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Is it possible to fade from one mask shape to the next?
Hi there
I have keyframed a mask growing out and expanding, there is a keyframe every 2 frames, I have put each keyframe on HOLD because I dont like the way AE creates movement between the frames, however I would like to fade from one keyframe to the next if that is possible? I have tried just keyframing the opacity of the mask however that gets rid of the mask completely. I guess would I need 2 layers of the same mask, and fade between both?
Thanks in advance!
Dan
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1 Reply
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Here’s one possible recipe:
- try precomposing your masked animation,
- speed up the layer 200% so you have one mask-keyframe per frame.
- render that comp with alpha to a movie
- import the movie and use it as an aplha-trackmatte on the original non-masked layer,
- stretch the alpha-movie 200% slower and enable frameblending.
Here’s another:
- pre-compose the masked animation
- duplicate the layer and shift all the mask-keyframes one frame to the right
- set both layers to opacity 50% and alpha-add mode
- use that pre-comp as an alpha-tracmatte to the original footage.
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