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March 7, 2020
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Premiere Pro Mask is Horrible

  • March 7, 2020
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I'm using the 2019 Premiere Pro CC.

 

I tried to put a mask on the opacity property of an layer, but when I go to alter the mask, it creates new points on the mask.

 

When I try to select one point to move, it moves the entire mask.

 

The cursor also transforms into the hand tool when I am altering my mask, which is really clunky.

 

I have no idea why the mask options don't work like they do in After Effects. I would work in After Effects, but the render would be too long.

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
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    November 20, 2022

    All these apps have their own unique process for masking ... even changing the names, like Resolve's "power windows" ... yea, whatever It's a MASK.

     

    And in each app, you have to figure out how they set that tool to work. For some people, one app is 'intuitive' while another is totally opaque. For a different user, it's reversed.

     

    Everyone's mileage always varies.

     

    And as I work in both Pr & Resolve daily, and do some stuff in Ae & Au ... yea, it's a pain to remember the different ways things are done. But each has their usefulness. They're tools, that's all.

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    RobShultzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 20, 2022

    You're saying that the render would be too long makes me wonder if you're familiar with dynamic link. You could right click on the clip in Premiere, select replace with After Effects Composition, save the AE project and do your masking. When you save in AE it should update in Premiere. 

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    Hunter_PackHealth
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    April 12, 2022

    It's garbage. It is the epitome of a project that developers didn't want but users needed so it exists in the absolute minimum functional state that could be maked "done". It's the saddest part of the entire Adobe suite IMHO.

      Jeff Bellune
      Jeff Bellune
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      April 12, 2022

      Do you have something you need help with?

      If you are attempting to help the OP, please note this topic is more than 2 years old and they have probably moved on.

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      Hunter_PackHealth
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      April 12, 2022

      No. I use Ae for anything other than CC - Titles, layering, motion graphics, absolutely anything other than straight scaling. I dropped into Pr's mask tool hoping it had been updated. Found it was as broken as the last time I used it in 2019 and left it where it was. Completed the task with Ae and happier for it. Appreciate the follow up.

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      Byron CortezCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 7, 2020

      Read this carefully please, what is happening is not a mistake of Premiere Pro is lack of knowledge of how to use the masks.


      https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/masking-tracking.html#MaskinginPremierePro

      Byron.
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      Hunter_PackHealth
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      April 12, 2022

      I dissagree. Even the tutorial you provide shows how much effort goes into making a Premiere 2020 mask that Premiere 1995 could produce in two steps. It needs rethinking from the bttom up.

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 7, 2020

        When animating a mask use the same amount of nodes through out the animation.

        For moving a point use the magnifying option or go full screen.

        The hand tool is indeed a bit clunky.

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