Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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First, we'll use the VSE to cut and move our footage. Then we'll use the Movie Clip Editor to track points on the body and parent masks to the trackers. We'll animate those masks to follow the outline of the entire body. Then we'll hop back over to the VSE and use the new compositor modifier in Blender 5.0 to create the ghost overlay effect.

As an alternative method, at the end I'll also quickly show you how to use a greenscreen instead of animated masks.


TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Preview
00:24 - Overview - 4 Steps
01:37 - Setting up the new VSE
02:46 - Editing the Footage
10:46 - Render an Image Sequence
16:03 - Tracking the Torso
21:38 - Masking the Torso
24:55 - Animating the Mask
29:10 - Re-Keying Shape Points
30:42 - Animating through disabled markers
32:57 - Tracking the Right Knee
34:30 - Masking the Right Calf
38:10 - Re-Keying the Feather
40:26 - Full Body Masking Result
41:25 - Animating Visibility of Mask Layers
45:48 - Adjusting the Mask for the VSE
47:40 - REMEMBER to Re-Animate Mask Layer Visibility!
54:43 - Using the VSE Compositor Modifier
1:01:25 - Rendering the Final Video
1:05:16 - Greenscreen Alternative Method