Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #49163
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] why isn't masking treated as an effect?
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 09:24:56 -0500
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Haha.  There are times to get from point a to point b, you have no other choice.  Use the Force, Luke.

Maybe if you gave them a cutsie name with a smiley face, you'd like them better.  :)




On May 25, 2013, at 1:16 AM, scott.aelist wrote:

> I can, but I hate precomping.
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> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
>> If I'm following you, why can't you apply the effect, precomp it, and then mask the precomp and add the second effect?
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>> On May 24, 2013, at 3:44 PM, scott.aelist wrote:
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>>> 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?
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