Return-Path: Received: from mail-ie0-f170.google.com ([209.85.223.170] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5004092 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:23:46 +0100 Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id c11so3035123ieb.29 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:30:48 -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=wtyrtp/oD4PcTBvJMjxi0en4T52Wqp5vj9VbEfILapo=; b=eWEtsyEQveffVpZFzrMlaX7mwNdGE1rsFdvraANL1daYHsNKqfXjVjl8QNWR5nRz86 df8Uh6/AKwlRg5cq5V4z89mpNOmm9T/UQEz/KmD0XqvBTEABPBpRxg24H+nkKlAeY8je IgtTmhhe15riaDFp4hoZ3dYTv75qlQpPdFT5GY0GUShN6W7Ip5jFxL3H01QITFWSpJLK +e1BRh1kZvbmXeYrp6nza8abCCeyci6OXVWPoc0H3QiV4AmUC23T5yQ4hKvvJj5sgKFw cEwfnoioq5ycyQTLQCJqlw7ccyyDkrdsUz+2tBm4biCQkSWaqyiKJJx/wyplv/jOd8lH 2MjA== X-Received: by 10.50.34.231 with SMTP id c7mr2088645igj.95.1363267848040; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:30:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.132.5 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:30:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Wolfe Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:30:27 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Move tool grabs masks instead of layers To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9340eebd147ad04d7e28791 --14dae9340eebd147ad04d7e28791 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nothing special about the masks and they are well outside the area I am clicking on the layer so they shouldn't get 'activated' by mis-click or proximity. On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Robert Kjettrup wrote: > Are your mask very small? or are your layer scaled under 100%? > > I have also been annoyed of this behaviour of AE, but i don't have the > problem always and haven't been able to isolate what exactly casues AE to > sometimes pick the layer and sometimes the mask. I have an idea that it has > something to do with the size of the mask or when the layer is scaled, but > i can't reproduce it right now. > > A quick fix for this is just to toggle the mask visibility in the comp > viewer, but that of course turns off all masks so might not always be > desired. > > - Robert > > > > > 2013/3/14 Chris Wolfe > >> 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 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/ >>> >>> >> >> > --14dae9340eebd147ad04d7e28791 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Nothing special about the masks= and they are well outside the area I am clicking on the layer so they shou= ldn't get 'activated' by mis-click or proximity.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Robert Kjettrup <robert@stvmayday.dk> wrote:
Are your mask very small? or are your layer scaled under 1= 00%?

I have = also been annoyed of this behaviour of AE, but i don't have the problem= always and haven't been able to isolate what exactly casues AE to some= times pick the layer and sometimes the mask. I have an idea that it has som= ething to do with the size of the mask or when the layer is scaled, but i c= an't reproduce it right now.

A quick fix= for this is just to toggle the mask visibility in the comp viewer, but tha= t of course turns off all masks so might not always be desired.

- Robert




2013/3/14 Ch= ris Wolfe <cmattwolfe@gmail.com>
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 r= evert to 'normal'=A0functionality=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

O= n Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Chris Wolfe <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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