<p>I agree with Tomh.  Also, based on your sample, I would highly recommend you put some shadow around your text.  You have white text over a rapidly changing background video that often has a lot of very bright areas.  To keep the text readable, at a minimum, you want to put a shadow around your text (adjust opacity, width, etc. to taste).  I'd also put a thin black border around the text too; 1-3 pixel to start, but adjust to taste.  Finally, you might consider slighlty darkening the video layer (behind the text).</p>

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2020-05-03T16:57:54.327Z
2020-05-03T16:57:54.327Z
ZenGeekDad
<p>I would duplicate a copy of your background (doggy) layer.  Put it on top of your text layer, then animate the mask on your foreground layer. So in total you have three layers:</p>

<pre><code>V3 - foreground dog (masked)

V2 - text credits

V1 - background dog (and everything else)
</code></pre>

<p>(I reckon masking like this is easier in after effects but can be done in Premiere)</p>

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2019-12-04T16:27:04.607Z
2019-12-04T16:27:04.607Z
tomh
<p>I have end credits rolling over an image in Premiere Pro 19.</p>

<p>For a few seconds, I want a part of the image (the dog) to appear <em>over</em> the text. Therefore, I thought that I could mask the dog his head in the text frame, and then invert the mask. That way, only the dog head appears <em>over the text</em>. This worked at first. However, then I tried to apply the same formula again, somewhere earlier in the video by creating a second mask over the text, and then the effect failed. I do not understand why. I tried restarting Premiere, but it did not work.</p>

<p>I added a youtube video so that my settings are visible:</p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9U9Mqks8T4?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p>Thanks for all the help, in advance.</p>

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Masking out Text in Premiere Pro 2019
Yahboysurge
# Masking out Text in Premiere Pro 2019

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-12-04)

I have end credits rolling over an image in Premiere Pro 19.

For a few seconds, I want a part of the image (the dog) to appear *over* the text. Therefore, I thought that I could mask the dog his head in the text frame, and then invert the mask. That way, only the dog head appears *over the text*. This worked at first. However, then I tried to apply the same formula again, somewhere earlier in the video by creating a second mask over the text, and then the effect failed. I do not understand why. I tried restarting Premiere, but it did not work.

I added a youtube video so that my settings are visible:

Thanks for all the help, in advance.

**Tags:** premiere, adobe, mask


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-03. Score: 0

I agree with Tomh. Also, based on your sample, I would highly recommend you put some shadow around your text. You have white text over a rapidly changing background video that often has a lot of very bright areas. To keep the text readable, at a minimum, you want to put a shadow around your text (adjust opacity, width, etc. to taste). I'd also put a thin black border around the text too; 1-3 pixel to start, but adjust to taste. Finally, you might consider slighlty darkening the video layer (behind the text).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-12-04. Score: 0

I would duplicate a copy of your background (doggy) layer.  Put it on top of your text layer, then animate the mask on your foreground layer. So in total you have three layers:
V3 - foreground dog (masked)

V2 - text credits

V1 - background dog (and everything else)

(I reckon masking like this is easier in after effects but can be done in Premiere)


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