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Tracking masks in Premiere Pro

Tracking masks in Premiere Pro

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Tracking masks in Premiere Pro

- In this movie we're going to talk about how to create and track masks in Premiere Pro using the integrated Mask Tracking Tools that come as part of most Effects. So I have a little montage here and I have this shot here of Suzi, as she's standing up. And what I want to do is just kind of brighten up and warm up her face. And so what I'm gonna do is create a mask that covers her face as she moves across the frame and then stands up. And there are a lot of effects in Premiere Pro that support masking and tracking but the one we're going to apply is the Fast Color Corrector. So I'm just going to go into Effects and type in Fast Color Corrector, and we'll apply it, and head over to Effect Controls. And the first thing I'm going to do is draw the mask. I'm going to go back to the beginning of this clip here, and you have two shapes of masks that you can start off with: the ellipse, and the four point polygon. So I'm going to use the ellipse, and just basically move this over her head…

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