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This is a simple tutorial on how to create masks in iMovie 08 using png images created in photoshop. Essentially, iMovie is tricked into thinking the png image is standard text with an alpha layer.

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  • Tom Goskar 2 years ago
    Thanks - a very useful tip indeed!
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  • Perishingflames 2 years ago
    Can you do this with iMovie HD?
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  • Photoshop.nu 2 years ago
    Which program did you use when you record this? thanks
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  • Dean Brandon 10 months ago
    I wonder is there a way to "blur" out a face or mask it in imovie 08? Can you "trick" it to do this? I would suspect only for limited movement faces in a given clip. Create a black circle mask like in the local news? preferable a blur would be better...
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  • MactipsUK plus 9 months ago
    great tip - I have added it to the mactips group. Feel free to join it and add some more.

    vimeo.com/groups/mactips
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  • Matt Hoult plus 9 months ago
    Great little tip, I will have to see if it works in '09 still.
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  • Shane Trammel 8 months ago
    can you make the mask available for download.
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  • therandygoat 6 months ago
    Are you recording the video under your blanket with a little flashlight in one hand? Is the killer right outside? Angry missus? In that case I'm glad you're making as little sound as possible :)
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  • Mikkael plus 5 months ago
    In iMovie 09's settings, activate the "Enhanced Tools" to see the different options to paste/place a graphic onto the video layer, before/while dragging and dropping.
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  • Sherree Padilla 4 months ago
    I have been searching all over the web for this trick! All the other content seemed to leave out the PNG part! SO THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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