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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Orientation
- About Motion
- Getting Started
- The Motion Interface
- The Utility Window
- The File Browser
- Dynamic Guides
- Importing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Files
- The Canvas
- The Toolbar
- Current Frame and Project Duration Fields
- The Transport Controls
- The Mini-Timeline
- The Library
- Motion Dashboards
- The Inspector
- Parameter Basics
- Using the Animation Menu vs. Using the Record Button
- The Project Pane
- The Playground
- Your No. 2 Pencil
- Using the Timeline
- Using Keyframes in Motion
- Keyframe Basics
- Creating Keyframes in the Canvas
- Using Animation Paths
- Keyframe Interpolation Basics
- Using the Keyframe Editor
- Checking Your Selection
- Recording Keyframes During Playback
- Keyframing Objects With Applied Behaviors
- Keyframing in the Dashboard
- Keyframing in the Inspector
- Keyframing Filters
- Converting Behaviors to Keyframes
- Arts and Letters
- Extra Credit
Chapter 5 Extra Credit 155
Masking an Image
In the following example, a garbage mask is added to the matte from the previous
“Creating a Key” section.
To mask an image:
1 In the Layers tab or Canvas, select the object with the applied keying filter, or the filter
itself.
In the Toolbar, the Mask tools become available.
2 In the Toolbar, select the Bezier (default) Mask tool.
The pointer changes to a pen.
3 In the Canvas, click around the image area you want to remove (in this example, the
grass at the elephant’s feet).
Note: To create tangent handles as you draw the mask, drag outward as you add the
control points.
4 To close the mask, click the first point drawn, or press C.
Bezier Mask tool
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