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Stroke Effect Reveal Image on Multiple Layers Not Working
I can’t find a post that deals with this problem which surpirses me but maybe I’m just not looking hard enough.
Here’s my problem: I’m applying a stroke effect to reveal image on multiple layers, but it only seems to work on the first layer I apply it to. These layers have A LOT of masks in them but that doesn’t seem to matter, it works fine the first time I try it (no matter which layer) but then it just sits there on the next layer.
I have noticed that the second time I try it, the path pull down box in the effect panel will only let me select ‘none’ or the last mask in the list, I can’t select ‘mask 1’ or anything in-between, this is only in the effect panel. In the timeline I can select whatever I want. I don’t know if this matters because I’m checking the ‘All Masks’ box but it does seem to be a glitch.
I’ve tried precomposing each layer, but that doesn’t help.
What am I doing wrong?
Surly I’m allowed to use this effect on more than one layer, right?Thanks.
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3 Replies
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I dont know if i fully understand what your going for but if your just trying to reveal images with strokes have you tried putting the effect on a black solid with white strokes and using that as a luma matte for the images, or if they all reveal the same way at the same time, dragging the stroked layer to the top of your images and do a stencil alpha (or luma)?
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It turns out it was just a stubborn glitch. After rebooting several times and just walking away for a while, it works just fine. Applying effects the way the AE Gods intended.
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A track matte does only work on the one layer underneath but a stencil alpha or luma blending mode will use that layer as a matte for every layer in your comp underneath it.
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