Masking effects

[Thorsten Miess]

no i think no. i also was asking this question but i never found an answer. But you can mask an effect of an Adjustment Layer

[Joakim Åberg]

But adjustment layers affect all layers bellow right?

[Mike Clasby]

If you want to mask off a certan area of a layer, duplicate the layer (Ctrl D), put a msk on the top layer, and add the effect to that top layer.

Is that what you want?

[Joakim Åberg]

It´s what I want, but without duplicating the layer.

[Mike Clasby]

What wrong with a duplicate layer?

If you want just one showing, select both, then Layer>Precompose and “move all attributes”.

[Joakim Åberg]

It´s annoying and unnecessary to have more layers, in my opinion. An effect mask is obvious for me.. I don´t understand why you want to make it more difficult.

[Mike Clasby]

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=57

[Joe Johnson]

Classic. Worth Necro’ing the thread just to give you props Mike.

[Amir Stone]

Yes the new version of AE CC allows you to do this.

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/apply-effects-masks.html

Amir (AE Developer)