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Masking
Hi everyone,
I got a simple question that really drives me mad:
I draw a mask on a solid. I click one time, move the cursor and click a second time.
https://www.easyphotoupload.com/uploads/66d1917056.png
Then I move the cursor to a different location and click and drag to draw a bezier curve
https://www.easyphotoupload.com/uploads/2e0c1d706d.png
Now my question – after that I would like to get a straight line to the next point that I click – but I always get another bezier curve as shown in the next picture:
https://www.easyphotoupload.com/uploads/1c517e7cf6.png
I know – I could change the Bezier afterwards by adjusting the bezier handles, but this will never give me REALLY straight line. Also I could click on the point to change bezier into linear, but this will also transform all other bezier curves in the current mask.
There must be a simple “trick” for this.
Thanks!
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1 Reply
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Unfortunately, AE masks aren’t the most awesome masks in the world. If a point has bezier handles then it has to have them on both the incoming and outgoing side.
My suggestion would be to try creating another linear vertex just after the bezier vertex. If the linear vertex is close enough to it, then it should appear to be a continuation of the curve or a straight line and you can create more straight lines from there.
Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA
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