Livemask

Livemask allows masks to be created and edited on each layer.

Creating Live Masks

Press the Edit button to open the mask editor

Press the New button to create a new, blank mask.

Mask Properties

Invert

Toggles the mask from being clear shapes to clear background with opaque shapes

• Enable The background is transparent and shapes mask

• Disable The Default. The background is a mask and shapes are transparent.

Use Alpha

Toggles the mask being alpha transparent or black

• Enable The mask is rendered as alpha. Layers beneath it will show through in alpha mix modes.

• Disable The Default. The mask is rendered as black

Generic Properties

Show Points

Toggles nodes and mouse position being drawn on the output

• Enable The position of the mouse and nodes is shown on the output

• Disable The Default. Only the mask is show on the output

Move with Alt

Disables mouse dragging of shapes.

• Enable Shapes can only be moved with mouse dragging when ALT is held down.

• Disable Mouse dragging is enabled.

Creating shapes

Right click inside the central area to create a new mask shape.

Many basic shapes can be added including:

• Square
• Circle
• Arc
• Triangle
• Star
• Cross

Editing shapes

To edit a shape, left click into it.

Moving the Shape

There are several ways to move shapes

• Left click and hold over the shape and drag (holding SHIFT while dragging switches to fine control)
• Select the shape and edit the position in the Shape properties panel on the right side.
• Select the shape and use the arrow keys to move the shape. (Holding SHIFT while pressing the arrow keys will move the shape 1/10 as fast).

Editing a Shape

To rotate the shape left click the rotate symbol and drag the mouse

The corners (or node) of shapes can be moved by selecting the shape and dragging the desired node

• Right click over the shape for additional options.
• The mouse wheel zooms the selected shape in and out
• Hold CTRL while moving the mouse wheel to feather the edges of the shape.