-
Is it possible to make a stroke around an object that occludes every layer underneath EXCEPT the background?
I’m making some relatively simple motion graphics animations using nothing but static white icons and text on a purple background. Problem is, whenever these objects cross paths during the animation, they all kinda blend together since they’re all the same color.
I was curious if there was a way to make it so that all of these objects had a stroke around it that “knocked out” the layers underneath so that you could see the background.
Right now I’ve just resorted to giving all of them a colored stroke that matches the background. Only problem is, this looks weird if the background is a different color, like a gradient.
Here’s an example:
Without stroke. Can’t distinguish objects from each other.
https://i1.someimage.com/M4ptWGs.pngWith matching stroke and background. Intended effect, but limits the background to one color.
https://i1.someimage.com/Zt8Q3W7.pngWith stroke and gradient background. Stroke is visible against background.
https://i1.someimage.com/xTrsKj3.pngAny tips?
-
1 Reply
-
the solution you offered seems good enough for me ☺ but if you want to get fancy, this could be done with a little precomposing.
here’s how I would approach this:
assuming these are shape layers (the same principle can work for any layer) I would create this setup for the object layer: bottom layer is the fill, upper layer is the stroke.
then I would set the stroke layer blend mode to silhouette alpha mode. it will knock out all opaque layers underneathe
I will precompose this and press the collapse switch so it will respect this setup in my animation comp
now I can duplicate the man layer and its stroke will knock out all layers underneath
after I am done I can pre-compose again, this time not setting the collapse switch. I will add my background layer:
Roei Tzoref
After Effects Artist & Instructor
♫ Ae Blues Tutorials
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up