Easy to use masking tools

 

Sometimes We need to create animated masks in aximmtery like Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, or Polygon .

How we can do that?

Can we do masks in 3D scenes also?

   ahmed ahmed

 
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Aximmetry
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You can draw any 2D shapes using the Paint functionality.
Please check the
[Tutorials]:Paint And Touch\Paint_Elements.xcomp
[Tutorials]:Paint And Touch\Paint_Path.xcomp
examples.

The texture coming out from Paint View can be used as mask.

I'm not sure what do you mean by doing masks in 3D scene. Could you elaborate?

 
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ahmed ahmed
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What about polygon type of masks? are there nay easy way to do such masks like for example AE?

About 3D masks i mean using 3D shapes as masks for other shapes?

 
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Aximmetry
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If you check [Tutorials]:Paint And Touch\Paint_Path.xcomp it show how to build a path.  If you only use Lines in the path you get a polygon. It can be automatically closed.

If you render the 3D objects with pure white material (for e.g. using Flat_Solid.xshad) onto a black background you get a mask.
But I'm still not sure this was your question.  If not, please describe an actual example.

 
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ahmed ahmed
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I have checked these examples but I think they are not user friendly for doing masks.

What I am asking for an easy way to drew masks using preview window like other softwares like After effects,vizrt,etc

also are there  any tools to merge these masks (subtract,merge,etc)



 
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Aximmetry
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Unfortunately at the moment there isn't any more user friendly method.
Alternatively you can draw the mask in Photoshop, and use it as a texture.

For merge operations use the Blender module with Blending Modes like Add, Multiply, Subtract.