Premiere Pro: Create Scroll-Stopping Masking Effects
1h 27mIntermediate2025-02-07
Authors
Skillshare
Course details
You're scrolling through social media and come across a video with transitions and effects that leave you wondering "How on earth did they pull that off?!" Wonder no more. Keenan Lam is a cinematographer and editor with over 100k followers on Instagram who frequently gets that question. He uses video masking—a video editing technique that allows you to hide specific areas of a video, blend images together, or add other video effects—to add a creative twist to his personal videos and collaborations with top brands like Xbox, Panasonic, and Porsche.
Join Keenan as he reveals the many possibilities of video masking and teaches you how to use masking to blur out objects, build titles, and create scroll-stopping special effects.
Join Keenan as he reveals the many possibilities of video masking and teaches you how to use masking to blur out objects, build titles, and create scroll-stopping special effects.
Skills covered
Video Post-ProductionShooting VideoPremiere ProVideo EditingVideoAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Use masking to add visual spice
- 02 - Getting started and using the exercise files
1. Masking Fundamentals
- 03 - Understanding masking basics
- 04 - Exploring the power of masks
2. Planning and Shooting Your Project
- 05 - Planning your masking project
- 06 - Shooting your project
3. Editing Your Project
- 07 - Setting up your project
- 08 - Applying basic masking techniques
- 09 - Using advanced masking techniques
- 10 - Adding final masking details
- 11 - Color grading and sound design
Conclusion
- 12 - Next steps