Apply effect only to certain area

Christian-Schwaderer wrote on 7/10/2023, 10:55 AM

Hi!

Is it possible in Magix Movie Studio 2023 Platinum to apply a certain effect only to a certain area of the frame?

Like: creating four dots on the image and clicking on an effect and then the effect would be applied to the area between those four dots.

It can be a static area and just a rectangular shape, I don't need any fancy motion capturing or something like that.

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Former user wrote on 7/10/2023, 12:33 PM

Add an effect to your video clip, click on the 3 dots top right of the effects control window - Load Effects mask, this will add a B/W mask from a pre made selection or you can create one of your own in a photo editing program , Once you've added the mask you can click on it on the timeline, it will go a slightly darker yellow then your video clip, then use Size/Position/Rotation to resize it. There's an arrow at the start of the mask clip that will invert the mask.
Or you can duplicate your video clip on the timeline & add a BW mask then use Chroma Key, @browj2 will point you in the direction of some tutorials eg this 👍

browj2 wrote on 7/10/2023, 1:59 PM

Hi,

As mentioned by @Former user, here is a tutorial showing one way to apply a mask to limit an effect to a specific area:

There is a lot more there than just the effect.

You may want to watch the second tutorial to see another way to apply a mask.

John CB