Select and drag multiple vertices w/ pen tool

	Re: Select and drag multiple vertices w/ pen tool by Dave LaRonde on Jun 19, 2008 at 3:00:52 pm [Michael Osland] "idk what I was doing wrong. " Basically, you only use the pen tool to create mask vertices. You use the selection tool -- the arrow cursor, use the v key choose it -- to do pretty much everything else, including moving and modifying individual vertices, lassoing groups of vertices, etc. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Select and drag multiple vertices w/ pen tool by Dave LaRonde on Jun 20, 2008 at 8:02:59 pm When I have a mask that isn't quite square, I just select the offending mask vertex, then move it by using the up-down-right-left arrow keys to get it right. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Select and drag multiple vertices w/ pen tool by Dave LaRonde on Jun 20, 2008 at 8:23:15 pm [Michael Osland] "I want to simply copy the mask area around the leg and make it the same for multiple frames so it doesn't "jitter around" as much. " Oh. Well, that's the danger of AE rotoscoping, because you can'tdo what you want. Because each Mask Position keyframe represents a SET of mask vertices, you'll have to change the bad mask vertices for every keyframe involved. You can bet that people have been crabbing about this particular shortcoming of AE for a long, long time. I get the feeling that after many years of hearing people crab, the folks at Adobe would have fixed it if they could. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Select and drag multiple vertices w/ pen tool by Ron Lindeboom on Jun 20, 2008 at 8:40:07 pm [Dave LaRonde] "...that's the danger of AE rotoscoping, because you can't do what you want. Because each Mask Position keyframe represents a SET of mask vertices, you'll have to change the bad mask vertices for every keyframe involved." Ah, Dave, the new Advanced AE Rotoscoping title from the Creative COW Master Series, featuring Pete O'Connell, has some strategies and ways that GREATLY speed up the roto capabilities of After Effects. If you would like to do a review or just get to know it, please write Kathlyn, Dave, and let her know that you would like a copy. Give her your address. I think you will be blown away by what's on the DVD. I sure was. Best regards, Ron Lindeboom Remember: Burt Bacharach lied. What the world really needs now is an undo button. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Select and drag multiple vertices w/ pen tool by Dave LaRonde on Jun 20, 2008 at 10:45:00 pm [Ron Lindeboom] "If you would like to do a review or just get to know it, please write Kathlyn, Dave, and let her know that you would like a copy. Give her your address. I think you will be blown away by what's on the DVD. I sure was." Thank you, sir. I'll do that on Monday. But right now, I'm getting out of Bizarro World, aka flood-stricken downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a little weekend R&R. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index