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  AE CS3 – bad news from the stars –

  Posted by Sebastien Allain on May 15, 2007 at 3:44 pm

  Is there anyone who succeed to copy/paste a path from a mask to the new shape tool ?

  For example, the shape tool let me make a star or a circle.. great
  but what about the strange form I have made with AE7 with the mask tool and I want now to paste into ??

  bad news ?

  sebastien

  Sebastien Allain replied 18 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Sebastien Allain

  May 15, 2007 at 3:53 pm

  oh!

  i’ve just found part of my answer:
  for one shape at time, make any shape with a key frame on the trace. Set a key on the mask you want to transfer, copy this key and paste it on the trace’s key.

  It work for a simple mask.. nice
  now I want to translate my strange form with its 15 masks intersected…

  Any faster way ?

  sebastien
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  Adolfo Rozenfeld

  May 15, 2007 at 4:17 pm

  It’s much easier, Sebastien.
  Select the mask shape path property and copy it.
  In the Shape layer add a generic path (Add > Path). Select the shape path property and paste. You will of course need to add stroke and/or fill attributes so that it’s visible.

  Adolfo Rozenfeld
  Buenos Aires – Argentina
  ar(AT)adolforozenfeld.com
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  Sebastien Allain

  May 15, 2007 at 4:33 pm

  you’re right ! much easier.
  Have you another interesting point of view for multiple mask translation ?

  sebastien

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