Cycling 74 » Topic: Moving mask http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:53:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-58559 <![CDATA[Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-58559 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:51:03 +0000 asteinberg First of all, I’m almost a total noob in Max.

I want to make a black moving rectangle to cover the screen, moving from right to left to use it as a mask to cut an area of a video but haven’t figured out how to.

Any advice on it?

Thanks!

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210428 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210428 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:03:36 +0000 Garrett Two ways I’ve used before (and I’m not saying they are the best but they suited my needs) was to use a a jit.lcd to draw a mask onto an image that would be shown on a jit.gl.videoplane – this allows both image and mask to exist on the same plane so they can be moved about in 3d space. Alternatively if you want the image and mask to be seperate (i.e. the mask on a plane in front of the image so both can move in 3d space independently) you could draw a mask into a jit.gl.sketch. Look at the help for both of these and they should get you started.

Garrett

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210429 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210429 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:02:23 +0000 n00b_meister Hi
here’s a REAL basic way:

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

Brendan

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210430 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210430 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:25:50 +0000 asteinberg @Garret: I’m not getting how to make what you say… could you include an example patch, please? Thanks!

@n00b_meister: I don’t get a word of what you’re saying…

Really, I’m a novice in Max and probably I’m just trying to do something far from my abilities but I guess somehow I’ll do progress and get it working… somehow…

Well, here’s what I have so far:

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210431 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210431 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:16:31 +0000 Luke Woodbury In view of keeping the forum tidy, here’s what I posted on your other thread which is what I think Garrett is talking about in that you can replace jit.gl.gridshape with jit.gl.sketch and draw your own mask instead of using a shape. GL stuff can be tricky to get your head round for a novice so check out the tutorials if you are having trouble.

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –
]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210432 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210432 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:07:06 +0000 asteinberg Thanks again, Luke… it’ve certainly been of much help.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210433 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210433 Sun, 06 May 2012 01:47:22 +0000 Luis Marques Hi all,

Is it possible to do the same but instead mask a person who moves around the plane?

Luis Marques

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210434 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210434 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:06:32 +0000 Luke Woodbury If you want to use a video of a person as a mask then here’s one way to do that using the ‘binary-man.mov’ footage attached (stolen from this forum as it makes a good test video for just this sort of thing!). To get this sort of footage you can either shoot people against a blank background (or greenscreen) and do some processing which can be tricky to get right without good conditions, or do something a bit more clever with the Kinect (Zachary Sidess’ tool can help you here: http://cycling74.com/forums/topic.php?id=37285)

Anyway, heres the patch and the mov:

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –
]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210435 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210435 Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40:16 +0000 Luis Marques Yes, this will help, although, what i find more complicated is to define a person silhouette whit precision…

Luis Marques

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210436 <![CDATA[Re: Moving mask]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/moving-mask/#post-210436 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:05:01 +0000 Luke Woodbury Yes, its a great deal to do with lighting and a good background, and even with Kinect it can be tricky. Good luck!

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