Video Masking Effect

Video Masking Effect

Above is a video we created as a group to show a 'clone' of one of our friends. The video is only a tester video so the clip doesn't portray anything special. Although this effect might not be used in our film trailer it could be used for the classic mirror shot, this is a typical scene to include in a trailer because it makes the audience jump; providing entertainment value for the audience.







How I Made It

When I started producing the 'masking' clip, I dragged the media onto the timeline and then opened the effects to search for the 'linear' effect.

I then needed to set the wipe angle; to which I set at 90 degrees, the wipe angle determines the angle at which the linear wipe will construct the mask.

I then set the transition completion to 51%, this is the percentage of video will be masked; for example in this case the mask basically split the two videos at the middle equally.





To the right is showing where the linear wipe occured and to what angle. This positioning can be changed by the user depending on where you want the masking to take place; these changes will differentiate depending on what video's you have used.

 Below is a screenshot of the clip after we had adjusted the linear wipe angle and transition to work well with our filmed clips.