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 4846223 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:49:27 +0200 Received: by lbon3 with SMTP id n3so2618194lbo.28 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:50:48 -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=YaTvm5o2wICwN7dDAJ+BXZ1IzOGrKVzgaLaxXq/jHi4=; b=ljsKAIrAP7Ua03Q9aZkFzbmpKTgx1IuqZ2JAvYnr6ev9u3Cofk5Z8tPsffz3FY4bgV gFH7mYHbLF6oa4wBEcJSZb3V2SW6W39JL3jSu+BybBwpv84MWcUVJSzirszxxLLCxZW+ 0Q4sksIUEPZquqamkOjt9SM6QGpiU9vgJ9h7hEhijIxgoHHTcFrfXpulVCaTgx7NJtc3 WSlp7dViyi3QOeRvoXCtf8uaawHeAq1c+3WfwJyb0MpAOgO3yhR59uIWCcgKd9jxn6oS PzWExJRDqtMHcwoGEnDloCOmLZandjlTtLux+t/HcVdy7Zu/ker9+0NIW1hqtemTf7RN OsEg== Received: by 10.152.147.130 with SMTP id tk2mr2838777lab.4.1347637847999; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:50:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.12.2 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:50:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:50:07 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] alternative to track matte To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f22beb93745d604c9ab63e6 --e89a8f22beb93745d604c9ab63e6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ah that may run into your scaling issues like set matte, I see... I'd need to know more about what you are trying to do On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Teddy Gage wrote: > 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 > > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --e89a8f22beb93745d604c9ab63e6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ah that may run into your scaling issues like set matte, I see... I'd n= eed to know more about what you are trying to do

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Teddy Gage <= teddygage@gmail.co= m> wrote:
If you use channels -> "set channels= " you can specify an alpha from any other layer in your stack, even fr= om another layer's RGB channels. Set your desired source layer, then co= py the effect to your new layers. You could even use expressions to make al= l 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= <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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