From the course: Creating Cinemagraphs and Plotagraphs

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Compositing the image with Motion

Compositing the image with Motion

From the course: Creating Cinemagraphs and Plotagraphs

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Compositing the image with Motion

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- [Instructor] One of the first things you'll need to do is create a freeze frame so that we can mask the moving content. Remember, by freezing parts of the photo we'll then be able to reveal the animated parts later. To do this, put your play head on a frame that's representative of the content. Then, choose Select, All. Now, select Copy Merged. Click the new layer button. Edit, Paste. You'll see that the freeze frame is added. You can easily adjust this and pull its duration if needed to make it match the content. Let's try that on the falls. I'll place the play head on a representative frame. And choose Select, All. Edit, Copy Merged. Make a new layer. Drag it above, if needed. And choose Edit, Paste. You may need to drag that into position. And drag the handle to extend. At this point, you'll see when we press play, that the motion has frozen. That's because we have a static image above our moving content. I'll choose File, Save As to capture my work to date. And let's capture…

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