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  • Adding a mask to my pre-comp negates the adjustment layers inside it.

    Posted by Andrew Davies on July 25, 2018 at 2:47 pm

    Inside a precomp I have a colorama effect on an adjustment layer along with a few other layers. In a Master comp, I’ve placed the precomp and turned on CR so that all the layers underneath in hte Master are affected by the colorama effect. Now I want to animate a circular mask over the precomp so that all it’s layers, including the adjustment layer effect, are masked at the same time, but whatever I try negates the colorama effect.
    So far I’ve tried:
    – applying a mask directly to the precomp
    – applying a circle effect on the precomp
    – using a separate layer as a track matte

    Is this a known limitation of precomping adjustment layers? Are there any work-arounds?

    Thanks
    Andrew

    Andrew Davies replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Steve Bentley

    July 25, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    Its the continually rasterize button that’s causing the “issue”.
    What about just putting the colorama effect on each layer in the precomp and linking the effect’s values to a master effect via expressions? That way when you change one you change them all.

  • Andrew Davies

    July 25, 2018 at 6:31 pm

    the colorama effect is to affect the layers in the Master comp not the precomp so linking via experssions won’t work.
    Thanks though.

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