Mask Transition Effects Tutorial - Includes Wipe Mask Transition

[bentacular]

@MusicalBox

So… No one here use the pen tool ? IMO it’s the most accurate way of tracing around shapes. When the path is complete: Right-click > Make Selection and Add layer mask OR delete.

@Andy_M

Old habits die hard. So used to using layer masks it’s difficult to switch plus it’s not destructive to the layer. All personal preference I suppose.

My usual process is:

• Pen tool if there are lots of curves, polygon tool if lots of edges or a combo. (selection tool if lots of like colors)
• Make the selection into a path
• Save as layer mask
• Gaussian blur mask to blend tough edges, like hair

[MusicalBox]

@Andy_M

plus it’s not destructive to the layer

@Andy_M The pen tool + mask layers goes hand in hand… no ? Like ebony and ivory on my piano keyboard, lalala
I digress
What I mean is, the pen tool is not destructive. Unless you want to
Or maybe we’re not talking about the same tool ?
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[bentacular]

@MusicalBox

What I mean is, the pen tool is not destructive. Unless you want to
Or maybe we’re not talking about the same tool ?

I think he means using a layer mask is not destructive vs just deleting the selection

[bentacular]

For this image, I would’ve actually used the color selector tool instead of the pen

[Andy_M]

Pen tool and layers do go well together I agree. However like most things in photoshop (or GIMP in my case) there’s more than one way to achieve the same/similar result. It’s often what the user is more familiar or comfortable with.

[Andy_M]

Yes, apologies I was referring to the layer mask.

[Namna]

Apparement sur mon vieux logiciel je n’ai pas d’outil plume

Apparently on my old software I don’t have a pen tool

[Andy_M]

What software are you using @Namna?

[Namna]

GraphicConverter but I don’t have the latest version
https://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche19036-graphic-converter.html

[Andy_M]

Thats not one I’ve heard of before

[bentacular]

It’s basically the lasso tool on your software. Anything that can create free-form selections.

[Namna]

OK, Thanks

[Andy_M]

@bentacular, as a matter of interest, have you followed your process on a transition of over say 40 frames and if so how long did it take you to mask it?

[bentacular]

It depends on the area to be selected. If I need to use the pen tool to manually select, it can take about 30 mins. If I can cheat by using a color selector, then it can be a little shorter.

[Andy_M]

Thanks. I may retry my walk pass title wipe using your lasso method to see if it’s quicker.

[bentacular]

You can also cheat by speeding up the video and cutting the number of frames in half

[Andy_M]

That’s an option but I prefer to have a smoother clip. I’ll work on other methods to see if it’s any quicker. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[bentacular]

The easiest of all is to film your walk with a green screen background

[Andy_M]

That would be ideal but not practical on my outdoor walks Thankfully I only intend to complete the process once as an intro title (although someone has asked me to complete one for them).

Admittedly, I combined the text and walk by images together in GIMP rather than remove the unwanted area in GIMP leaving a transparent area to overlay the text in Shotcut (if that makes sense?). I will continue to try different methods as it’s always good to know hoe to do things.

[kagsundaram]

@bentacular

This one took me forever

Many of us first gravitated to ShotCut because it is free and we cannot afford [redacted].

If we can’t afford [redacted], we also can’t afford Photoshop.

So I set out to make a companion tutorial, making the greenscreen door using The Gimp.

My shed door opens slowly and majestically over the course of ten seconds - at 30fps.

I only have 318 more PNGs to edit.