masking and precomposing layer doesn't continually rasterize


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masking and precomposing layer doesn't continually rasterize
by Jason Brown on Feb 26, 2008 at 3:30:30 am

Hey Guys...

I've got a vector layer, I need to mask it, so that it scales from outside the mask (it's a circle with a hole) and appears inside the mask.

I had to precompose it and mask the comp. But when I put all the layers animated into my final comp (It's 3D)...that one layer won't continually rasterize.

Any ideas other than precomposing to mask a layer...it involves scaling, so when I scale the layer, it scales the mask. I guess I could animate the scale of the mask in mask shape property.

-Jason

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Re: masking and precomposing layer doesn't continually rasterize
by Darby Edelen on Feb 26, 2008 at 6:53:05 am

[Jason Brown] "it involves scaling, so when I scale the layer, it scales the mask. I guess I could animate the scale of the mask in mask shape property."

I would recommend applying the mask to a solid above the layer you want to mask and using it as an alpha track matte.

Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA

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Re: masking and precomposing layer doesn't continually rasterize
by Jason Brown on Feb 26, 2008 at 1:25:21 pm

That's exactly the workaround I came up with late last night!

Thanks so much for the response...I knew there had to be a way to do it.

-Jason Brown
Director of Photography
Fusework Studios

"I love the COW!"

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