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# Garbage Mask Menu Settings

## Garbage Mask General Settings

Regenerate button
  Enable to get dynamic updating of your mask as you make changes.

X Position field
  Position the X axis.

Y Position field
  Position the Y axis.

Z Position field
  Position the Z axis.

Path button
  Enable to animate the position of the axis using a spline drawn in the scene.

X Rotation field
  Rotate the X axis.

Y Rotation field
  Rotate the Y axis.

Z Rotation field
  Rotate the Z axis.

X Scale field
  Scale the X axis.

Y Scale field
  Scale the Y axis.

Z Scale field
  Scale the Z axis.

Proportional button
  Enable to constrain proportions while scaling.

X Shear field
  Shear the X axis.

Y Shear field
  Shear the Y axis.

Z Shear field
  Shear the Z axis.

X Centre field
  Centre the X axis.

Y Centre field
  Centre the Y axis.

Z Centre field
  Centre the Z axis.

Stabilizer button
  Opens the Stabilizer menu where you track reference points in a clip.

Tracking Rotation option box
  Select Rotation Off for one-point tracking, Rotation On for two-point tracking, Rotation Inv to invert the rotation data.

Tracking Scale option box
  Select Scaling Off for one-point tracking, Scaling On for two-point tracking, Scale Inv to invert the scaling data.

Adjust box
  Select Adj Offset if the mask is parented to one axis. Select Adj Axis if the mask is parented to a hierarchy of objects. Select Adj Tangents to have the tangents for the selected points adjusted while the points are tracked.

Motion Blur button
  Enable the blur effect for the selected axis (Motion Blur must be enabled in the Setup menu).

Motion Blur button
  Toggles the blur effect for the selected geometry (Motion Blur must be enabled in the Setup menu).

Load button
  Loads a garbage mask setup.

Save button
  Saves a garbage mask setup.

Render Mask button
  Enable to see the mask and its effect on the image.

Region of Interest button
  Enable to reveal the matte of multiple garbage masks.

Outside button
  Enable to apply the effect to the part of the image outside the mask.

Colour field
  Set the blend between the outgoing and incoming image inside the mask.

Opacity field
  Set the transparency of the mask.

Lasso Fit field
  Set the number of points used in the freehand part of the mask.

Edge Softness box
  Select Softness to create a uniform gradient around the mask edge. Select Tracer to key out details around the mask edge.

Alpha field
  Set the transparency of the gradient from the mask edge.

Offset field
  Set the position of the gradient's border from the mask edge.

Distance field
  Specify the area over which the Inner and Outer Edge adjustments have an effect.

Inner Edge field
  Smoothen the softness gradient towards the inside of the mask edge.

Outer Edge field
  Smoothen the softness gradient towards the outside of the mask edge.

Active Points button
  Enable to use all points as a reference for the mask. Disable at a specific frame to mute picker values previously sampled at another frame.

Shape Animation button
  Enable to animate a mask using the Shape channel.

Linear Interpolation button
  Enable to use linear interpolation of the mask border between keyframes. Disable to use rounded interpolation. This button is active when the Shape Animation button is enabled.

Constant Shape button
  Enable to modify the mask's shape without setting keyframes.

Sample Status box
  Select how picker values are sampled. Active resamples picker values at every frame (the default). Passive disables resampling for one or more frames. This box is active when the Shape Animation button is disabled.

Interpolation Mode box
  Select the type of interpolation between keyframes when the Sample Status box is set to Active.

Splines button
  Enable to display inner and outer splines of the mask.

Borders button
  Enable to display inner and outer borders for advanced gradients.

Pickers button
  Enable to display elements that allow for detailed chroma and luma analysis when refining a detailed key.

X Axis Offset field
  Offset the mask from its X axis.

Y Axis Offset field
  Offset the mask from its Y axis.

Stabilizer button
  Opens the Stabilizer menu where you apply tracking data to selected vertices.

Adjust box
  Select Adj Tangents to have the tangents for the selected vertices adjusted while the points are tracked.

## Garbage Mask Node Setup Settings

Spline Keyframing box
  Select the parameters to use when animating a Garbage Mask spline. When Shape Animation is disabled in the Garbage Mask general settings, then the Spline & Tracer, Spline and Item options become available.

Vertex Keyframing box
  Select the conditions under which parameters are applied to specified vertices in the mask.

Channel Selection box
  Select which channels are selected in the Channel Editor when you select one or more vertices.

Motion Blur button
  Enable to apply motion blur to garbage masks that can be used to match the movement of objects in a clip.

Phase field
  Displays whether the motion blur is based on the movement before or after the current frame. -100 places the motion blur before the frame; a value of 100 places it after the frame.

Shutter field
  Displays the duration of the motion blur at each frame. Editable.

Samples field
  Displays the number of samples taken at each frame to create the motion blur. Editable.

Motion Blur curve
  Displays the transparency of the samples that create the blur effect. Drag the curve or its handles to edit it gesturally.

Reset button
  Resets all motion blur controls and disables the Motion Blur button.

Icons button
  Enable to display garbage mask splines and axes.

Transparency field
  Displays the transparency of garbage mask splines and axes. Editable.

Show Border button
  Enable to display the Softness Offset wireframe border, defined in the Shape menu.

Show Border colour pot
  Select the colour for the Softness Offset wireframe.

Wireframe colour pot
  Select the colour of garbage mask splines.

Control Points colour pot
  Select the colour of garbage mask control points.

Pickers Display colour pot
  Select the colour of the pickers.

Transparency field
  Displays the transparency of nodes in the schematic. Editable.

Rendering box
  Select the rendering method.

Auto Tangents
  Enable to create tangents for new points.

Scale Setup button
  Enable to scale the GMask.