Sliding square video mask/effect at DVinfo.net

Paul Manoian · January 24th, 2013, 07:27 PM

Does anyone recognize the sliding square mask/effect used in the intro of this video? How can I get a similar effect?

Thanks!

Murray Christian · January 25th, 2013, 04:29 AM

These are pretty complicated to make usually. This one probably came in a stock pack of them where it's just a matter of inserting the video clips you want to use and changing the text.
I can't seem to find any right now of the sort I used to see at my old work years ago. I suspect the squillions of one-offs and templates people sell on the net now has killed that market

Paul Manoian · January 27th, 2013, 09:29 PM

Thanks. I haven't been able to find any similar video masks like this that I can use as an intro.

Sareesh Sudhakaran · January 28th, 2013, 06:56 AM

I'm not sure about ready-made masks, but it looks like a simple PSD file (the black lines), where the boxes are animated to slide over the video. Pretty basic - no need for masks.

Trevor Dennis · January 31st, 2013, 03:46 PM

For an intro that is going to be used multiple times with small variations to titles, it would not be too terrible an undertaking. That's half a day's work for 13 seconds of high impact video that you will use over and over.

Justin Molush · January 31st, 2013, 04:59 PM

Since I use after effects/photoshop for everything this would be pretty easy but time consuming.

Build the object in PS - and import the layers independently, then I would start building Null object groups and individually start animating the slides/opacity/text and group them together differently and do a variety of animation rates. Yeah its time consuming, but if you build it the right way, it will be reuseable and if there is a good null hierarchy built you can easily build in variation.

If you are looking for pre-canned versions of this stuff, good places to check out are sites like VideoHive.

January 24th, 2013, 07:27 PM	#1
Paul Manoian New Boot Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 6	Sliding square video mask/effect Does anyone recognize the sliding square mask/effect used in the intro of this video? How can I get a similar effect? Tete Rouge Fashion Editorial, Zink Magazine, by Lindsay Adler on Vimeo Thanks! __________________ Paul Manoian Detroit Photographer

January 25th, 2013, 04:29 AM	#2
Murray Christian Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 240	Re: Sliding square video mask/effect These are pretty complicated to make usually. This one probably came in a stock pack of them where it's just a matter of inserting the video clips you want to use and changing the text. I can't seem to find any right now of the sort I used to see at my old work years ago. I suspect the squillions of one-offs and templates people sell on the net now has killed that market

January 27th, 2013, 09:29 PM	#3
Paul Manoian New Boot Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 6	Re: Sliding square video mask/effect Thanks. I haven't been able to find any similar video masks like this that I can use as an intro. __________________ Paul Manoian Detroit Photographer

January 28th, 2013, 06:56 AM	#4
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	Re: Sliding square video mask/effect I'm not sure about ready-made masks, but it looks like a simple PSD file (the black lines), where the boxes are animated to slide over the video. Pretty basic - no need for masks. __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

January 31st, 2013, 03:46 PM	#5
Trevor Dennis Major Player Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Zealand, Rapaura (near Blenheim) Posts: 434	Re: Sliding square video mask/effect For an intro that is going to be used multiple times with small variations to titles, it would not be too terrible an undertaking. That's half a day's work for 13 seconds of high impact video that you will use over and over. __________________ Stills at: www.flickr.com/photos/trevor-dennis/

January 31st, 2013, 04:59 PM	#6
Justin Molush Major Player Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Montreal Posts: 388	Re: Sliding square video mask/effect Since I use after effects/photoshop for everything this would be pretty easy but time consuming. Build the object in PS - and import the layers independently, then I would start building Null object groups and individually start animating the slides/opacity/text and group them together differently and do a variety of animation rates. Yeah its time consuming, but if you build it the right way, it will be reuseable and if there is a good null hierarchy built you can easily build in variation. If you are looking for pre-canned versions of this stuff, good places to check out are sites like VideoHive. __________________ Automotive Multimedia