![]() But what if I have more footage layers? Here is more information and help when having more footage layersįor each footage layer you can have a separate masked solid layer used as Alpha Matte, see a screenshot example of this above. Nice! I hope that helps you answer your question how to “lock” the position of a mask in AE. This allows moving your footage layer around without the mask moving in your After Effects project. (You may also have to toggle the Toggle Switches / Modes big wide button at the bottom of layers area to hide/show the TrkMat column). ![]() (Note: If you don’t see a TrkMat switch/modes column then press the Expand/Collapse The Layer Switches Pane icon (bottom left icon of the screen, the one with the tick symbol in the layers area). Next select ‘Alpha Matte’ (the 1st option below No Track Matte) on the footage ‘TrkMat’ column Dropdown menu. Here is the order for you: Arrange the layers in this order: To do this as mentioned you can use a track matte, it’s very easy once you have tried it.įirst, you create a mask on a new solid layer on top of the layer you want to cut out / mask. To do this you can use a track matte.īelow is an explanation on how you “lock” the position of a mask in After Effects. You would like to move your footage layer around but the mask won’t stay “locked” in place? It’s possible to achieve and it’s very easy. Or like I wrote before, you can choose the other, less complicated, but more limited way of working - in the composition window you set your mask to NONE, do the work and when you are done, set it back to ADD.2.5D Parallax How to Lock the Position of a Mask in After Effects – A simple guide to explain how you do it If you want to see the layer you cut in the context of your composition, you need to get back to your composition window here:Ī good practice would be to set BOTH windows side by side and get the best out of both worlds - cut the mask in one window, see the result on top of the background plate in the other. you can only see the layer cut on itself, on black, on transparent, on red, and a luma matte. you can choose to "Render" (tick the "Render") the mask or any effect or not (untick the "Render"). it is a place where you can work on your layer in the context of itself. The Layer window - this is where you can edit your mask and use different ways to see it - but not in the context of your composition. Now you will see the layer cut on top of your background If you want to see THE RESULT COMPOSITE, you need to click on the composition window This will show you the result on top of the layer itself, or a transparent background, or the composition background color ![]() Now you will see the layer cut on black (which is your background color)Īnother way to work with masks is to choose one of these modes if you want to see the result you need to tick the Render option The mask is changing but you don't see the result because the Render is turned OFF. Roto Brush and Refine Matte in After EffectsĪdobe After Effects CS5- Rotoscope with Rotobrush - YouTube You might consider using Rotobrush for cutting an image. Managing and animating shape paths and masks in After EffectsĪfter Effects CC tutorial: Rotoscoping with paths | - YouTube better - click twice on your footage and in the Layer view you can toggle "Render" off and work on your masks with seeing all the footage.īTW I am looking at your masks and it does not look promising there's a lot more to Rotoscoping (cutting masks out of a live video) then just moving the vertices of the masks, make sure you read through the first part about Rotoscoping here: if you want to edit the mask without seeing the final result you can do this it 2 ways:Ģ. you closed the masks so now it's in "Add" mode, meaning it's doing what it's set to do - cut the image. Hey Ezzo this is how masking works in Ae.
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