Return-Path: Received: from col0-omc2-s16.col0.hotmail.com ([65.55.34.90] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5390681 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:45:31 +0100 Received: from COL127-W23 ([65.55.34.73]) by col0-omc2-s16.col0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:45:48 -0800 X-TMN: [++QxF8Iv7U6C8FDkPQ3HHckl4BB63f3P] X-Originating-Email: [mack_dadd2@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Return-Path: mack_dadd2@hotmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_9b23ca8e-ab35-4867-ae95-e6b3dc74a731_" From: Sean Kennedy To: AE List Subject: RE: [AE] Mask/Shape Layer Point Selection Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:45:48 -0800 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Feb 2014 19:45:48.0652 (UTC) FILETIME=[58FB7AC0:01CF332B] --_9b23ca8e-ab35-4867-ae95-e6b3dc74a731_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I also often get strange behavior with mask selection. Very random behavior= . Like you=2C sometimes I just can't select what I want. Sometimes when I'm= drawing a mask=2C it acts weird and wants to create new masks instead of c= ontinuing the one I am drawing. I never bothered to mention it because I ha= ve no idea how to recreate any of it=2C and I figured it was just something= I was doing differently (maybe I was zoomed into the viewer too far=2C may= be my mouse batteries were low=2C who knows!). Sean To: AE-List@media-motion.tv From: cmattwolfe@gmail.com Date: Wed=2C 26 Feb 2014 10:21:09 -0500 Subject: [AE] Mask/Shape Layer Point Selection I've been working in AE for over a decade and for the last year or two I'm = finding myself struggling to get back to what seemed very simple: selecting= individual points/portions on a mask or shape. Sometime I highlight the sh= ape/mask=2C lasso the desired portion and I'm golden. Got the points I want= . Sometimes it seems like no matter what I do I cannot get AE to deselect p= ortions of a mask or select only specific points. Sometimes I click the mid= dle of a mask area and the whole mask moves (to the point where I can't get= it to not move) and sometimes the layer moves=2C not the mask (which=2C un= less I have the 'mask path' selected in the timeline is what I consider the= 'normal behavior' here.) The issue I'm having is that I cannot seem to get= the same behavior from point/mask selection in AE on a consistent basis. T= he rules seem to change.=0A= =0A= Today I have a triangle shape (hand drawn) and normally I would highlight t= he 'path' stopwatch area in my timeline=2C move over to my Comp window=2C c= lick outside of the shape to deselect points and lasso the ones I want. I c= annot deselect the points for the life of me. I cannot just move one point.= All points stay selected no matter what I do. It isn't a polygon or star b= ut hand drawn so that isn't it.=0A= =0A= Any ideas? Using a Wacom tablet on CC v 12.1.0.168. Can't upgrade because i= t is an enterprise environment experiencing issues with the updater. = = --_9b23ca8e-ab35-4867-ae95-e6b3dc74a731_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I also often get strange behavio= r with mask selection. Very random behavior. Like you=2C sometimes I just c= an't select what I want. Sometimes when I'm drawing a mask=2C it acts weird= and wants to create new masks instead of continuing the one I am drawing. = I never bothered to mention it because I have no idea how to recreate any o= f it=2C and I figured it was just something I was doing differently (maybe = I was zoomed into the viewer too far=2C maybe my mouse batteries were low= =2C who knows!).

Sean

To: AE-List@media-motion.tv
From: cmattwolfe@gmail.com
Date: Wed=2C= 26 Feb 2014 10:21:09 -0500
Subject: [AE] Mask/Shape Layer Point Selecti= on

I've been working in AE for over a decade and fo= r the last year or two I'm finding myself struggling to get back to what se= emed very simple: selecting individual points/portions on a mask or shape. = Sometime I highlight the shape/mask=2C lasso the desired portion and I'm go= lden. Got the points I want. Sometimes it seems like no matter what I do I = cannot get AE to deselect portions of a mask or select only specific points= . Sometimes I click the middle of a mask area and the whole mask moves (to = the point where I can't get it to not move) and sometimes the layer moves= =2C not the mask (which=2C unless I have the 'mask path' selected in the ti= meline is what I consider the 'normal behavior' here.) The issue I'm having= is that I cannot seem to get the same behavior from point/mask selection i= n AE on a consistent basis. The rules seem to change.
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Today I have a triangle shape (hand drawn) and normally I wo= uld highlight the 'path' stopwatch area in my timeline=2C move over to my C= omp window=2C click outside of the shape to deselect points and lasso the o= nes I want. I cannot deselect the points for the life of me. I cannot just = move one point. All points stay selected no matter what I do. It isn't a po= lygon or star but hand drawn so that isn't it.
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Any ideas? Using a Wacom tablet on CC v 12.1.0.168. Can= 't upgrade because it is an enterprise environment experiencing issues with= the updater.
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