Highlight a player in a soccer video

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November 19, 2018
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Hi - I have searched Youtube and the community forums and haven't found an answer to my question. I may not be using the right terminology as I am a beginner user. I'm creating a soccer highlight video for my son to send to college coaches. I have created a video that includes multiple clips and now I need to "highlight" my son so the coaches know which player to watch.

Question: How can I add a circle/rectangle around him or a spotlight at the start of each clip so the coaches know which player to watch?

Thanks.

Mike

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Correct answer rodneyb56060189

maybe try searching for words like:

mask

tracking mask

overlay

caroline_edits

Community Manager

Hey MichaelA!

That's super sweet of you to put together your son's highlight reel for him. I'm certain Premiere can give you the effect you're looking for. Does the tutorial that imeilfx provided work for you? If not, I'm more than happy to keep looking through tutorials!

Just let me know,

Caroline

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Mike42809Author

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Hi Caroline - Yes, the tutorial is super helpful. I'm planning on working on it over Thanksgiving and will let you know if I was successful. Also, the person in the video mentions After Effects, will that do what I'm looking for too? I'm looking for the easiest solution.

Thanks for checking in!

Mike

imeilfx

Inspiring

There is lots and lots of materials, tutorials about that but probably you are not - as you've said - using proper terminology. And as far as terminology rodneyb56060189 did pinted out correct ones so please look for them if you wish to use PPro more often in creatve way.
As for your specific issue and problem i gues that video tutorial (specially second part) should help you and give you proper workflow to acheve what you are looking for.

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Mike42809Author

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Hi imeilfx - I watched the video and this is very helpful, thank you for taking the time to reply. In the video, the person mentions that After Effects could also do what I'm looking for, have you used that product?

Thanks.

Mike

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Mike42809Author

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You have to use keyframes. So:
Put keyframe on opacity parameter on place where you wist your layer would fade out. Then go (with your playhead) to place where you wish layer qould disapear and set opacity to 0. Voila