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On a similar note:
When I try to select a mask point, AE often clicks into transform mode. From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv]
On Behalf Of rik bogusz i'd like to add a +1 to this thread...perhaps we should submit a group feature request? On Feb 26, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Sean Kennedy <mack_dadd2@hotmail.com> wrote:
I also often get strange behavior with mask selection. Very random behavior. Like you, sometimes I just can't select what I want. Sometimes when I'm drawing a mask, 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 of it, and I figured it was just something I was doing differently (maybe I was zoomed into the viewer too far, maybe
my mouse batteries were low, who knows!). Sean To: AE-List@media-motion.tv 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 shape/mask, 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 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, not the mask (which, unless 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. The rules seem to change. Today I have a triangle shape (hand drawn) and normally I would highlight the 'path' stopwatch area in my timeline, move over to my Comp window, click outside of the shape to deselect points
and lasso the ones 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 polygon or star but hand drawn so that isn't it. 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. |
