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Scaling Eliptical Mask
Hi All,
Still struggeling though noobie stuff little by little! I have footage and I created a solid layer on top of it. I used the elipse tool to create a round mask. Now I’m trying to scale the mask but when I grab one of the corner handels for the circlier mask and use shift it scales it down proportionatly but moves it as it’s scaling it. I think it’s scaling the whole layer down? I want to scale it without moving it. I know it’s probably a simple answer but I can’t figure it out!Thanks,
James -
3 Replies
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try moving the anchor point of the layer into the middle of the ellipse. To do so, click on the ‘pan behind tool’ (left of the ellipse tool) and drag the anchor point into the middle.
Hope ive helped,
Pat Jaeger -
If you double click on the mask, or select it in the timeline and hit ctrl+t, you’ll get the bounding box for the mask. This might make it easier to work with, plus you’ll be certain you’re not scaling the whole layer.
Grab one of the corners and hold shift so you’re scaling proportionately, plus ctrl so you’re scaling from the centre of the mask. Hopefully this is what you mean by “scaling without moving”.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysFX -
Thanks guys the pan behind trick worked. I’ll try the cntl L also. I haven’t used the pan behind tool yet I didn’t know what it’s for. I guess it’s time to read about it now!!
Thanks again,
James
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