Masking In Alight Motion Apk

How to do Masking in Alight Motion – Complete Guide With Unique Techniques and Tips 2026

Alight Motion is the best video editing app. It has multiple premium features, effects, and editing tools that are not available in other editing applications. In today’s guide, we will discuss its magical and prominent feature, “The Masking”. This feature is widely used in professional editing, such as Movies and Dramas.

Maybe you have seen the “Seeta aur Geeta.” OR “JUDWA” movies. The main character performs two roles simultaneously in a single frame. Have you ever wondered how it is possible? Well, this is the complete guide. Where we will learn about masking, types, using, and some advanced techniques for doing it professionally.

The masking gives you full control over your media. With its help, you can create dynamic transitions, add cool effects, and slick animations. After learning it, you will be able to take your editing to the next level.

What is Masking in Alight Motion?

Masking is an advanced editing technique in Alight Motion. It is used to hide or reveal specific parts of your media using pre-built or custom shapes. It can also be used across multiple layers to create stunning, cinematic effects without being noticed. This is the core concept behind the Mask. These masking shapes basically are circles, squares, and rectangles, or your custom shapes.

Moreover, you can add the keyframes to your Mask to make it more professional. Before you use masking, first let’s get familiar with the concepts used in it. To be masked and the Mask.

  • To be masked: The media through which you are applying it to hide or reveal something. It can be a video, an image, text, or bitmap graphics.
  • Mask: The Mask is the real magic; it is the shape used to hide or reveal a specific part of the “to be masked” layer. 
Mask and To be Masked

To better understand masking, let me give you an example. The greatest example of masking is Dr. Strange from Marvel Comics. When he uses his finger to make a portal. The to-be-masked layer is the current layer where Dr. Strange is opening the portal. And the mask layer is the portal. The scene in the portal is another layer, which is a background layer. The whole scene is created by merging multiple layers. To understand better, follow these explanations:

  • Foreground: The layer where Dr. Strange is opening the portal. Also, it can be considered as “to be a masked layer”. 
  • Mask: When Dr. Strange rotates his finger in a circle to open the portal, that yellow circular fire ring portal is the Mask. 
  • Background: The scene shown from the portal is a background layer. 

The whole combination is created by hiding the complete background layer. Then it reveals a specific part of the background through a circular portal.

How masking works?

Now we have learned the basic concept of masking. What is it? And how it can be used. Regularly practicing and experimenting with different effects and animations will make you a pro. 

Usage of masking

Masking is used to hide or reveal specific parts in the media. You can add it to text, images, and videos. If you want to add an effect to a specific part of the media, you have to use a mask to apply it. If you want to highlight certain parts of your video, you can use it. The best example of it is documentary and explanatory videos. Also, it can be used in text for styling, such as revealing text and animated revealing titles.

Types of Masking in Alight Motion

Types of Mask in Alight Motion

In Alight Motion, you will get the three main types of masks to create masking effects. 

Rectangle Masks

The basic masking types in Alight Motion are Rectangle & Square. These masks feature adjustable corners, so you can customize them to your needs and preferences. Rectangle masks are used for simple masking with basic geometric shapes.

Advantages of Rectangle Masks

  • These masks can be added quickly and are easy to use.
  • Comes with clean and adjustable corners and boundaries.
  • You can freely adjust and scale them.
  • Mostly used for text and titles masking.

Disadvantages of Rectangle Masks

  • These masks are limited to rectangular shapes. Only 4 corners.
  • It can’t be used for complex masking.
  • It can look ugly and unnatural for some videos and images.