はじめに

Masks can be created in the Image and Movie Clip editors, by changing the mode to Mask in the header. This will add various tools and properties to the editor panels, while hiding others that are not needed for interacting with masks.

Masks have many purposes. They can be used in a motion tracking workflow to mask out, or influence a particular object in the footage. They can be used for manual rotoscoping to pull a particular object out of the footage, or as a rough matte for green-screen keying. Masks are independent from a particular image of movie clip, and so they can just as well be used for creating motion graphics or other effects in the Compositor.

Using the Mask node to isolate an object in compositing.

While the Movie Clip Editor and Image Editor are used to edit masks, the Compositor and Sequencer are just using already created mask.

Masks can be animated over the time so that they follow some object from the footage, e.g. a running actor. This can be achieved with shape keys or parenting the mask to tracking markers.

Mask Data-block

Mask data-block containing multiple mask layers and splines. They are the most high-level entities used for masking purposes. Masks can be reused in different places, and hold global parameters for all the entities they consist of.

ヘッダー

The Movie Clip Editor header in Mask mode.

Menus(メニュー)

View(ビュー)

Center View to Cursor

Move the view so that the 2D cursor is at the center of the editor.

Add(追加)

Use to add primitive shapes.

Mask

Operators used to Edit masks.

コントロール

Mask

Once set to Mask mode, a mask data-block can be added with a data-block menu. Any image, movie clip, render or compositing result can be used as a backdrop to display masks over.

New + Alt-N

Mask Display

See Mask Display.