Return-Path: Received: from mail-lb0-f169.google.com ([209.85.217.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4846211 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:46:07 +0200 Received: by lbon3 with SMTP id n3so2616028lbo.28 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:47:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=zJWK4zmhG+S55+PoadB4RWAqkUU/CAJgwrz/J+9gCeY=; b=e9UBsBSxZbW36ba/l32dw2uCh9Z8QVwcS4DsJF8zJwJA/OP8xeXPDRGy/2s5nZyEC7 EFzmATOBPsSwRDLa5A7FofIAqTIzOghDuXMH73TK4PG8BbzEKy/99S+dk7oDPLOuR4D8 NPI82AzhwyfoSJbuEy3zRi6dYC00joITzrV2uZhEl1YBBBZbx0igmFcVPhpg1u0vMnNo GrXnE9TCHH++1NUvNEEJ4mT7Z89fy5LsVwJI9zX1VwS/pheI2cO3fzYASQGL5tH6H7QJ L/FIrpEqU+9VL2oO8YrnCh+5BHnZXG+Ikv0wGFSdmdvaOxFYwCIgrsuBvLjA4X8x6Ugj lUVg== Received: by 10.112.9.3 with SMTP id v3mr1266398lba.32.1347637647469; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:47:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.12.2 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:46:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:46:47 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] alternative to track matte To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e0cb4efe2b18436c9704c9ab570f --e0cb4efe2b18436c9704c9ab570f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 If you use channels -> "set channels" you can specify an alpha from any other layer in your stack, even from another layer's RGB channels. Set your desired source layer, then copy the effect to your new layers. You could even use expressions to make all copies of the effect linked back to the original so if you have to change alphas it can be done in one click. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Is there a way to reference a layer that's not above the layer to be > track-matted? Set Matte doesn't work for this unless the layer to be > matted is not scaled up. > > A third-party plug-in, perhaps? > > A layer with Stencil/Silhouette Alpha/Luma does the trick, and mattes > everything below it. BUT, I'd like to exclude some layers below from being > affected without Precomposing. > > Possible? > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --e0cb4efe2b18436c9704c9ab570f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you use channels -> "set channels" you can specify an alpha= from any other layer in your stack, even from another layer's RGB chan= nels. Set your desired source layer, then copy the effect to your new layer= s. You could even use expressions to make all copies of the effect linked b= ack to the original so if you have to change alphas it can be done in one c= lick.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Jim Curtis= <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

Is there a way to reference a layer that's not above the layer to be tr= ack-matted? =A0Set Matte doesn't work for this unless the layer to be m= atted is not scaled up.

A third-party plug-in, perhaps?

A layer with Stencil/Silhouette Alpha/Luma does the trick, and mattes every= thing below it. =A0BUT, I'd like to exclude some layers below from bein= g affected without Precomposing.

Possible?

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