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Custom Shapes and Masks
Dear Video / Film / Web Community,
I was experimenting to see if I could create some interesting elements using the masks in After Effects, and I came up with a few decent ones. I used the custom shapes that come with Photoshop as a base so that I would have some sort of directionto go in…The conclusion I came up with is that the mask tool is quite powerful and the file size is very small.
If you would like to use them, just go to http://www.theanvel.com and click on free AE 6.5 custom shapes animations.
As usual they are royalty free, so use them however you like.
Thanks
Dean Velez
Adobe Applications Engineer
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2 Replies
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Great work Dean. Thought you might like to know you didn’t replace the words “text distractions” next to the movie button 🙂
best,
JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
https://www.motionworks.com.au -
Dean,
Great tip for folks. I also frequently use the Illustrator shapes as both masks and motion paths (great spiral, for example).
Another one is to use dingbat fonts in the AE text tool.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com
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