Basic masking and keyframe it?

I have this shot where someone passes in front of the camera. I'd like to add a line of text after this person passes but I'd like to mask and keyframe it so it looks like the text was behind this person...or almost as if it were being revealed after the person passes. Is this possible from within final cut?

Should be easy enough; you'll have to crop the text 100% in the opposite direction of your character (so if he/she is walking right, use the left crop), then go frame-by-frame and as your character passes, removing the crop so it edges up against the character in every frame. Make sense?

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I've been using PSE and CS successfully for years.
One thing I have never understood is: why use layer masks and adjustment layers, instead of simply creating a copy of the subject layer (the one I want to make changes to) and experimenting with that? It's quick (Ctrl-J), I can do it as many times as I want, I'm not affecting my Background layer. If I like the changes, I can keep them. I can switch the copy on and off to compare with the Background layer. I can do any type of blend or combination I desire. I can insert Gradient layer(s), select any part of the copy and (Ctrl-J) create a new layer containing only the selected part. I can adjust size, rotate, do anything.
It almost seems that "layer mask" and "adjustment layer" are mainly another layer of terminology; can anyone explain (preferably in 50 words or less) how they are intrinsically different from or superior to working with copies of the Background layer? What can be done with them that can't be done simply using copies of the Background layer?

Here's a very basic example of the advantage of using a layer mask.
I have this picture of a sunflower and I want to convert the background to black & white, leaving just the flower in color. I duplicated the Background layer, converted it to B&W and proceeded to use the Eraser to uncover the flower color. But I made a mistake and erased outside the flower. There is no way to correct this other than deleting the layer and starting again.
Now let's use a layer mask on the B&W layer. Set the Foreground/Background colors to the defaults black/white. Using the Brush tool paint on the mask with black to reveal the color. Here I painted too far, revealing a green leaf in the background. No need to start over. Simply switch to white and paint the excess to convert back to the B&W.
Tip: while painting you can type "X" to toggle between black and white.
You could also select the flower using the various selection tools and then fill the selection with black. If it turns out the selection was not 100% accurate you can then fine-tune the result by painting on the mask with black or white as necessary.

How to retrieve "KeyValue" from multiple Shape paths then "SetValue" to Mask path Keyframes?

Hello AEScriptsComm.,..
i have one question (hopefully the tutorer will answer soon), which is the goal and reason i'm learning ExtendScripts:
I have a few dozen Adobe Illustrator, imported Shape Layers with paths "Created..from Vector Layers" in AEffects.
In order to use a .jsxbin script to change every path to the same number of verticies for animating, i must 1st convert them to Keyframes on the same Mask Path property.
1) i hoped to please be shown\sent an example showing how to,..
a) Get\Retrieve "KeyValue" from multiple, single (Shape Layers):Outlines > Contents > Group > Path > Path as shown in screenshot "4-CreateShapeFromVecLyr2Outlines.JPG",
and then,..
b) "SetValue" from those paths into Mask > Mask Path keyframes also in screenshot "1-ExtendScript_ShapePathsTOMaskPathKeyframes.JPG"?
Really appreciate any help soon as time allows,
Jeff

Hello Xavier,
esp. with my limited experience i can't determine how your concise script works.
Because it 1st errors esp. with undefines i'm thinking at best its incomplete (or algorithm) to give me the gist and i'm to fill in the blanks, which i am doing with the sort of working code example pasted below.
Its written with every definition, declaration and initialization completed, so a novice like me can read the manuals, rev. eng. pertinant script(s), then with fragmented code and understanding quickly connecting to form a complete custom script, as we've all done.
like this:
var comp = app.project.activeItem:
var layer = comp.layers.addSolid([1,1,1,], layerName, comp.width, comp.height, 1.0, comp,duration);
therefore,..
var CompLayerSolid = app.project.activeItem.layers.addSolid([1,1,1,], layerName, comp.width, comp.height, 1.0, comp,duration);
..then with such direct access in other essentials, i can substitute compatible properties, methods, parameters etc. and remaining code that affect the layer objects i need to control simultaneously. Also thereby learning more complex code quickly enough to use.
Only, i hoped to save time here by those already familiar.
But by comparison your script without declarations or many references in AE's CS6 Scripting Guide and online, i can't decipher or understand,
although you wrote this more complete segment at CCow:
"shapeLayer.content.addProperty("ADBE Vector Graphic - Fill");",
..in which is the addProperty i 1st looked for in your script after erroring with "ShapeLayer is undefined"
But i could'nt find a ref. to either .content or content. anywhere in ExtendScript, nor "targetLayer.mask", and "targetLayer" i found once in ref. to ExtendScript as an AE layer name. So perhaps their your variables?, you see i can't determine or use.
i don't know that was'nt meant, maybe a bit to tell me do my own research?, no offence, can't confirm that without reply, hope you will, but my research is why i'm here and your probably advanced script could only help with your assistance.
Thanks anyway,
Cheers.
function()
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var masksLayer = comp.selectedLayers[0];
var masksGroup = masksLayer.property("ADBE Mask Parade");
app.beginUndoGroup(rd_MasksToShapesData.scriptName);
// Create an empty shape lay
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var mask, maskPath, vertices;
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shapeLayer.name = masksLayer.name.substr(0,31-suffix.length) + suffix;
shapeLayer.moveBefore(masksLayer);
var shapeLayerContents = shapeLayer.property("ADBE Root Vectors Group");
var shapeGroup = shapeLayerContents; //.addProperty("ADBE Vector Group");
//shapeGroup.name = "Masks";
var shapePathGroup, shapePath, shapePathData;
// Get mask info
mask = masksGroup.property(m);
maskPath = mask.property("ADBE Mask Shape");
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shapePathGroup = shapeGroup.addProperty("ADBE Vector Shape - Group");
shapePathGroup.name = mask.name;
shapePath = shapePathGroup.property("ADBE Vector Shape");
shapePathData = new Shape();
// ...adjust mask vertices (x axis) by pixel aspect
vertices = new Array();
for (var v=0; v<maskPath.value.vertices.length; v++){
vertices[vertices.length] = [maskPath.value.vertices[v][0] * pixelAspect, maskPath.value.vertices[v][1]];
shapePathData.vertices = vertices;
shapePathData.inTangents = maskPath.value.inTangents;
shapePathData.outTangents = maskPath.value.outTangents;
shapePathData.closed = maskPath.value.closed;
shapePath.setValue(shapePathData);
shapeLayer.transform.anchorPoint.setValue(masksLayer.transform.anchorPoint.value);
shapeLayer.transform.position.setValue(masksLayer.transform.position.value);
shapeLayer.transform.scale.setValue(masksLayer.transform.scale.value);
if (masksLayer.threeDLayer)
shapeLayer.threeDLayer = true;
shapeLayer.transform.xRotation.setValue(masksLayer.transform.xRotation.value);
shapeLayer.transform.yRotation.setValue(masksLayer.transform.yRotation.value);
shapeLayer.transform.zRotation.setValue(masksLayer.transform.zRotation.value);
shapeLayer.transform.orientation.setValue(masksLayer.transform.orientation.value);
else
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shapeLayer.transform.opacity.setValue(masksLayer.transform.opacity.value);
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Can anyone explain what a clipping mask is, how it works, and most importantly if Photoshop Elements 5.0 has this capability?
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