travel mattes in AE?

[Deleted User]

Hello Richard,

It you create a mask using pen tool or any other mask tool shape etc, you can animate the masks movement and make that into a matte if required.

Leo

[Chris Smith]

Mattes can be created through keying, roto (animating the masks), or the luminance of any image using a luma track matte. Your manual will tell you how to use each one. For advice on the best techniques for hand drawn masks, search the cow archives for ‘roto’.

For general use of AE I highly recommend these two books before diving in:

“Creating motion graphics” and “After Effects in Production” by Trish and Chris Meyer. They are essential reads.

Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com

[Richard Smith]

thank you all you’ve been very helpful I will look for these books and will check the manual for other info