Return-Path: Received: from col0-omc2-s1.col0.hotmail.com ([65.55.34.75] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4846401 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:47:25 +0200 Received: from COL122-W27 ([65.55.34.73]) by col0-omc2-s1.col0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:48:44 -0700 Message-ID: Return-Path: mack_dadd2@hotmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_180f38aa-8847-4575-8faf-8b4ed67633c5_" X-Originating-IP: [209.66.120.3] From: Sean Kennedy To: Subject: RE: [AE] alternative to track matte Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:48:44 -0700 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Sep 2012 18:48:44.0527 (UTC) FILETIME=[911BF7F0:01CD92A9] --_180f38aa-8847-4575-8faf-8b4ed67633c5_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://aescripts.com/bs_compositingbundle/ Wonder if the Smart Set Matte tool in this compositing bundle respects laye= r transformations (like scale). To: AE-List@media-motion.tv Date: Fri=2C 14 Sep 2012 09:26:45 -0700 From: dedelen@gmail.com Subject: Re: [AE] alternative to track matte Sounds like you know what you need better than we do. Go for it. On Sep 14=2C 2012 6:07 PM=2C "Jim Curtis" wrote: Yes=2C that should work=2C but that's more trouble than just duping the mat= te and applying a track matte to each layer. I'm looking for a way to make= things easier=2C not harder. The simplest idea I can think of is Precomping all the layers I want to mas= k=2C put the matte at the top=2C and use Stencil Alpha=2C etc. That way=2C any layers under the precomp are exempt from the "master" matte= . Or=2C is there an even simpler way? On Sep 14=2C 2012=2C at 10:54 AM=2C Darby Edelen wrote: To clarify: the matte and footage layers each get their own precomp. On Sep 14=2C 2012 5:52 PM=2C "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 pr= ecomps. = --_180f38aa-8847-4575-8faf-8b4ed67633c5_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Wonder if the Smart Set M= atte tool in this compositing bundle respects layer transformations (like s= cale).

To: AE-List@media-motion.tv
Date: Fri=2C 14 Sep 2012 09:26:45 -070= 0
From: dedelen@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [AE] alternative to track matt= e

Sounds like you know what you need better than we do. Go for it.
On Sep 14=2C 2012 6:07 PM=2C "Jim Curtis" <= =3Bjpcurtis@me.com>=3B wrote:
<= blockquote class=3D"ecxgmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px #ccc solid=3Bp= adding-left:1ex">
Yes=2C that should work=2C but that's m= ore trouble than just duping the matte and applying a track matte to each l= ayer.  =3BI'm looking for a way to make things easier=2C not harder.
The simplest idea I can think of is Precomping all the layers I = want to mask=2C put the matte at the top=2C and use Stencil Alpha=2C etc.

That way=2C any layers under the precomp are exempt= from the "master" matte.

Or=2C is there an even simpler way?



On Sep 14=2C 2012=2C at 10:54 AM=2C Darb= y Edelen wrote:

To clarify: the matte and footage laye= rs each get their own precomp.
On Sep 14=2C 2012 5:52 PM=2C "Darby Edelen" &= lt=3Bdedelen@gmail.com>=3B 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 pr= ecomps.

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