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Simple Text mask
Posted by Shawn Bann on March 17, 2011 at 7:26 pmfor some reason im stuck on this simple task. can not find any basic info on it in the help.
i want to mask a text element BUT the Mask buttons are greyed out.
am i missing something?
Shawn Bann replied 15 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 7 Replies -
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Stephen Smith
March 17, 2011 at 7:37 pmPlace the text in a group and mask to the group.
Stephen Smith
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Shawn Bann
March 17, 2011 at 7:41 pmstephen, thanks for the quick response. grouping doesn’t work either.
will upload a snapshot
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Shawn Bann
March 17, 2011 at 7:45 pm -
Stephen Smith
March 17, 2011 at 7:50 pmSorry, I forgot to mention. If you are in 3D then you need to select the group that has the text and then hit F4 to open up the Group tab. Check the Flatten checkbox. Hope this helps and best of luck.
Stephen Smith
Utah Video ProductionsCheck out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Motion Tutorials
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Andy Neil
March 17, 2011 at 8:27 pm
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