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  • illustrator masks to AE masks

    Posted by Lori Newman on August 13, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks in advance for any help. I’m creating a word in Illustrator, copying the mask and pasting in After Effects on a solid. I have to do a morph from a drop of water into the word. Is there a way to set up the file in Illustrator so when I copy the mask it can come into AE as just one mask, instead of several (masks that drop out holes in letters) because I can’t figure out how to morph with all of those separate masks in AE.

    thanks!!

    Bobby Shepherd replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Bobby Shepherd

    August 13, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Unfortunately not.

    It’s more of a physical impossibility than a deficiency in either program. One mask for the outer, one for the inner.

    You can probably get a good start by using the AI paths, but this situation will require a LOT of manual tweaking.

    Good luck,
    -B

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