• Adobe After Effects

  scaling images in a mask

  Posted by Chris H on July 13, 2006 at 11:14 pm

  Hi-Simple question that I can’t figure out. I have a mask and I want to scale the image being masked, leaving the mask as is. How do I do this?
  Thanks

  choop

  Chris H replied 19 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Matt Wafaie

  July 13, 2006 at 11:40 pm

  do you mean the mask stays as it is by not scaling or the mask stays as it is in proportion to the image therefore scaling as well?
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  Michael Duff

  July 13, 2006 at 11:53 pm

  I’m not really sure of an answer, but I’ve got a couple possible work arounds.

  maybe you could pre-comp, and select “leave attributes” then scale everything up within the pre-comp?

  or instead of using a mask, make a track matte layer – then you can control both layers independently

  Michael Duff –
  Bearcage Productions, Australia
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  Stormdave

  July 14, 2006 at 3:37 am

  There are workarounds but there is no way to resize the image underlaying a mask. You can however change position…My suggestion would be to CUT the mask (CTRL+X or CMD+X on a Mac) and then resize your layer, and paste the mask on it. Make sure to make a backup of your layer just in case.
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  Stormdave

  July 14, 2006 at 3:46 am

  I skipped the part where you need to precomp your layer THEN paste the mask. Sorry for that, guys.
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  Chris H

  July 17, 2006 at 8:31 pm

  Thanks for the info everyone! Very helpful.

  choop

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