Q: Using a mask with QuickTime
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Jul 22, 2016 9:37 AMby QuickTimeKirk,Open the Movie Properties window and click the Visual Settings tab to see the dimensions of your source video.
Here is a "Drag Mask" screenshot of one of my old movies:
You''ll notice my video actually has two mask tracks so the video plays without a normal "box" so the display area "behind" the masks shows through. I also have a text box and two "sprite" tracks to close the window and hold a playback controller. They are known as Skin Track QuickTime files.
The .png file dimensions must match that found in your video file and you can find those from the Movie Inspector window.
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Jul 22, 2016 9:52 AMby alicemeade,I put my movie and the mask here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2967apojzsw49s8/Untitled%20copy.mov?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m79k9n9tyysv3ty/mask.png?dl=0
Can u see if you can get this to work?
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Jul 22, 2016 9:53 AMby QuickTimeKirk,All of my masks still work as expected when opened in QuickTime Player 7.
QuickTime X has changed many of the supported codecs and none of my old files that have Flash video tracks will play today.
What image editing app are you using to make your black and white (1 bit) image file?
Do another test with a larger "white" area mask and open that with QuickTime Player 7. Does it work as expected?
Do you see my example videos that show a mask?
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Jul 22, 2016 10:10 AMby QuickTimeKirk,Open your video (the .mov file) with QuickTime Player 7 and then open the Movie Inspector window.
This will show the dimensions and if there are multiple tracks. You may have been putting the mask on the wrong one.
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Jul 22, 2016 10:30 AMby QuickTimeKirk,The video I watched had multiple dimension changes and I think that's why your mask track didn't match.
I also saw it was a screen recording made on a Windows machine (something QuickTime Player 7 Pro can't do) so you must have used other software to create it. What software created the recording and can you open that final edit in QuickTime Player 7 Pro?
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Jul 22, 2016 11:02 AMby alicemeade,Yes, I recorded this in Windows. I run Parallels on my Mac. I started QuickTime (10.4 - not QuickTime 7) on the Mac and chose New Screen Recording and then switched over to the Windows side of the house to record the video. You say the movie had "Multiple dimension changes". What do you mean by this?
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Jul 22, 2016 11:12 AMby alicemeade,I created a new movie using QuickTime 7 on the Mac and a new mask and it does not work. Please see:
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Jul 22, 2016 11:12 AMby QuickTimeKirk,OK. Recorded with QuickTime X of a Windows display playback in Mac OS.
You then opened that file with QuickTime Player 7 Pro on your Mac to create a mask track (probably to mask sensitive info).
Was yours a "full screen" recording or a "partial screen recording"?
When you open the recording in QuickTime Player 7 what does the Movie Inspector window say about its dimensions? Does that size match the image file you created for the mask track?
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Jul 22, 2016 12:25 PMby alicemeade,I created a new movie using QuickTime 7 on the Mac and a new mask and it does not work. Please see:
