My first Final Cut Pro X effect: An improved Mask effect

Given the limitations of the standard Mask effect, I thought I could add some features:





As well as more points, you can control the density of the inside and outside of the mask:



More information and download link on my blog.

(For those exploring Rigs in Motion 5, I used them here to create the Inside Density and Outside Density sliders.)

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Alexandre Gollner,
Editor, Zone 2-North West, London

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Wow, that was fast. Thanks Alex!

Michael Horton
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Love it Alex! Keep it coming!!!

When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

Nice one man!

I read about the Keyframe issue.

There are a number of bugs with Keyframing across all the Effects and the Apple supplied mask doesn't currently allow animated keyframes either.



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