Animate a mask’s position w/o moving the layer

[Ty Wood]

I was actually looking for how to move a layer independent of the mask (actually, animate a mask independent of it’s layers movement, because both of these needed separately animated).

The track matte worked great, it was super easy and pretty simple to do.

Thanks Jeremy for answering! Another AE trick learned! I’m glad the thread wasn’t a dead end ‘post somewhere else’ or ‘look at the manual’.

t.w.

[Bianca Morm]

This worked perfect for me. Thank you!

[Preston Parish]

FWIW, this thread lead me to the EXACT solution I was looking for — thanks to Jeremy Allen! I googled “how to stop a mask from moving with layer”, and this was the first hit.

Thanks for saving me some time!

[Jacob Nazarenko]

Speaking of masks and moving them, IS THERE ANY ALTERNATIVE TO A “POSITIONS” SECTION FOR A MASK? I have a video clip where two invisible walls slide onto and off of some text as the background video passes over a certain area. I have motion captured the location of the walls successfully and have applied the data to two “transparent” shapes (opacity set to 0%), but have recently learned that the only way to hide the text with a transparent cover is masks and their “subtract” option (right?). Unfortunately, a certain layer can only be affected by its own masks, so I was wondering if there was some way I could apply the motion capture data (or keyframed positions) of the shape layers to a mask that belongs to the text layer in order to make it slide onto the text, wiping it off at a certain moment. Is there any way I can do this or achieve my general goal?

Thanks,
Jacob

[Jose Alfaro]

It is an old post but is it still helping. Indeed it helped me. Thanks Jeremy.

[Leonard Van rhijn]

5 years later.
Found for post.
For me it was very usefull, a great help.
Thanks.
Leonard

[Deepak Vijayan]

U rock. I support you. I signed up just to like your comment. Thank you.

[Jay Falk]

A quick thanks for your answer.

I agree that sarcasm is a totally unhelpful way to respond to people’s requests – Joey seems to forget that anything is voodoo until you know how to do it, whether it be using a track matte or extending a scene for a feature film. Showing disdain and mocking other users skill levels is for me not a good look. To berate you for answering in more detail than maybe was needed is also daft – there is no problem in offering more help than was requested, where I come from we call that excellent service!

Too much time on his hands I guess.

Thanks for your answer – much appreciated.