/t5/after-effects-discussions/how-to-mask-a-simple-1-color-silhouette/td-p/12638428Jan 06, 2022
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I have a simple 1-color (Navy) that is a silhoutte .png that I will be laying over a video. Inside the silhouttte, I would like to have another video playing. I assume this can be done with masking but I am not very proficiant with AE. Is there a way to select by color and paste a video inside the silhoutte or perhaps another way to acomplish this? Thanks so much.
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The magic word to look for is "track matte". Put the PNG layer on top of the video layer, assign it as a track matte in the blending/ AV mode options. I suggest you read the online help on the subject or find a tutorial for further clarification.
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