Creative COW | Alex Barratt | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/alexbarratt/activity/ Activity feed for Alex Barratt. Sat, 16 May 2026 07:36:55 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 d55db279a78b714565ef124fcb234eae Alex Barratt replied to the discussion create mask not shape layer in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/create-mask-not-shape-layer/#post-261941 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:05:28 +0000 Reply to create mask not shape layer

I’m not sure if this is the real fix, but a way you can work around it is by creating a shape layer first, and then using those tools on that layer.
Layer > New > Shape Layer
And then use Pen/Rectangle Tool.
Cheers,
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Alex T. Barratt
Multimedia Designer

]]> 7004c161e92ba029fe5c126e7b0c436c Alex Barratt started the discussion Prism Effect Customization in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/prism-effect-customization/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:01:40 +0000 Prism Effect Customization

Hey all,
I’m currently working on a prism effect in AE, and I was wondering if anyone could help me bring all the duplicate layers back to the center to merge them all.
Here’s footage of what it looks like so far without the layers merging to the center.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btxiWlHo9Ig

So far I’ve made this by manually positioning… Read more

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