Return-Path: Received: from nk11p03mm-asmtp002.mac.com ([17.158.232.237] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4846261 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:04:44 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_sj1f9S1/FOvUIk48INYvxA)" Received: from [192.168.1.68] ([99.152.153.100]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-24.01(7.0.4.24.0) 64bit (built Jan 3 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MAC003ZXKPYFY40@nk11p03mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:05:59 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-09-14_07:2012-09-14,2012-09-14,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1209140170 From: Jim Curtis Subject: Re: [AE] alternative to track matte Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:05:57 -0500 In-reply-to: To: After Effects Mail List References: Message-id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) --Boundary_(ID_sj1f9S1/FOvUIk48INYvxA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Yes, that should work, but that's more trouble than just duping the matte and applying a track matte to each layer. I'm looking for a way to make things easier, not harder. The simplest idea I can think of is Precomping all the layers I want to mask, put the matte at the top, and use Stencil Alpha, etc. That way, any layers under the precomp are exempt from the "master" matte. Or, is there an even simpler way? On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Darby Edelen wrote: > To clarify: the matte and footage layers each get their own precomp. > > On Sep 14, 2012 5:52 PM, "Darby Edelen" wrote: > Set Matte may work if you precomp both the matte and footage layers (leave all attributes) and set the collapse transformations layer switch on the precomps. > --Boundary_(ID_sj1f9S1/FOvUIk48INYvxA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Yes, that should work, but that's more trouble than just duping the matte and applying a track matte to each layer.  I'm looking for a way to make things easier, not harder.

The simplest idea I can think of is Precomping all the layers I want to mask, put the matte at the top, and use Stencil Alpha, etc.

That way, any layers under the precomp are exempt from the "master" matte.

Or, is there an even simpler way?



On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Darby Edelen wrote:

To clarify: the matte and footage layers each get their own precomp.

On Sep 14, 2012 5:52 PM, "Darby Edelen" <dedelen@gmail.com> wrote:

Set Matte may work if you precomp both the matte and footage layers (leave all attributes) and set the collapse transformations layer switch on the precomps.


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