no auto trace?

[Justin Productions]

Auto-Trace traces a mask around a keyed footage (with transparency; alpha). You could send a screenshot of your comp and monitor window here, that would help.

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

[Zander]

ok heres the shot keyed, with the auto trace dialogue
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/amz370/screansettings.jpg

heres it with auto trace done
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/amz370/timeline.jpg

and a close up of the timeline, any additional shots can be added
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/amz370/aftertrace.jpg

Aaron Zander-Student edditor
If it’s out there and it does somethign to something,
teach me how to use it
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[Justin Productions]

You need to apply the auto-trace to your keyed footage, and not on a Layer. By the way, it’s not geenscean but green screen.

In you timeline, just to the left of your layer, you’ll see a little triangle. Untwirl it, you’ll see “Mask”…untwirl that too and there you go.

Does that respond to your question?

Auto-trace is simply used to create an outline around a keyed layer. For example, you could apply Render > Stroke to it and make the mask a stroke (in the effect window) around your keyed auto-traced footage, etc.

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

[Zander]

well yes, now i get the trace and thanbk you BUT, im following along in Aharon’s demo, and he has a second layer, a solid created by the autotrace, i can’t achieve this, im so confused

for referance on aharon’s footage check the tuturials (the non ipod version should be posted tonight, as they are a week behind

and yes, i know, i didn’t title the footage, silly directors, what do they know right?

thanks again

Aaron Zander-Student edditor
If it’s out there and it does somethign to something,
teach me how to use it
Powerbook g4 1.5 GHz (it might not be big, but i can take it on set
fcp 5, ae 6.5pro adobe cs2

[Zander]

ok, so heres a compare image

the top is aharons file with the auto trace, the bottom is mine (with fixed spelling!), ive done everything identicly, i can’t figure out whats up here?

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/amz370/compare.jpg

Aaron Zander-Student edditor
If it’s out there and it does somethign to something,
teach me how to use it
Powerbook g4 1.5 GHz (it might not be big, but i can take it on set
fcp 5, ae 6.5pro adobe cs2

[Aharon Rabinowitz]

one of the options is to create a new solid with the masks called “Apply to New Layer” if you don’t have that option selected it will just creat the mask on the original layer.

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