Filmora: Apply masks and blending modes

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Demo summary

The tutorial walks through smoothing keyframes with 'ease in', applying a rectangular mask with blur to create a vignette effect, and changing layer blend modes to 'screen'.

Step-by-step

Trim the extra parts of the clips.
Set the keyframes to 'ease in' to smooth the animation.
Drag a black solid color from stock media onto the timeline.
Go to the mask section and select the rectangle mask.
Stretch the mask fully and move it slightly upward.
Increase the blur strength and enable 'invert mask'.
Duplicate the background image onto an upper layer.
Set the blend mode of the duplicated layer to 'screen'.

Options

Add a white drop shadow to enhance the effect.

Tips

Skip the first keyframe and apply 'ease in' only to the remaining two.
Adjust the blur level so it is not too high for a better visual result.

Highlights

“It's a super simple method to create this.”

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