• Adobe After Effects

  Masking on multiple layers

  Posted by Emily Allett on January 22, 2014 at 10:52 am

  Hiya.

  I have seen this covered before on CC, however, not with the issue I am having.

  I need to create a mask that covers all layers under the top layer.
  I have tried to use an adjustment layer, but it just isnt working for me.

  Basically, whenever I create a mask, it follows the items around, so its not a true mask. See the attached image for what I am trying to mask.

  Hope someone can help. Its probably the easiest thing, but I just can’t work it out.

  Thanks 🙂

  Darby Edelen replied 12 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Todd Kopriva

  January 22, 2014 at 4:25 pm

  You are in the process of being helped with this here:
  https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1385612

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  Darby Edelen

  January 22, 2014 at 9:40 pm

  The stencil and silhouette alpha blend modes are also good options. These would be applied to a solid layer above the layers you want to mask.

  Darby Edelen

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