• Adobe After Effects

  Copying Mask Points

  Posted by Jesse Mason on February 23, 2016 at 7:47 pm

  Got a simple question but I haven’t had any luck finding an answer.

  Is there any way to copy points of a mask without copying the whole mask?
  I rotoscoped part of a comp but after adding another element to the composition, all the mask points that I didn’t bother animating need to be animated. I’d like to be able to do this without having to change all of the other mask points I’ve already masked.

  An a related note, does anyone have any tips about what to do with excess mask points? I rotoscoped some hair flying around, which required many mask points, but later when the hair lies flat, I have a bunch of extra points rounding the head. Is there an easy way to smooth them out?

  Jesse Mason replied 10 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  February 24, 2016 at 1:03 pm

  Use more than one mask – this way if objects or parts of objects overlap and need more points that later become useless then you do not need to struggle to keep a clean shape.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist
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  Jesse Mason

  February 24, 2016 at 5:51 pm

  Oh doi. Seems obvious now that you point it out. Thanks!

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