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    Soften edges

    Posted by Ari Grunzeweig on November 2, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    Hi,

    I have a bunch of photoshop files, that are people where I have deleted a white BG.

    I’m using them all in after effects. Is there a way to control the edge feather within AE? The same way you would by creating a mask in AE, using the feather and mask expansion controls?

    I’ve tried the matte choker.. but I didn’t find it great.

    Thanks!!

    Mike Clasby replied 17 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Ben Weller

    November 2, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    could you possibly duplicate the layer, then put it behind the original, and give it a slight blur? this is a technique i use in photoshop a lot, although ive never used it in after effects.
    although if you do find another way i would be quite interested to know, as i need to do something similar.

    Ben Weller

    http://www.keywoundmotor.co.uk

  • Mike Clasby

    November 3, 2008 at 3:16 am

    You can use Layer>Auto Trace (tolerance and threshold at 1) to create a mask that you can expand/contract and soften as you would any other AE mask. Would that do it?

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