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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:41:57 -0800
Subject: Re: [AE] double clicking a mask on a type layer
From: Warren Heaton <warrenheaton@me.com>
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Could the Layer Source have been text layers from Photoshop imported as
"Layer Size" rather than AE Text Layers?  If the layer source is a PS text
layer, that would give the result you're expecting.

I'm pretty sure that with AE text layers, you're two or three clicks away
from having the mask match your text spatial resolution (double-click the
Rectangle tool, then free-transform the resulting mask to the current text
layer layer).


-Warren


On 12/10/13 10:27 PM, "adam mercado" <adam@influxx.com> wrote:

>Well I spoke out of turn...
>
>I feel like I have been taking the crazy pills. Just went to to try
>this to confirm what I thought, and lo the mask only generated full
>comp size. Not what I was expecting.
>
>I swear I used this on a project just last week where I had a lot of
>text element that needed wiping in and I did not want to use a Linear
>Wipe. I clearly recall quickly masking each layer by double
>clicking....must be losing it
>
>
>NURSE. MEDICATION!!!
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>Adam Mercado
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>On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote:
>
>> Leading question: What do you think a "layer-sized" mask would be
>> for a text 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 defined by their bounding boxes, but that can
>> obviously change from one frame to the next.
>>
>> So, the thing that you're trying to do works as you would expect
>> for layers 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
>>> Behalf 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
>>>
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