From: "Phil Bearman" Received: from mail-lb0-f174.google.com ([209.85.217.174] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5531300 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:20:53 +0200 Received: by mail-lb0-f174.google.com with SMTP id c11so6042774lbj.19 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:20:54 -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=A97i+efmOuedf2F4oTIc34dszb1aeQBzdeZhc8Fl/pY=; b=GxmwmifOBGicB0FVuk08LbB2RnPpd7+2C7QsUy8ygoRP/QOC8TbvNs4hrDHf9HWtze QVN7cm6vO3wG6vYaVN5Dhrlx62+LGyDpNm6yH/Ob0qwkIrtwL5Q304LC6bsUrmfOsoW1 7k8sbwWgiON049hmsAREDhK3H6ZnYsh3MvPzD/XSHTU85OnXbzPN3OVRoSjwTjlt7z5L vSyz3dnrDFLqOkVAXwB6B8d+sVIB5iX6mVgxLyLBXt5HY5CFq76S0+6L8kdV/14tiFq4 8/Qjgp1jygy4RA1v4sh1+kQLXzmmedg7yRZ/ZP0AakIpP7/onA0nXTyc0HhnOsLGNcmr 9WWw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn/bL39YQ3cVhzNo7jROt4UUdi3BTHwCtBCRR3UrS725hdtv0+JxB90OUJgKYbGOoIJeYxH MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.14.103 with SMTP id o7mr18607109lbc.83.1406038854009; Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:20:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.1.164 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:20:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:20:53 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Mask to position offset To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c37abc6f1ab704fec8eee5 --001a11c37abc6f1ab704fec8eee5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Indeed! I've saved it as a preset and called it "Mask Offset Correction" :-) I made an animated font recently which involved using masks (on over one hundred different glyphs) which were then pasted as position keyframes, and all of them had to be manually shifted to the correct position - if only I'd thought to ask about this at the time I could have saved a lot of time! Cheers, 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! * 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. 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On 18 July 2014 15:54, rendernyc wrote: > no problem. had that same issue the other day, but since i was in the > moment couldnt stop and see why... > just moved it where i needed it > > now to remember to save this somewhere for next time :) > > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Phil Bearman > wrote: > >> 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. 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Indeed! I've saved it as a preset and called it "= Mask Offset Correction" :-)

I made an animated font= recently which involved using masks (on over one hundred different glyphs)= which were then pasted as position keyframes, and all of them had to be ma= nually shifted to the correct position - if only I'd thought to ask abo= ut this at the time I could have saved a lot of time!

Cheers,
Phil

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On 18 July 2014 15:54, rendernyc <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
no problem. had that same issue the other day, but since i= was in the moment couldnt stop and see why...
just moved it where i ne= eded it

now to remember to save this somewhere for= next time :)


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Phil Bearman <AE-L= ist@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Yes, that solves it!=C2=A0<= div>
Thanks Danny, much appreciated!

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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-List@media-moti= on.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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