• Adobe After Effects

  Multiple Masks = No Effect???

  Posted by Alex Kuzelicki on August 16, 2006 at 4:26 am

  Hi,

  I have a masking problem that I’m sure is easy to solve… but not for me!

  Ok, I have some video of a tattoo that I want to glow. So I figured I’d make one layer of the video normal and one layer (of the same video) that gradually burns out then I’d make a mask (on the normal layer) over the tattoo. Which should show the glowing layer underneath.

  In theory, this should be simple… BUT the tattoo design isn’t one simple shape. I have to make multiple separate masks on the normal layer. When I do this, however, I don’t see the glow underneath. It took me ages to figure out that the masks are overlaying each other, effectively blocking out the previous one that I make.

  But, even knowing this doesn’t help! I still can’t figure out how to have multiple masks on the normal layer all showing through the glowing layer underneath.

  Stumped! Would appreciate some advice.

  Thanks kindly in advance,

  ALEX KUZELICKI
  hybrid@bigpond.net.au

  PS – Perhaps I’m doing this all wrong (most likely). Is there an even easier away to achieve the effect I want.

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