Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #48132
From: Chris Wolfe <cmattwolfe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Move tool grabs masks instead of layers
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:59:20 -0400
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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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 <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?  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 <cmattwolfe@gmail.com> 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



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