From: "Phil Bearman" Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com ([209.85.217.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5529210 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:56:51 +0200 Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id c11so1736079lbj.23 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:56:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=x3GkLJWEG/eWnN52Yn8KxQDFTRCVhgTqx22wcTkcHso=; b=Rxsae47jwhvGKGzD/6xg0NeQlk0PZfdw0mHm7v2Iz+gtUSzYU2xSmMlXmrX33Eq0+W 5gVZEeRU5X13RhmjvNltR6JTI+45Hm7lBo9+I8XiS566AyKU20s44l6cdWvkCMwPUiyd tEyHzz/RbFc7HfOcqQ35N2xclmhb0IH9TcJ74JDimllK0pMvvWQ73jCSUaSrReoqNQlU QYu/4Sg4Fe+bGyTzYPa2vaaESQaCyGHe9dcsN3I9o7o6qCZ6/fVz0Jwb+Pag8nMdz43m cn8jNxuNlRjkxephCqXj6HCRDh04ZdgLrwJqG+osH4dNk/0+BcF0GqahSlRvmho0HZyy uHoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQll5GRTPi7A97ukXD0o3muDOpt0wm02TKFz4TQccdBMg4s6sU8+oHSWuFLe3HRlCRQuQuxt MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.14.103 with SMTP id o7mr2990044lbc.83.1405673810588; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:56:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.157.166 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:56:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:56:50 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Mask to position offset To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c37abc268c7804fe73f0eb --001a11c37abc268c7804fe73f0eb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Yes, that solves it! Thanks Danny, much appreciated! -- *Phil Bearman* *Phil Bearman Creative Media Solutions* Motion Graphics Design www.PhilBearman.co.uk : Nightclub & Bar ~ Production, Corporate & Events ~ DVD Products *2004-2014 - **Celebrating 10 years in business! * Click here for 10th anniversary video clip giveaway 0161 236 2581 - 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this E-Mail. Please notify the sender immediately by E-Mail if you have received this E-Mail by mistake and delete the E-Mail from your system. E-Mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message or attached documents or for any damage suffered by your computer system caused by any errors or viruses contained in the E-Mail message or any attached documents. On 17 July 2014 19:19, rendernyc wrote: > I think you need to get rid of the transform made to the text layer... > > a quick test with a layer that is not at the comp center... draw mask, > copy, paste to brush position, and then add this expression, and it should > line up > > (position-([width,height]/2))+value > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Phil Bearman > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> This has been bugging me for years so I thought I'd ask the group! >> >> When you draw a mask on a text layer, and then copy and paste into >> position keyframes (eg. in "Write On"), there is always an offset >> (presumably due to it being a continuously rasterised layer). >> >> Does anybody know if there's a way of calculating that offset, and >> therefore write a script to translate the position keyframes to line up >> with the original mask? >> >> Or does such a script already exist? >> >> (I know you can get around this by pre-composing, but I'd rather not do >> that). >> >> Any insight much appreciated! >> >> Phil >> -- >> >> *Phil Bearman* >> >> *Phil Bearman Creative Media Solutions* >> Motion Graphics Design >> >> www.PhilBearman.co.uk : Nightclub & Bar >> ~ Production, Corporate & Events ~ DVD >> Products >> >> *2004-2014 - **Celebrating 10 years in business!* >> >> >> 0161 236 2581 - 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday >> >> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for >> the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not >> disseminate, distribute or copy this E-Mail. Please notify the sender >> immediately by E-Mail if you have received this E-Mail by mistake and >> delete the E-Mail from your system. E-Mail transmission cannot be >> guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, >> corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. >> The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions >> in the contents of this message or attached documents or for any damage >> suffered by your computer system caused by any errors or viruses contained >> in the E-Mail message or any attached documents. >> > > > > -- > danny princz > > vimeo.com/rendernyc > --001a11c37abc268c7804fe73f0eb Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes, that solves it!=C2=A0

Thanks Danny= , much appreciated!

--

Ph= il Bearman

Phi= l Bearman Creative Media Solutions=20
Motion Graphics Design

www.= PhilBearman.co.uk : Nightclu= b=20 & Bar ~ Production, C= orporate=20 & Events ~ DVD Product= s=C2=A0


2004-2014 -=C2=A0Celebrati= ng 10 years in business! =C2=A0=C2=A0Click here for 10th anniversary = video clip giveaway=C2=A0


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On 17 July 2014 19:19, rendernyc <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
I think you need to get rid of the transform made to the t= ext layer...

a quick test with a layer that is not at th= e comp center... draw mask, copy, paste to brush position, and then add thi= s expression, and it should line up

(position-([width,height]/2))+value


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Phil Bearman <AE-L= ist@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Hi all,

= This has been bugging me for years so I thought I'd ask the group!

When you draw a mask on a text layer, and then copy and past= e into position keyframes (eg. in "Write On"), there is always an= offset (presumably due to it being a continuously rasterised layer).

Does anybody know if there's a way of calculating t= hat offset, and therefore write a script to translate the position keyframe= s to line up with the original mask?=C2=A0

Or does= such a script already exist?

(I know you can get around this by pre-composing, but I= 'd rather not do that).

Any insight much appre= ciated!

Phil
--

Ph= il Bearman

Phi= l Bearman Creative Media Solutions=20
Motion Graphics Design

www.= PhilBearman.co.uk : Nightclu= b=20 & Bar ~ Production, C= orporate=20 & Events ~ DVD Product= s=C2=A0

2004-2014 -=C2=A0Celebrating 10 years i= n business!


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