Motion 5: Emitters As Masks - Motion

May 16, 2014, 09:56 AM

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When working with graphics and compositing, it is common to use custom shapes as image masks. An image mask can hide or reveal a specific area of an image. What most folks don’t realize is that things like keyed chroma key clips, replicators, and even particle emitters can be used as animated image masks. In this article, I’ll explain how to use a graphic, turned into a particle emitter then used as an image mask, to be used as an FCPX transition. The same principles can be applied when usin...