Asymetric mask adjustment

[Mike2003]

I would like to add a mask to an image but would like to pull each corner of the mask into a point on the image which whilst rectangular is asymmetric. Can this be done? I have looked in the help file and the forum, maybe I have searched using the wrong term. Any suggestions would be helpful. I want to map a video image onto a building where the building is asymmetrical partly because I have used a wide angle lens.

[jkb]

Hi Mike,

You need to use the 3D rotation to adjust it.

I have used 3D movements X, Y & Z to correct converging verticals.
It may not be as accurate as doing it in something like Photoshop, but with some trial & error you can get it near enough.

Jill

 

[Mike2003]

Hi Jill, thanks for reply, that's what  have been doing and have been tearing my hair out, its very much trial and error as you say and its still not quite right.    I was wondering if   had missed a more elegant and user friendly option. 

Mike

[Bad Dancer]

Hi Mike, There is no "Free transformation" function in PTE, and the layer changes the side lengths proportionally when zooming.
You can cut a hole in a third-party image in a photo of a building, say in Photoshop, and add your photo or video with an underlying layer.
You can also create a white mask of the desired size and shape in Photoshop and place it as the top layer above the photo of the building, 
in this case you can add a shadow.

An example of applying a mask from a video:

 

[AleAle5025]

Bad Danser. Hi! 
You have attached the logo to ant. Using PTE AV Studio or After Effects. Good job.

[jienense]

If the problem is that you don't have Photoshop, you can do it in GIMP, which is free; you can even create the mask with the current version of Paint, which supports multiple layers.

 

Mask with paint

 

[Bad Dancer]

AleAle5025. Hi! 

Thanks for the comment! Yes, the video was made in After Effects. This is the finished video that I inserted into the PTE project. In PTE, it is difficult and time-consuming to do this, save the video as a sequence of frames and move the added file manually in each frame.