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Masking a Graphic
Next, it’s time to work on the top video track: the news graphic that will appear to the left of the
newscaster. The graphic we will use is actually a sheet of different logos, so we need to cut one
out using a mask and position it into place.
A graphic of multiple logos that must be cropped down to isolate just one.
The easiest way to crop a MediaIn or Loader node is to add one of the mask shapes from the
toolbar directly to it. Selecting the MediaIn or Loader node and clicking the Rectangle mask
from the toolbar will crop, or mask off, the graphic.
Masking the logo using a Rectangle mask connected directly to a Merge node.
Now, all we need to do is to use the onscreen controls of the Rectangle mask to crop the area
we want to use, dragging the position of the mask using the center handle, and resizing it by
dragging the top/bottom and left/right handles of the outer border.
As an extra bonus, you can take care of rounded corners when masking a graphic by using the
Corner Radius slider in the Inspector controls for the Rectangle mask to add the same kind
of rounding.
Moving and resizing the mask to fit our logo, and rounding
the edges using the Corner Radius Inspector control.
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