Track Matte

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a track matte. In other words, you will use text or an image to show video through the white (light) areas of the track. Some of my students prefer to think of it as a mask. You will also learn how to nest sequences, copy/paste effects and create additional titles with the same attributes.

Assets are in the Project01/05trackmatt folder

  • Ice_track.avi and fire_track.avi are short clips created in After Effects using preset backgrounds. Saleen_Car_03.avi is from the Adobe training files.
  • You will create two simple titles for Fire and Ice

>> Tutorial (7:32) Track Matte Tutorial

Example