• Adobe After Effects

  Custom Shapes and Masks

  Posted by Dean Velez on August 29, 2005 at 5:45 pm

  Dear Video / Film / Web Community,
  I was experimenting to see if I could create some interesting elements using the masks in After Effects, and I came up with a few decent ones. I used the custom shapes that come with Photoshop as a base so that I would have some sort of direction

  to go in…The conclusion I came up with is that the mask tool is quite powerful and the file size is very small.

  If you would like to use them, just go to http://www.theanvel.com and click on free AE 6.5 custom shapes animations.

  As usual they are royalty free, so use them however you like.

  Thanks
  Dean Velez
  Adobe Applications Engineer
  for Digital Video / West Coast

  Jim Kanter replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Dickinson

  August 29, 2005 at 8:10 pm

  Great work Dean. Thought you might like to know you didn’t replace the words “text distractions” next to the movie button 🙂

  best,

  JD

  John Dickinson
  Motionworks
  https://www.motionworks.com.au
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  Jim Kanter

  August 29, 2005 at 10:22 pm

  Dean,

  Great tip for folks. I also frequently use the Illustrator shapes as both masks and motion paths (great spiral, for example).

  Another one is to use dingbat fonts in the AE text tool.

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com

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