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■ To select multiple vertices using the pen, press the pen button and drag a selection box over a series of
vertices.
■ To add another vertex to a multiple selection, Shift-click the vertex.
■ To add several more vertices, press Shift+Ctrl and drag a selection box over the additional vertices.
■ To deselect all vertices, click anywhere outside the mask.
Selecting Pickers and Softness Vertices
You can select pickers or softness vertices using the following techniques. Pickers are an element of the
Tracer tool, which is only available in the GMask node in ConnectFX and the Modular Keyer. See
Applying
Softness Using Pickers
(page 767).
To select a single picker or softness vertex:
1 Click the picker or vertex that you want to select.
To select multiple pickers or softness vertices:
1 Select the mask vertices that the pickers or softness vertices are associated with (see previous section).
2 Click a picker or softness vertex corresponding to one of the selected mask vertices.
The pickers or softness vertices are selected for all the selected mask vertices.
Moving Vertices and Tangents
You can move vertices and tangents using the Move and Scale options of the Tools box:
■ To move a vertex or tangent in any direction, select Move. Click the vertex or tangent and drag.
TIP If you have trouble selecting a tangent handle that is very close to the vertex, hold Q then select it.
■ To move selected vertices in any direction, select Move. Click one of the selected vertices and drag.
■ To move one or more selected vertices in the direction perpendicular to their tangents, select Scale. Click
one of the selected vertices and drag.
■ To ensure better continuity on a garbage mask, automatically adjust tangents as you move vertices or
scale the mask. Press and hold G and then drag a vertex. See
Automatically Adjusting Tangent Handles
of Adjacent Vertices
(page 754).
Breaking Tangents
You can separate two tangent handles (“break” the tangent) and move them separately using the Break
option from the Tools box:
■ To break and move a tangent handle, select Break and click the tangent handle. The tangent is displayed
as a solid line, indicating it is “broken.”
■ To reconnect two broken tangent handles, select Auto and click either of the two tangent handles. The
tangent is displayed as a dotted line.
■ To change the position of an individual tangent handle after releasing the cursor, select Move.
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