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Subject: Re: [AE] why isn't masking treated as an effect?
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Masking doesn't involve multiple layers. I don't need to precompose
when I apply Curves, so why should I when I'm applying masking? Yes I
can find workarounds to do most things I need to do, but if I can work
with a cinderblock chained to my ankle, I prefer that. To be clear,
this wasn't a problem that was keeping me from delivering for a
deadline, it was simply a question that occurred to me: "Why can't
masking be an effect like everything else?"