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August 3, 2019
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How to reshape effects mask?

  • August 3, 2019
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I am trying to do a background blur in Premiere Elements 19, I've learned how to do that, but now I can't seem to find out how to reshape the mask. There isn't a place to change the shape from what I see. I've looked in the form and searched online for over a few hours now and can't find anything on shaping the mask for elements 19

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Correct answer Bill Sprague

Do you have both on the same computer? I have a dell laptop i7 core 16 gb memory 1TB hard drive 256 gb solid state drive. Would like to try Premiere Pro, but not sure if my computer can run the pro as well. I've been trying to use the track matte effect in Elements, but not really understanding it yet. Anyone have a video for that?


My laptop has similar specifications to your "laptop i7 core 16 gb memory 1TB hard drive 256 gb solid state drive".   If there is room on your SSD you can run both Premiere Pro and Elements.  You may be able to open and Elements project in Pro, but don't plan on it being perfect because Elements does some things differently and those things won't transfer.  Elements will not open a Pro project. 

There is a technique in the Creative Cloud app where lesser used programs can be installed on the larger "D" 1TB drive.  They may run a little slower, but they will be very usable with 16GB of RAM.

Search YouTube for "track matte premiere elements".  I found several videos.   

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Steve Grisetti
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August 3, 2019

Are you asking how to resize it or reshape it?

The effects mask is only available as a rectangle.

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jbm74608881Author
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August 5, 2019

OK if you can't reshape it from a rectangle, is there another way to add a mask that's shaped? Like I said in my 1st question, all I am trying to do is have the background behind me a little blurry while I'm talking to the camera. If I could soften the edges to be a little blurry it might work using the rectangle, but I don't know how to do that.  

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jbm74608881Author
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August 8, 2019

My laptop has similar specifications to your "laptop i7 core 16 gb memory 1TB hard drive 256 gb solid state drive".   If there is room on your SSD you can run both Premiere Pro and Elements.  You may be able to open and Elements project in Pro, but don't plan on it being perfect because Elements does some things differently and those things won't transfer.  Elements will not open a Pro project. 

There is a technique in the Creative Cloud app where lesser used programs can be installed on the larger "D" 1TB drive.  They may run a little slower, but they will be very usable with 16GB of RAM.

Search YouTube for "track matte premiere elements".  I found several videos.   


OK, after searching YouTube for a bit, I used paint shop pro to make the shape I needed then I used track matte. That has work for what I'm trying to do. Thank you guys for the help!

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