask and control it independently. However you could no longer adjust the first mask. You can nest multiple times also.

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Andresm562

Participant

idk if this has been said but if you nest your footage you can add another inverted mask onto the nested footage allowing you to add multiple masks in premeire

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obreslinINM

Participant

The way I get around this - I'd be bluring faces in a crowd - is to blur the entire TOP layer and then use multiple masks that ARENT inverted.

Duplicate layer underneath is unblured. and then mask all the faces I need to blur. You can have multiple masks as long as they aren't inverted.

andrewp31033160

Participant

Quick and dirty method is to use nesting.

h brucew15377208

Participant

What am I missing here... If you can't use them together, why does Premiere let me add them?! Seems to me the problem is that inverting more than interferes with others.

joem54453046

Participating Frequently

Having the same problem here...multiple inverted masks would be a very handy feature that I just expected would work!

The work around I have gone for is:

Cut out Mask 1 > Nest clip > Mask two on nested clip > and so on

Hope this might help anyone else running into this problem

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Beware : Masking the crop effect sometimes gives strange results.

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