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Question

Lock position of mask (matte)

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
December 6, 2016
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Hey folks,

I'm trying to create a UI video of a number of text options being scrolled through within a search field.

That means I want only a portion of text to be visible within a rectangle, and I want to move the type around within the rectangle mask (matte) *without* the rectangle mask moving.

How can I achieve this in Premiere Pro? No matter how I add a mask (via a separate title or directly in Effects Opacity), it always moves with the type I'm masking when I change the Position in the Motion Effects.

For reference, in Photoshop, this is as easy as clicking the mask link icon. I really wish there was a similar icon or tick box to check in Premiere.

Thanks for any replies.

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Participant

Apologies for the delayed response. I ended up getting thing working via @Jim_Simon’s post.

Below is what I was after. If there is a better way of achieving this that would allow be to see the rest of my video while making edits to it I'm all ears.

Thanks!

Legend

Not sure what the issue is here.

I assume your "Search Field " is a Graphic box /frame?

This is where the mask is set up and this graphic should be on a layer above the text.

That means you have independent control of the text within the mask.

Can you post a frame grab?

excited_Genie16B8

Legend

This is where the mask is set up and this graphic should be on a layer above the text.

That wouldn't stop the text from bleeding over out of the desired masked area.

Legend

We really need to see a frame grab or reference for this,

Some years ago and before masks, as we now have them In PPro..

I made a TVC and a component of this was an excel spreadsheet on screen.

I was able to change the data in the separate fields as I chose. I even gave them a type on effect.

I am imagining this is something similar within a Search Box graphic.

excited_Genie16B8

Legend

Apply a Crop to an Adjustment Layer above the text. Nest the AL and Text into their own sequence. (Select, right click, Nest.)

Participant

Thank you. This works pretty well, except I can’t see any other part of my video while I'm editing the nested sequence. Can that be changed somehow?

excited_Genie16B8

Legend

In Premiere Pro, I don't think so.

In After Effects, maybe.

Legend

If you apply a Mask to an Adjustment Layer and the Title is on a separate layer...does that work?

A Track Matte maybe a solution.