Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob11.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.49] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5313894 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 01:46:21 +0100 Received: from atl4webmail05 ([10.30.71.162]) by atl4mhob11.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBB0n1RF013519 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:49:01 -0500 Received: from 220.233.147.134 (chris@chriszwar.com [220.233.147.134]) by atl4webmail05 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 9898; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:49:01 +0000 From: "Chris Zwar" To: "After Effects Mail List" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [220.233.147.134] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:49:01 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] double clicking a mask on a type layer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There's a free script by the developers of Newton that does this for you:= http://motionboutique.com/textbox-1772/ Trying to convince the producer here that I NEED Newton for my current jo= b? so much fun with the demo... -----Original Message----- From: Todd Kopriva [mailto:kopriva@adobe.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 11:36 AM To: 'After Effects Mail List' Subject: Re: [AE] double clicking a mask on a type layer Leading question: What do you think a "layer-sized" mask would be for a t= ext layer? Text layers don't have a set size in the same way that, say, a solid does= . Same goes for a shape layer. They can be thought of as having a size de= fined by their bounding boxes, but that can obviously change from one fra= me to the next. So, the thing that you're trying to do works as you would expect for laye= rs based on footage, but not for continuously rasterized layers that have= no source and no pre-defined size. > -----Original Message----- > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behal= f Of > Mike Abbott > Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2013 14:51 > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: [AE] double clicking a mask on a type layer > > > > OK - this one has me scratching my head and wondering what's going on..= . > > All of a sudden I've realised that double clicking a mask tool for a > type layer isn't giving me a type layer sized mask. I get a comp sized > mask - albeit centred on my type. > > 'Mask at layer size' works as expected if I double click the mask tool > with any other type of layer. > > Investigating further I now get the same behaviour on 5.5, 6 and CC - > all installed on this machine. > > > So I guess it's a system or font related issue - Win 7 64. > > Anyone ever seen anything like this? Or have I missed something, or... > > > > Mike > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to