Masking tool actions and modifiers

上次更新時間 2026年1月21日

Learn about modifiers and conditions for achieving masking actions in Adobe Premiere.

Objective 

Tool(s) 

Modifier  

Action 

Conditions 

Create Unassigned Ellipse Mask 

Ellipse Mask Tool 

 

Click and drag 

Clip must be selected, no effect selected 

Create Unassigned Rectangle Mask 

Rectangle Mask Tool 

 

Click and drag 

Clip must be selected, no effect selected 

Create Unassigned Pen Mask 

Pen Mask Tool 

 

Click for each control point; click on the starting point to close the shape 

Clip must be selected, no effect selected 

Create Effect Ellipse Mask 

Ellipse Mask Tool 

 

Click and drag 

Clip must be selected; effect must be selected 

Create Effect Rectangle Mask 

Rectangle Mask Tool 

 

Click and drag 

Clip must be selected; effect must be selected 

Create Effect Pen Mask 

Pen Mask Tool   

 

Click for each control point; click on the starting point to close the shape 

Clip must be selected; effect must be selected 

Add New Angle Control Point  

Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool  

 

Click on line segment 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

Add New Bezier Control Point 

Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

 

Click + drag on line segment 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

Modify Bezier Handles 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

 

Click on Bezier handle 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

Adjust Single Side of Bezier 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

 

Option/Alt 

Click and drag on Bezier handle 

 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

 

Constrain Bezier Angle to 45º Increments 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

 

Shift 

Click and drag on Bezier handle 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

 

Convert Point to Bezier/ Bezier to Point 

Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

Option/Alt 

Click on control point 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

 

Delete Control Point 

Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

Command/Ctrl 

Click on control point 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

 

Add New Control Point 

Pen Tool (P). Pen Mask Tool 

 

Click on line segment 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

 

Move Control Point 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

 

Click + drag control point 

Bounding Box must be disabled 

 

Enable/Disable Bounding Box 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

 

 

Double-click anywhere within the mask shape 
 

 

Move Entire Shape 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

 

Click + drag anywhere within the mask shape 
 

 

Scale Entire Shape Vertical / Horizontal 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P 

 

Click + drag side handle of bounding box 

Bounding box must be enabled 

Transform Entire Shape via Squish/Stretch from Corner 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P 

 

Click + drag corner handle of bounding box 

Bounding box must be enabled 

Scale Entire Shape Proportionally from Center 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P 

Shift 

Click + drag corner handle of bounding box 

Bounding box must be enabled 

Rotate Entire Shape 

Selection Tool (V) , Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P 

 

Hover near bounding box handle to enable rotate icon, click + drag 

Bounding box must be enabled 

Multi-select Control Points 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

Shift 

Click on each control point 

Bounding box must NOT be enabled 

Marquee-select Multiple Control Points 

Selection tool (V), Pen Tool (P) 

 

Click + drag a marquee-selection around control points  

Bounding box must NOT be enabled 

Move Multiple Selected Control Points 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

 

Click on any selected control point to move all 

Bounding box must NOT be enabled 

Move Shape Anchor Point 

Selection Tool (V) 

Option/Alt 

Click and drag the anchor point 

Bounding box must be enabled 

 

Nudge Mask or Control Points 1px 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

 

Press arrow keys (Left, Right, Up, Down) 

One or more masks or control points must be selected 

Nudge Mask or Control Points 10px 

Selection Tool (V), Pen Mask Tool, Pen Tool (P) 

Shift 

Press arrow keys (Left, Right, Up, Down) 

One or more masks or control points must be selected 

Object mask

Objective 

Tool(s) 

Modifier  

Action 

Conditions 

Create Object Mask 

Object Mask Tool 

Command + Option + O 

Click 

hover and click 

Clip must be selected 

Change Object Mask Tool (Rectangle or Lasso) 

 

Command + Option + L 

Dropdown to change 

Object Mask tool must be selected, or an object mask must be selected 

Change Object Mask Mode (Add to/Subtract from mask) 

 

Option/Alt  

Click on “+” or “-” to toggle 

Object Mask tool must be selected, or an object mask must be selected 

Turn off Object Mask hover 

 

 

Dropdown to select 

Object Mask tool must be selected, or an object mask must be selected