Return-Path: Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.124] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4606165 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:30:11 +0100 Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=HeuWv148 c=1 sm=0 a=XG9KGvwVIKVrOpsglFF1wA==:17 a=Zq2FpVYgtBoA:10 a=bjq9PpNSDe0A:10 a=0hA4847pGZzhmNpqU8gA:9 a=8_7X-MELZb_2cLnueVkA:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=gvwupX2ao0h3HvX2ZDwA:9 a=vNNwMC-RziF9P6hrqrYA:7 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=XG9KGvwVIKVrOpsglFF1wA==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.49.49.225 Received: from [67.49.49.225] ([67.49.49.225:57322] helo=[67.49.49.225]) by hrndva-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id D4/6E-01703-27C5F1F4; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:35:47 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.4.0.080122 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:35:46 -0800 Subject: PS to AE question From: Lachlan Westfall To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: Thread-Topic: PS to AE question Thread-Index: AczbAajH5w+UEEb0EeGHFAAfWzIHkA== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3410271346_17476794" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3410271346_17476794 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I inherit massive PS files that are used to create movie posters. They can easily have hundreds of layers and adjustments and I have to condense them down into manageable layers that I can then animate in AE using multi-plane techniques. One thing that I=B9m having particular trouble with is an adjustment they often use that does NOT translate into AE. They have a curves adjustment with it=B9s own mask=8Bsimple enough. They will then put that into a Group folder and it has a separate and different mask using a =B3pass thru=B2 transfer mode. The pass-thru just does not translate into AE. I need = a way to remove the curves adjustment from the group, but have it retain the same effect it had when it was in the group. Basically, combining the two masks. But with curves and groups, of course, there=B9s no such thing as =B3apply layer mask=B2. Has anyone dealt with this before? Thanks in advance. -Lachlan Westfall Quiet Earth Design --B_3410271346_17476794 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable PS to AE question I inherit massive PS files that are used to create movie posters. = They can easily have hundreds of layers and adjustments and I have to conden= se them down into manageable layers that I can then animate in AE using mult= i-plane techniques. One thing that I’m having particular trouble with = is an adjustment they often use that does NOT translate into AE. They have a= curves adjustment with it’s own mask—simple enough. They will t= hen put that into a Group folder and it has a separate and different mask us= ing a “pass thru” transfer mode. The pass-thru just does not tra= nslate into AE. I need a way to remove the curves adjustment from the group,= but have it retain the same effect it had when it was in the group. Basical= ly, combining the two masks. But with curves and groups, of course, there= 217;s no such thing as “apply layer mask”. Has anyone dealt with= this before?

Thanks in advance.

-Lachlan Westfall
Quiet Earth Design --B_3410271346_17476794--