Multiple Masks Over a Text Node
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:57 pmHi all,
I have a shot I'm working on which zooms over four actors. I'm trying to get the four actors to mask a text node that's floating in the middle ground. I've managed to get two PlanarTransformation nodes to track the actors and mask the text, but for the life of me I can't figure out a configuration to get three or four actors to mask the text. Here's my current config:
I've read the relevant manual sections and watched a fair few videos, but can't seem to find any relevant help. No matter where I put another merge node I cannot get the text masked. I've tried grouping, but haven't really made much progress.
I'm on Windows 11, Davinci Resolve 17 free version, i7, 64GB RAM, Quattro GPU. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT::: For anyone desperately searching Google for the solution, fusion wasn't the answer. No matter how I tried, I could not introduce another PlanarTracker into the fusion composition and have it interact with the text. What I did was, back in the edit page:
VIDEO CLIP
TITLE
VIDEO CLIP
Duplicated my clip, then sandwiched a title card in between the two clips. Then I popped over to the colour page, added an alpha output and joined it to my original clip. Then, using the pen tool, I traced around all four actors, joining them with fairly straight lines at the bottom of the clip. I then tracked the clip forward, painstakingly adjusting the polygon frame by frame. It took me the best part of two days and the result would've been better, quicker, and easier in the fusion tab, but I guess that's a limitation of the software.
I have a shot I'm working on which zooms over four actors. I'm trying to get the four actors to mask a text node that's floating in the middle ground. I've managed to get two PlanarTransformation nodes to track the actors and mask the text, but for the life of me I can't figure out a configuration to get three or four actors to mask the text. Here's my current config:
I've read the relevant manual sections and watched a fair few videos, but can't seem to find any relevant help. No matter where I put another merge node I cannot get the text masked. I've tried grouping, but haven't really made much progress.
I'm on Windows 11, Davinci Resolve 17 free version, i7, 64GB RAM, Quattro GPU. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT::: For anyone desperately searching Google for the solution, fusion wasn't the answer. No matter how I tried, I could not introduce another PlanarTracker into the fusion composition and have it interact with the text. What I did was, back in the edit page:
VIDEO CLIP
TITLE
VIDEO CLIP
Duplicated my clip, then sandwiched a title card in between the two clips. Then I popped over to the colour page, added an alpha output and joined it to my original clip. Then, using the pen tool, I traced around all four actors, joining them with fairly straight lines at the bottom of the clip. I then tracked the clip forward, painstakingly adjusting the polygon frame by frame. It took me the best part of two days and the result would've been better, quicker, and easier in the fusion tab, but I guess that's a limitation of the software.