• Adobe After Effects

  Masking in After Effects!?!?

  Posted by Zach Youngblood on November 1, 2013 at 4:54 pm

  I have a shape that I made in Illustrator that I want to import into AE and use as a mask to hide several objects on several different layers. I want everything around the shape to be masked and everything within the shape to be visible. How can I achieve this?????

  Erik Waluska replied 12 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Joseph W. bourke

  November 1, 2013 at 6:33 pm

  Here’s all you need to know:
  https://provideocoalition.com/cmg_keyframes/story/pasting_paths_from_illustrator_to_after_effects/

  Joe Bourke
  Owner/Creative Director
  Bourke Media
  http://www.bourkemedia.com
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  Erik Waluska

  November 1, 2013 at 9:56 pm

  Probably the easiest way would be to import your illustrator shape, pre-compose it and the layers you want to mask (the shape should be the top layer), and set the shape’s blending mode to Stencil Alpha.

  Erik Waluska
  EAWmedia

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