Using the crop effect on a title so it reveals as it is animated.

[Digitalfish]

Im sure this is real simple but Im so frustrated I can't go through hours more Youtube videos to find the answer.

I was following a tutorial on how a title can be revealed (say from the middle of the screen, it moves from left to right and as the words move they appear on screen.)

The problem is I get different results to the tutorials I tried to follow.

I have my title, I apply the crop effect, I apply a mask where I want the title to be hidden and then try to animate the title so it moves from behind the mask. When I go to animate the title, the mask moves with it so it doesn't get revealed at all. How do I set up the mask so the I can animate the title, revealing the title and the mask remaining stationary? Thanks in advance for your help.....

[Kib]

Hi Digitalfish

All effects applied to a clip will move with that clip as Motion Effects are processed last. So keyframing position will move the crop and/or mask.

Crop of course can be animated to wipe on your text. A mask on opacity will hide the included part of your text.

Either use the Transform effect which can be (re)ordered with Crop to conduct your position change and masking or

Put your crop and positional animation on the title. Right click and Nest the clip into its own sequence, then mask the sequence (clip). This forces the animation to be processed first behind a static mask.

[Digitalfish]

Thank you !! Will try the nest - sequence approach first..... I could see that the key frames affected both title and mask, couldn't really figure how to work it.....

[Liveshots]

This would be so much easier if in the Effects Controls, you could move the Opacity controls above the Motion controls. But no, skip the simple way and force people to mess with nesting.