Are you a content creator or influencer, and finding ways to do video masking for your social media but struggling to find software and tools through which you can do it perfectly? Tried multiple paid software as well, but nothing worked for you. In this blog, you will find multiple ways in which you can do video masking using the CapCut masking tool.

What is Video Masking?

Masking means hiding something. Video masking is a video editing technique that is used by editors, influencers, and content creators to hide a specific part of the video. Like, if you don’t want any specific part of your video and think that it may look odd to the viewer, you can cut it out without touching the other parts of the video.

 Mask Feature on Mobile vs. Desktop

The CapCut masking tool is the same on both mobile and desktop. The difference is only in the interface and user reliability or experience. On mobile, when masking a specific part of the video through a sticker or a drawing, you use your fingers to do it. Dragging your fingers on the little screen of a mobile can be a bit complicated, and you have to be very focused to avoid any mishap.

On a desktop, due to the bigger laptop screen, the work can be smoother. You can choose tools from the slider tools. One additional thing here is a pencil tool, which lets you draw your customized shapes in a video. So, working on a desktop is much easier than on a phone.

 Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced Video Layering

This is the step-by-step guide to get your advanced video through the help of the CapCut masking tool. In video masking, you can also add any other video or a part of it to your video and blend it together. Below is the step-by-step guide on how to do it.

Preparing Base and Overlay Tracks

The first step is to put one video on top of another that you want to blend. Base track is the first video track. The overlay track is the second video track that you want to cut into. First, drag the main video track to the timeline. Now drag the second video track to make sure both tracks align perfectly with the timeline. Now start applying effects.

Split and Filmstrip Masks

Now tap on “split” to cut the screen on your mobile or desktop in half. Now, using the line, you can move it left or right or angle it. Now tap on “filmstrip” to get two lines that look like a movie strip. Now you can easily widen it or shrink it based on your preference for how you want your video frame to look at the end.

Shapes for Picture-in-Picture

Picture in picture is the small video that appears on the side of your main video, either on the top, bottom, or corners. You can select how you want its frame to look, either rectangular or circular. Now move to the basic timeline where you were editing, and move that masked video part behind that small video corner.

Creative Ways to Use the CapCut Masking Tool for Visual Effects

There are some creative ways that you can use for masking videos perfectly in CapCut.The double yourself effect is the first one. Text behind objects is also a very popular style. Window transition type videos are very trendy on social media nowadays. Here’s how you can do them.

Clone/Double Yourself Effect

If you want that double-effect in your video, then record yourself twice in your room or outside, wherever you are creating your video. Now, stack these two clips on your timeline. Align both of them together. Now apply the split mask effect on them. Apply the feather brush tool at the end to blur the videos together and make them appear as one. 

Text-Behind-Object

For this purpose, you have to duplicate your video and remove its background using the chroma key effect, which gives a green background to your video. You can also use the cutout tool to remove the background immediately. Now, put this on the top layer. Put the text in the middle, and your original video is at the bottom. It traps your text in the background.

Cinematic Window Transitions

Window transitions are a popular video style in which the original video is masked behind a big object. Like when the camera is rolling, you see a big pillar or a stone, and when it moves, you see the original video of a person vlogging. For these kinds of videos, use keyframing effects to make a mask slide across the screen to reveal your video.

Export Settings 

Always export your edited masked videos in 1080p or 4k resolution. This will make sure that you get video in high quality with no blurs. If you don’t follow these settings, the lines between the video tracks may seem blurred, and it will not look smooth.

Conclusion

Video masking is a popular video style that is used a lot these days. CapCut Masking Tool allows you to do video masking effortlessly. First, to prepare the base of the track. Then, layer the second video on it. Use the feather strip tool to blur the strips between the videos.