Return-Path: Received: from mail-ia0-f171.google.com ([209.85.210.171] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5004066 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:52:38 +0100 Received: by mail-ia0-f171.google.com with SMTP id z13so2043598iaz.16 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:59:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=1vyl7IDa6e/l+FeyEMoCqcINLS60U5Dw3917G/o3VPY=; b=iPreohbiOJK1Mo90EXPJ4PUXeU7l2BdH1SKIhQ0/AkI480nOK+HraUbseZv2ozcwne F0tPYrCQxmYkko3aej8hxYIXhAUEReswSPdZAGwRcIpOy7KXf+Z77J5rmgJk6Qu/pFZp jtrOkuCII4hkk9x04qn4YudBxhQ6azTOyYOZKdvEcQYZVbfCmTwYCcHTH0W73CpQOIkv 2+csqlLlNBjBwVQqlkzmoRpto4rJEeo1A11Dc8BfC4hkAxdaFc4CmuinyPNFUb+xoVXV fHiL8iR93VQPGK87JKpI2eekhuopTf9NPmkjBQ8nadNrK/AP5ZisNDoFhUS6WzE3uxcF hJ6w== X-Received: by 10.43.134.202 with SMTP id id10mr1804638icc.46.1363265980319; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:59:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.132.5 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:59:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Wolfe Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:59:20 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Move tool grabs masks instead of layers To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307f365c7e27cc04d7e218c7 --20cf307f365c7e27cc04d7e218c7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 What I would like to do is click on the layer and move it without effecting the mask at all. Right now every time I click on the layer with the move tool and try to move it I am moving/editing the mask instead of the layer. I have to lock the mask to revert to 'normal' functionality with the move tool. On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk wrote: > When you say it defaults to editing the mask insteady of "moving the > layer", do you mean moving the mask or the entire layer? Just asking to > understand whether you just simply want to move the entire mask as a > whole. > > Hopefully, I am not simplifying your problem because it sounds like you > just aren't selecting the mask and instead are getting just points. If > that's the case, of the many ways, I just click anywhere on the mask and > double click which gets the whole mask. Or, click on mask down in the > timeline selects the whole thing. > > Eric > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Chris Wolfe wrote: > >> I've been dealing with this for a while but can't seem to find a >> preference, toggle, keyboard shortcut or whatever. Started with CS6. >> >> When I have a mask on a layer and I use the move tool it defaults to >> editing the mask instead of moving the layer. Any ideas on how I turn this >> 'feature' off? It seems like a great hot key feature but not a good always >> on one. >> >> thanks guys >> -Chris >> > > > > -- > Kirk Productions, Inc > www.kirkproductions.com > kirkproductions@gmail.com > IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/ > > --20cf307f365c7e27cc04d7e218c7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
What I would like to do is click on the layer and move it = without effecting the mask at all. Right now every time I click on the laye= r with the move tool and try to move it I am moving/editing the mask instea= d of the layer. I have to lock the mask to revert to 'normal'=A0fun= ctionality=A0with the move tool.


On Thu, Mar 1= 4, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
When you say it defaults to editing the= mask insteady of "moving the layer", do you mean moving the mask= or the entire layer?=A0 Just asking to understand whether you just simply = want to move the entire mask as a whole.=A0
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Hopefully, I am not simplifying your problem because it = sounds like you just aren't selecting the mask and instead are getting = just points.=A0 If that's the case, of the many ways, I just click anyw= here on the mask and double click which gets the whole mask.=A0 Or, click o= n mask down in the timeline selects the whole thing.
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Eric

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Chris Wolfe <= span dir=3D"ltr"><cmattwolfe@gmail.com> wrote:
I've been dealing with this for a whi= le but can't seem to find a preference, toggle, keyboard shortcut or wh= atever. Started with CS6.=A0

When I have a mask on a layer and I use the move tool it def= aults to editing the mask instead of moving the layer. Any ideas on how I t= urn this 'feature' off? It seems like a great hot key feature but n= ot a good always on one.

thanks guys
-Chris



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