• Adobe After Effects

  Multiple Masks Shortcut

  Posted by Dave O’dowd on April 12, 2009 at 8:45 pm

  Does anybody know of a keyboard shortcut to create a new open mask on the same layer that I have just created a mask on?

  I’m using the Stroke on many layers, and it’s a pain to have to finish an open mask path, de-select a layer, and then re-select it to make a new mask… It’d be great to just press a button and have an end put to the open mask I just finished.

  Whatcha think?

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  Dave O’dowd replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Adolfo Rozenfeld

  April 13, 2009 at 4:47 am

  If you press the alt or control modifiers (Win) or option/command (Mac), you temporarily leave the pen tool to enter a marquee selection mode for nodes. Just click anywhere except a mask node, and that will commit the current mask. And the pen tool will be active to create the next mask.

  Is that what you need?

  Adolfo Rozenfeld · Adobe
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  Dave O’dowd

  April 13, 2009 at 5:40 am

  AWESOME!!!
  Yes, that is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks So Much!!
  Happy Easter!!

  Dave

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