Hey Johannes, Thanx for this tip. I actually watched a vdieo tutorial of masking effects from this wesite called the source, and was able to get past that hurdle!
I even figured out how to title properly in Cinelerra after figruing out the masking, man I am on a roll LOL. Thanx for thelp On Nov 22, 2007 1:30 PM, Johannes Sixt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 22 November 2007 17:41, Dale Jovan Thomas wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > > > For some reason when I create a mask on one frame, let say in the shape > of > > a square, on the next frame I advanced to the mask changes shape. > > > > How do you make Cinelerra keep the same mask size for each frame. > > You must have a keyframe after the one where you defined a square. The > shape > changes smoothly until it arrives at the shape that the next keyframe > defines. > > If you want to have a constant shape and an abrupt change to a different > shape > then you must place keyframes on subsequent frames: > > ----A-------AB------B--- > > The A keyframes define one shape, the Bs a different shape. > > WARNING! A and B cannot have different number of mask points!! > > If you need that, then you have to use separate masks, and switch the > "Value" > of one to 0, the other to 100. > > -- Hannes > -- Thank you, Dale J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
