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October 23, 2017
Question

Can't resize mask with SHIFT+drag any longer

  • October 23, 2017
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I've already filed a Bug Report, however maybe someone here has a workaround.

The issue: in the past we were able to proportionately resize a mask by holding down SHIFT-key and click-dragging one of the small rectangular handles on the edge of the mask. Doing this would make the mask smaller or larger, but retain the mask's SHAPE.

This is no longer the case with CC 2018. In fact, holding down Shift-key and dragging does nothing at all. Now we have to resize the mask manually and then work on getting the original shape back. This takes forever and is very inaccurate.

Anyone have a workaround?

NOTE: I've only tried this with a mask on Gaussian blur. This issue may or may not occur with other masks.

System: Win 10 Pro, Intel i7-5960X (not overclocked at this time), 64GB DDR3, GPU: NVIDIA Titan X, All-SSD 5 disk setup (dedicated OS, media cache, deliverables, sources, grab files, etc)

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    Community Manager
    DavidB_QECommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 23, 2017

    The inability to use "Shift+Drag on a mask direct manipulation point for resizing a mask path" is a known issue and the Premiere Pro development team is working on a fix for it. Using the Mask Expansion control for managing the mask path resize is the suggested workaround. The Mask Expansion property can be edited using the direct manipulation control or by editing its property value in the Effects Control Panel.

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 23, 2017

      Well its working for me.

      Start outside the mask dont click inside the mask.

      Kizzume
      Kizzume
      Inspiring
      March 17, 2018

      It's not helping, unfortunately.  It's really quite a downer, it's going to add a LOT more time to editing.

      Here's an unlisted video showing how it works great on 11, but not so much on 12.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twfsJWXLCoc

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 23, 2017

      Works for me 2018 on W10.

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      October 23, 2017

      Have you looked at the keyboard shortcut dialog to see whether this is still set for that or has been changed?

      Edit/keyboard shorts?

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
      Nood6
      Nood6Author
      Participating Frequently
      October 23, 2017

      It's not, but it's also not a keyboard shortcut. It's just general functionality that is lacking.

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      October 23, 2017

      Trying out several masks just now, there's a mask size control that's the same in all of them ... the little diamond on the line that goes to the upper right typically as you load a mask. The diamond controls the size, and the circle at the end controls feather. The main shape of the mask stays the same size, but note where I've got the little red dash? That's right below the mask size control, and basically sitting on the added circle that is the actual mask size at the moment. The dotted lines are the feather locations, inner & outer.

      The heavy blue line in the center still shows the shape, but not the applied size of the mask anymore.

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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