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Change Mask Starting Point
I am attempting to draw a path for 3d Stroke by using a mask within After Effects.
I drew a path with the pen tool, thinking the path would begin at the start of the first point I drew. However, for some reason when I animate a stroke on that path, it starts at around the 3rd point that I drew, so when I start animating the stroke using the start/end commands it starts drawing it at the wrong spot.
Is there a way to change the “starting” point of the mask?
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7 Replies
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Select the mask vertex you want to be the starting point and select “make first vertex” from the dropdown menus at the top of the program window … I don’t recall off-hand which one its in, but it should be pretty easy to find.
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Hmmm, for some reason “set first vertex” is grayed out.
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It looks like it’s grayed out because I don’t just have one point selected, but how the heck do I select just one point? If I click on one it highlights the entire path.
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In the comp window, you should just need to click off the mask once to deselect it, then simply click the vertex you want to select … I’m still on CS3 so I hope Adobe hasn’t made such a simple thing more complicated in CS4.
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For whatever reason, every time I was clicking on one vertex (even after deselecting them all) it was selecting everything. I just restarted the program and then I was able to pick one at a time.
Odd.
Thanks!
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wow, i had been trying some silly work around on my last project for exactly this issue. thanks for bringing this to light. i wonder why the first pen point isn’t set as the first vertex by default? seems like that would be a bit more intuitive.
thanks again!
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