Return-Path: Received: from mail4.eqx.gridhost.co.uk ([95.142.156.13] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5085425 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 27 May 2013 13:52:17 +0200 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=Magnetar) by mail4.eqx.gridhost.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ugw7Q-0007K5-Pb for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 27 May 2013 13:01:40 +0100 From: "Mike Abbott" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] why isn't masking treated as an effect? Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 13:01:40 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Ac5ZmWwrGzybHegNQv23X5KWKGsUFQBNvnvA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 -----Original Message----- From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Brendan Bolles >>The order of operations in AE is 1) effects, 2) masks, 3) transforms. To do things in a different order, you >>generally have to precomp. >>Brendan Didn't you mean: 1) Masks, 2) Effects and 3) Transforms ? :) Mike A.