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Trying to mask inside shape layer without sucess
I’ve been searching for an answer to this and I can’t find it anywhere so hopefully someone can help.
I’m using CS5 and I’m trying to use a mask on a shape layer. The shape layer consists of a stroke using the trim paths (i’m animating a line that I want to go behind something) Here are the things I’ve tried:
1 creating a mask in the layer the bounding box for the mask can’t be seen and doesn’t mask anything out.
2. creating the mask I want in a solid and copying and pasting the “path” property from the solid mask to the shape mask. – again nothing seems to happen
3. I’ve tried using “merge layers” in conjunction with an ellipse tool, set to booth intersect and subtract. When I do this I place it underneath the “shape” and “ellipse” and the entire stroke disappears. As soon as I uncheck merge layers it returns.
What am I missing, is there an easy way to mask the shape layer?
Thanks!
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6 Replies
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i know it may make it hard to work with but, precompose?
idk if that feature is in CS5, but you can also put it in its own composition yourself and then drag the composition in.
you can mask that anyway you want
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For what I’m doing that works! So that’s what I will do for now, but I feel like it should be possible to mask a shape layer…
Anyway thank you for the suggestion!
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Select the shape layer, choose a masking tool, click the “Tool Creates Mask” option, good to go.
Here is an example:
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Generally I’d recommend using an Alpha Track Matte.
You could alternatively use a masked solid or shape layer with the continuously rasterize switch on as a matte with the Set Matte effect.
Darby Edelen
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you are a hero
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Life saver!
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