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    Move masks to a different layer?

    Posted by Dina Hodgson on March 5, 2008 at 8:22 pm

    Hi

    Is it possible to move a number of masks which are currently on a layer onto a different layer instead?

    I re-rendered out some footage from 3Ds Max and wanted to replace that part of my AE movie but need the masks on the new layer instead.

    Thanks

    Liz

    Jason Milligan replied 18 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jason Milligan

    March 5, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    You could use the layers with the masks as a track matte.

    Otherwise, add as many masks to the new layer as the previous layer has. Select the mask properties per mask and copy and paste. I don’t know of any faster method.

  • Dina Hodgson

    March 6, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks for your responses, I used the copy/paste masks option – I’ll bare the replace-footage option in mind for future though.

    Cheers,

    Liz

  • Jason Milligan

    March 6, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    Nice, Dave.
    That’s pretty clever.

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