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Mask tool is broke?
I have created a layer and then applied the Text effect to it. I have pre-composed the layer and am attempting to add a mask to the pre-comp but whatever I do, the mask does not affect the pre-comped layer. I see the bounding box of my mask but it does absolutely nothing.
I’m using CS3 pro in OS 10.5.5. dual core Intel.It’e really rather frustrating because it should be such a simple operation.
Anyone else encountered this?
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Huh, I just tried that. (Created a Solid, applied Basic Text, precomped and masked.
When you precomped, were you sure to check “Move all attributes into the new composition”? if you did, it should work fine. But I can confirm that a mask does not appear to affect the basic text effect (which would happen if you had “leave all attributes” checked instead). I believe this has to do with the render order in AE (masks, then effects).
Can I ask why you didn’t just use the text tool instead of the text effect?
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I believe the timecode text effect will do this pretty easily. You can make a 5 minute comp, then nest that and reverse the timing (which sounds like what you’re already trying to do, and masking out the frame umbers?). Or there’s also the numbers text tool (just set it to use time and keyframe the offset).
Otherwise, you’d need to delve into expressions.
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You can ask me anything you like but I’m not confident I can give you a good answer. I am trying to make a clock to count down from 5 minutes for a fight show. Does the text tool do that? I can’t try at the moment because I’m exporting my clock to try and work around the mask thing.
Thanks very much for the answer. This would have driven me batty eventually and will save me quite a bit of time I’m sure.
Cheers.
Paul Whishaw
PDVpro.com
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Thanks for the reply. I thought I was on crack or something.
Paul Whishaw
PDVpro.com
“If it moves, We’ll Shoot it”
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