Return-Path: Received: from out-37.smtp.ucla.edu ([169.232.47.170] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4727778 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 29 May 2012 10:21:51 +0200 Received: from smtp-7.smtp.ucla.edu (smtp-7.smtp.ucla.edu [169.232.47.245]) by out-37.smtp.ucla.edu with ESMTP id q4T8NnSb017305; Tue, 29 May 2012 01:23:50 -0700 Received: from mail.ucla.edu (m1.mail.ucla.edu [128.97.27.129]) by smtp-7.smtp.ucla.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q4T8NnSb017305 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 01:23:50 -0700 Received: from [192.168.0.116] (adsl-69-231-57-91.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.231.57.91]) (user=wheaton mech=PLAIN bits=0) by mail.ucla.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q4T8NmTp016940 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 01:23:49 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] combining mask paths References: From: Warren Heaton at UCLA Extension Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-0418CECF-10A3-4DE8-853D-0019416CAF7B X-Mailer: iPad Mail (9B206) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 01:23:51 -0700 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Probable-Spam: no X-Spam-Hits: 3.627 X-Spam-Score: **** X-Spam-Report: HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_20,HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE,SPF_PASS X-Scanned-By: smtp.ucla.edu on 169.232.47.245 --Apple-Mail-0418CECF-10A3-4DE8-853D-0019416CAF7B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii How about nesting the comp and tracing the alpha as a work around? Sent from my iPad On May 28, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Darren Marshall wrote: > Hi All, >=20 > I have auto-traced an animated alpha channel and it has given me all the s= eparate masks. I want to combine all these masks (animating over 30secs) int= o one mask. > I have tried copy/pasting into a shape layer and merging paths but I cant w= ork out how to copy a combined shape path back to a single animating mask. > I obviously can't afford the time it will take to do this manually in illu= strator on every frame, Anyone have any ideas? >=20 > Best, > Darren >=20 >=20 > --=20 > -- > Darren Marshall > DazPix > Design / Motion Graphics / Creative Direction / VFX / Production Services >=20 >=20 >=20 > hello@dazpix.co.uk > http://dazpix.co.uk >=20 > DAZPIX ON TWITTER > DAZPIX FACEBOOK PAGE > DAZPIX GOOGLE+ PAGE > DAZPIX BLOG >=20 --Apple-Mail-0418CECF-10A3-4DE8-853D-0019416CAF7B Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
How about nesting the comp and tracing the alpha as a work around?




Sent from my iPad

On May 28, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Darren Marshall <dazpix@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

I have auto-traced an animated alpha channel and it has given me all the separate masks. I want to combine all these masks (animating over 30secs) into one mask.
I have tried copy/pasting into a shape layer and merging paths but I cant work out how to copy a combined shape path back to a single animating mask.
I obviously can't afford the time it will take to do this manually in illustrator on every frame, Anyone have any ideas?

Best,
Darren


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DazPix
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