16:9 masks

KingParamount

Newbie Joined: Dec 10, 2017 08:48 Messages: 16 Offline

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Nov 19, 2018 11:06

In the mask designer, all of the masks seem to have a 4:3 aspect ratio so they don't mask the left and right edges of the frame. Are there 16:9 masks anywhere or do I need to make custom 16:9 ones?

Thanks, Jim

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Nov 19, 2018 12:09

That's an interesting observation! I've used masks for years and hadn't even thought about the aspect ratio.

It turns out that the masks for a 16:9 project actually are 16:9, but the Width (horizontal) scale is set to 75%. Take a look at the default setup:

The good news is that you don't need to "create' any new masks, just uncheck the Maintain mask aspect ratio box and move the Width slider to 1.0, like this:

If you want to resize the mask but keep the 16:9 aspect ratio, simply recheck the Maintain box and resize away!

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KingParamount

Newbie Joined: Dec 10, 2017 08:48 Messages: 16 Offline

Nov 19, 2018 13:25

Quote That's an interesting observation! I've used masks for years and hadn't even thought about the aspect ratio.

It turns out that the masks for a 16:9 project actually are 16:9, but the Width (horizontal) scale is set to 75%. Take a look at the default setup:

The good news is that you don't need to "create' any new masks, just uncheck the Maintain mask aspect ratio box and move the Width slider to 1.0, like this:

If you want to resize the mask but keep the 16:9 aspect ratio, simply recheck the Maintain box and resize away!

Thanks.

I tried setting the width to 1, but it distorted the circle in the mask I wanted to use, into an ellipse.
If I resize the mask the circle gets bigger and smaller with the mask. I wanted the circle to just fit in the height of the screen.

No matter...I will create a mask in Paint!

Jim

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Nov 19, 2018 14:38

Hi Jim -

About a million years ago, before PDR made it so easy to create your own masks, we made a heap of masks for a PDtoots Giveaway.

They're all formatted as 16:9 masks & may be useful to you. There's a 16:9 circle there too.

With PDR now being set up to import images to create masks, it becomes a bit irrelevant... but it might save you a bit of work. You can either import the masks you want (not the images tagged with "Thumb") or drop the masks & thumbs you want to use into C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector17\Masks

PDToots masks

Cheers - Tony
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