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can this be done? My favorite Photoshop trick
Hi everyone
I am learning AE after years working with Photoshop.
My favorite trick in PS is to create an adjustment layer like raising
curves for instance then adding a layer mask to that layer, filling with black to hide the effect then using a white brush to delicately bring areas of the curves layer back into the image.Can this be done in AE? Will it track if I am panning?
I am aware that this may have been covered already but I am so new to this program that the terminology is new to me and searching is less effective.
thanks in advance
Heath -
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After Effects has adjustment layers but they differ from Photoshop’s in one significant way. They apply to *all* layers below and cannot be clipped to a single layer. You can mask the adjustment layer (similar to a vector mask in PS) to affect only specific areas of the layers beneath or use a Track matte (similar to a pixel based mask) on the Adjustment layer.
For Adjustment layers see:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7e98a.html
For Track Mattes see:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7cf9a.html
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