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Kdenlive masking, rotoscoping and motion tracking: what the manual pages say
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What this guide covers
A documentary checklist for editors who want to mask or track one subject in their own clip in Kdenlive, covering the mask effects, rotoscoping, the Motion Tracker and the SAM2-based Object Mask. It is built from the manual source pages at a pinned commit; nothing was installed or run and the step order is the curator's inference.
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Guide title
Kdenlive masking, rotoscoping and motion tracking: what the manual pages say
Coverage
A documentary checklist for editors who want to mask or track one subject in their own clip in Kdenlive, covering the mask effects, rotoscoping, the Motion Tracker and the SAM2-based Object Mask. It is built from the manual source pages at a pinned commit; nothing was installed or run and the step order is the curator's inference.
Useful starting points
- Pick a high-contrast tracking area that stays on screen for the whole shot, because the manual says the trackers cope badly when it leaves and returns.
- Effects run top down, so the order of mask, other effects and the apply step changes the result.
- If the tracker shows only a red rectangle in the project monitor, the manual says to switch on Edit Mode.
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