Return-Path: Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5083365 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 24 May 2013 22:36:12 +0200 Received: by mail-wg0-f53.google.com with SMTP id m15so3184047wgh.32 for ; Fri, 24 May 2013 13:45:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=g7GiJzPetYuihG/d/UIr6cT6y8oamhOR/dRet2G+pjw=; b=OJYuvYugKNngE4Pq0uW0//R2048KbaSCqIklRagiBFUqxe9QowQTDt067j81Vybp7e xFmlingHsRjh3koWIVPA+d188EqRHmWxK73HmssrjRw2NddjzoAe8b0RTi2Cv8ePnPYD tcaE6d+Zn4eKDpSME4UbBeF60NpB8hvZe2GmkFiNk1rUrf0qn9Av4xXIyGQMjRMBQq5i 5iqkZ6+40pzNBuRBkWrnHchCa2XJTjsv1p5VuVMFzMWi93Xdh/Tv3wR8QMwzvPxWQ2JI Y5xAXlb6uVcgPAS3IoKCg5RDJ/BLv5Ahka+kNCYJl1DDecUYf9e9ei8x8wicnY4yvGie 4QRA== X-Received: by 10.194.77.66 with SMTP id q2mr914809wjw.34.1369428331627; Fri, 24 May 2013 13:45:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hedczech@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.164.4 with HTTP; Fri, 24 May 2013 13:44:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: "scott.aelist" Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:44:51 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: OZNLUKE1OPlLHqck1MH5lYSAfd8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: why isn't masking treated as an effect? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bf0c0a8408b4e04dd7ce170 --047d7bf0c0a8408b4e04dd7ce170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sometimes I want to mask or roto an image and then apply an effect AFTER the mask is applied. Or sometimes I want: 1.) effect 2.) mask 3.) effect. However AE doesn't give any control for the render order for masking. Is there a reason for this, or has there simply been no demand for this type of thing? --047d7bf0c0a8408b4e04dd7ce170 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sometimes I want to mask or roto an image and then apply an effect AFTER th= e mask is applied. Or sometimes I want: 1.) effect 2.) mask 3.) effect. How= ever AE doesn't give any control for the render order for masking. Is t= here a reason for this, or has there simply been no demand for this type of= thing?

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