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    Copying a mask

    Posted by Fred Matthews on January 4, 2006 at 5:31 pm

    Should I be able to copy a mask from one line to another? I changed a video element in my timeline but want all the masking to be the same. CTRL c, CTRL v doesn’t work.

    Thanks for your help,

    Fred Matthews replied 20 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Mike Clasby

    January 4, 2006 at 5:47 pm

    CTRL c, CTRL v should work, you just need to select (highlight) the mask shape. Select the layer then type “m”, that will twirl down the mask for the layer, select the mask shape and copy, then paste onto your new layer.

    Also for future reference, if you want the mask shape to become a path for another layer you can copy/paste the mask shape of one layer into the Position of another layer.

  • Fred Matthews

    January 4, 2006 at 5:58 pm

    Thanks. Not certain why it didn’t work the first time but it did this time.

    Thanks

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