[Now Released] New Masking Tools

I’m very satisfied with the accuracy of the Object Selection tool. The standard mask tools have also become much easier to use, and I now find them more user-friendly than those in DaVinci Resolve.

However, there is one improvement I would like to request.
When animating an ellipse mask frame by frame and adding position keyframes, if I apply rotation partway through, the rotation value gets applied retroactively to earlier keyframes. Ideally, the previous keyframes should keep their original rotation and not be affected by later adjustments.

At the moment, the only workaround is to manually add a rotation keyframe to the previous position keyframe before applying any rotation.
It would greatly improve workflow if rotation adjustments did not affect earlier keyframes automatically.

Another issue related to the transform of regular masks that i hope will be adressed before an official release of this feature, is that clicking the reset button of position and anchor point was not reset to 0,0 but more reasonable and expected values.

For position it would make much more sense to be the center of the frame and not at the top left. That should be an easy fix.

For anchor point the issue is a bit more involved i know. But I think that a reset anchor point should be at the center of a mask shape, and if the shape has been modified i would expect the anchor point to be re-calculate for the shape at the current time (like how you can re-calculate the anchor for a layer in AE that has a mask applied by ctrl+click the Move Anchorpoint Tool button) . This would potentially move a mask if it has been keyframe, but it is much more desireable than the current behaviour where the mask will in most cases be moved way outsider the frame when the anchor is reset to 0,0.

Ich finde das neue Tool unfassbar stark, für eine Beta.

Kann gerade jede Person, welche vor meiner Kamera ein Interview gegeben hat, mit einem Klick freistellen.

Das Tool an sich funktioniert tadellos, habe bisher keine Mängel entdeckt.

Allerdings habe ich beim Export Probleme. Ich dupliziere meinen CLip und lege passend über den anderen.

Beim oberen entferne ich durch das Objekt Maskieren Tool den Hintergrund und finalisiere dann den Look der oberen Videoebene (bezüglich der Hauttöne).

Beim Export, hat nur der untere Clip die Lumetri auf sich angewendet. Das obere "freigestellte" video, ist im log exportiert.

Hat jemand hier einen hint? Hab ich ggf Fehler im Media Encoder oder in den Exporteinstellungen von Premiere?

Beste Grüße und besten Dank

!!Be advised!! The size and shape of shape masks may change after updating your beta app to 26.0 build 25 (released on Saturday, November 8).

We are changing the way we handle scaling of shape masks (rectangle, ellipse, pen).  Previously, we were using numbers based on the size of the sequence (e.g., x=1920, y=1080), when we should have been using percentages, as other scale parameters do throughout Premiere. Unfortunately, its a somewhat significant architectural change and requires a new data structure under the hood.  If you had masks with scale before, the scale will be reset to default (100%) after updating to build 25.  As a result, the size of your mask may change slightly or significantly.  We apologize if this interferes with any creative work you have done.  As always, it is not advisable to work on mission-critical work in beta.  This does not affect object masks, as they cannot be scaled. Please take a look and lets us know if this makes more sense. This is based on feedback from @Shebbe in this previous post. Thank you for pointing this out!

Here is what the scale parameter looks like now.

Love the new AI-powered Object Mask tool! My question is, will it be added to After Effects as well? As good as the tool is in Premiere Pro, it would be expremely powerfull in After Effects. Rotoscope is cool, but an AI-powered Object Mask tool for After Effects would dominate the VFX world.

hey all seems good but i am not able to use this because it is not avilable for macbook i am really upset for this can you pls tell me how can i install in my macbook currently i am using m2 chipset

Will we see edge refine in the edge?

I'm running into an issue that sometimes occurs when trying to edit an already tracked object mask. For example, If the track misses something and I try to add to the mask and re-track, it ignores the new selection and only follows its original track. Similarly if it starts tracking more than I want and I improve the selection, as soon as I hit the track button It will instantly revert back to the original mask. I can't figure out what the conditions are to reproduce the problem, sometimes it works no problem, sometimes it only works if I start at the beginning of the track, sometimes it doesn't work at all and I need to create a new mask from the point where I need to change it and hide the other one. I can have 2 videos in the same project, or even the same timeline, where one video is giving me this issue and the other video allows me to edit the mask's tracking no problem.

Finally a moment to do some testing with the new mask features. Here's my feedback after a quick spin.

As overall feature this is a great step forward. Allowing tools to be expanded in functionality by adding UI elements in the viewer (program monitor) is a good choice. Many other tools can potentially benefit from such mechanisms breaking out of the sometimes restrictive effects panel slider, checkbox, menu principles. Why not promote the tracker buttons to the Program Monitor as well? So you can keep your eyes around the same working area when tracking.

1. Individual mask tools cannot be cycled with a single assigned keystroke (like in Photoshop or AE) making cycling between them a pain. Assigning a key per tool is not a solution.
2. In addition to the above, what also helps is if the mask tool types are exposed in the program monitor UI so you can switch between them quickly after either of them was activated, without using keyboard shortcuts or holding down your mouse while selecting it in the toolbar. See this mockup for reference + the tracker tools.
3. When transforming, anchor point cannot be snapped to one of the 9 boundingbox positions. Would expect this to be possible via holding CTRL while moving it for example.
   
   
4. Transform controls for rect/elipse is confusing w.r.t their values. Anchor becomes 0,0 (top left canvas), size is the sequence resolution, shape returns to original drawn position. Why not make this function the same as AE's shapes where rect path size == absolute in pixels drawn and transform size(scale) = separate % scalar with 100%  == drawn size. Such a mechanism would also allow for drawing fixed resolution masks onto footage.
5. Would be useful if center positional data of a tracked mask could be used to drive other effects. For example you track a face and you copy paste it to transform of a text element. (See how BorisFX Mocha stores tracking data)
6. AI masking option is rough. There is severe lack of temporal stability or mask detail around edges and transparency. There are also no options to refine the matte with post effect other than feathering/blur. To make it more useful you'd need some user controlled tools like painting in gaps created on random frames by the model.
7. Editors likely use masking tools 99/100 times for opacity. This should be a default (or user preference) if no other destination is selected when drawing on a selected clip, instead of the unnassigned masks section.
   
   To conclude, what definitely a showstopper is atm is the fact that it takes way too much time getting from A to B if all you want to do is apply an elipse or rectangle mask onto a clip. If point 1, 2 and 7 are addressed this should already be greatly improved.