A video editor with AI Smart Mask. Isolate a subject for separate treatment and track its movement across frames.

VEGAS Pro page with examples of masking functions. Open the source

Select a subject in an editing project

In VEGAS Pro AI Smart Mask helps to find an object in the image and track it in several frames. The mask is useful if you need to apply color correction to part of the image, saving the rest of the video. It is easier to start with a fragment where the whole object is visible. After selecting an object, check the boundaries in motion before reinforcing the effect. A small error in the mask becomes more noticeable with a large color difference.

Color-correct a bright jacket

Use your own shot of a person in a bright jacket walking past a shop window. Isolate the person and reduce the saturation of the jacket slightly. Play the moment when the sleeve crosses the reflection in the window. Compare the original and edited versions at the same size. If the mask includes the reflection, correct that section or shorten the affected range.

Look separately at the edge of the shoulder in quick shots. Tracking can hold the main figure, and the edge changes and becomes visible when playing.

Deliver the finished effect

Compare a short test export with the original away from the editing timeline and overlays. Check that the correction holds when the shot changes. VEGAS Pro has shipped several masking tools. Before a large project, check which tools your installed version has and keep the source clips separately from the project.

Suitable tasks

Make a local color correction of a moving object
Prepare a mask for video editing

Features

Strengths

Automatic Selection and Tracking
The ability to correct the mask manually

Things to consider

Limitations

The mask can be broken.
Some versions support a different set of tools

Selection and conditions

Free access: Not confirmed
Trial period: Not confirmed
No sign-up required: Not confirmed
Russian interface: Not confirmed
Local installation: Not confirmed
API: Not confirmed

“Not confirmed” means there is not enough information. The feature may still be available; check the developer’s terms.

Input formats: Video
Result: Mask, Video

Terms

VEGAS Pro is installed on a supported computer. The availability of a specific tool is checked according to the program version.

From task to first result

Practical example

Task: Make a local color correction of a moving object
What to prepare: A short own video frame with a moving person and a fairly contrasting background.

Task brief or prompt

Select the figure, check the movement of the mask and put a simple color substrate under it.

Expected result

Frame with a proven foreground mask.

How to check the result

Look at the complex footage with overlaps.
Compare hair and small details on a light and dark background.

An editorial teaching example of a task brief, not the result of hands-on testing of the service. Check that the required mode is available, that you have rights to the source material and that the intended use of the result is permitted.

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Official sources

This description is based on the developer’s material. Features, prices and availability may change; check the primary source before use.

VEGAS Pro.