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Need help with Paint Effect
I created a Text layer that I erase with the paint effect (AE 7.0) using the eraser tool. Everything worked OK, I then created a layer, a solid that was sized like an eraser and wanted it to follow the exact same path as the stroke set by the eraser. I went to the keyframes set under the *end* property of the eraser parameter, and copied them…then pasted them onto the position property of the solid layer, worked perfectly. Did exactly what I wanted it to do.
But then, I tried to do it again just moments later, and now I can’t re-create what I did…it tells me that it can’t paste temporal keyframes onto a spatial property, which I understand…but from what I remember, I had just done it!
Any ideas as to what I am missing? I’m sure it’s simple…I can’t paste the path from the paint layer to the position property, and it definitely wasn’t parenting…I just can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.
Any help?
-Jason
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Well, after much experimentation (it’s 3:30am!) I found that I could circumvent the issue by copying the shape of the brush stroke and applying it to a mask…then copying the mask shape to the position property…it seems like I did it easier last time though.
New question, if anyone is listening at all!
When I try to match the movement of a paint stroke from one layer…I’m trying to mimic the *leave behind* of the chalk on the board when it is wiped off. So I am trying to do a blurry white brush stroke…same path. But when I apply it, the timing is off…still just 2 keyframes at the exact place in timeline…but the brushes go out of sync in the middle of the stroke. Why?
-Jason (I’m going to bed!)
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