Creating a Mask

Gentlemen I used to Garbage  remover with Adobe Premiere to remove certain parts or the video clip, I tried to use the pen toon and created 5 or6 dots and connected them all but all i see is gree area
Basically How do I do the job of Garbage remover
Windows 7 Ultimate
After EffectCS4

This page talks all about saving presets.
Your first post, I don't understand. It sounds like you're asking about a Premiere effect, but this is an After Effects forum.

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    Thanks for writing back Dave and Rick,
    I think there is something in what Dave said about opening a new layer window, but it still isn't working right.  Please see the screenshot of two full project windows below.
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    In the comp window at the top of each screenshot below, you can see the bezier points from my original mask that I created by clicking on 'Shape' next to 'Mask' on the left in the timeline window after selecting 'Layer>Mask>New Mask'... but I can see that this isn't the right way to do it because (1) it isn't masking, it only shows bezier points. (2) When I try to adjust those bezier points in the comp window it only stretches the numbers. And (3) when I'm in the comp window, I don't have access to the layer shape square and oval tools... they are grayed-out.
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    Thanks again,
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  • How do I create a mask in Premiere Pro?

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  • After creating a mask on a pixel layer and then throwing it away, the pixels disapper

    If I create a mask on a pixel layer and then throw the mask away, the pixels under the old black mask disappear. Help! How do I fix this? I have already reset preferences. I am using the most current version of Photoshop CC 2014 on a Mac with OS 10.9.5

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  • How can i create a mask of grays?

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  • How to create a mask

    I am trying to create a mask. This is the code I am using. What am I doing wrong. I dont even see the mask clip.
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                                  signalBuildClip.x = 489;
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    Thanks, Ned. But its not working. Id like to create a scroll. Where the blue buttons are confined to be in the box above "Signal Builder" with the code I have now, the first screen cap is the result. I dont understand why its not working. were I to remove the line  "signalBu ildClip.mask = sigMask" I get the second screen cap.

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    AppleUsur wrote:
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  • Creating a mask within a drop zone

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