[Pedro Amaral]

s there any way to check mask dimensions (with or without scripts)? If not a squared mask, any way I can see the dimensions of its bounding box?

I rarely use expressions or scripts so I wouldn’t know how to do this through a script…

Hi,

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

Well yes the “Shape…” property will show me the coordinates but like you said these values are not directly associated with the masks bounding box and therefore I will have to do the maths to get the Height and Width values.

I am just looking for a quick way to check the dimensions of a selected mask (not even asking for a way to edit its dimensions by inserting values, that would be just awesome), something like looking at a solid’s properties (Cmd+Shift+Y) and having width and height displayed and editable.

While creating a motion reel with animated wireframes for a mobile app, and as in early stages of the creative process I am making bits and pieces of the design directly in After Effects rather than going back and forth to Illustrator or Photoshop. I make everything with masks (not a big fan of Shape Layers) directly in AE and would be nice to have access to some more details and control over the masks I create.

I’ve been patiently waiting to see Masks a little bit more improved and powerful for awhile now, it would be nice to see new (relevant) mask features on future AE versions.

Thanks anyway!

[Pedro Amaral]

Hi,

So… 6 years later I come up with the same question:
Is there any way to check mask dimensions (with or without scripts)? If not a squared mask, any way I can see the dimensions of its bounding box?

I rarely use expressions or scripts so I wouldn’t know how to do this through a script…

Isn’t this kind of a basic thing to be missing on such product?

Thanks!

[Pedro Amaral]

Thank you for your reply.

Yes I know about the rectangle it is something like an image on Illustrator in Outline mode. Anyway I mentioned if there would be a way to make it work on masks only.

I guess I will have to do it by having all the masks I need on one layer and use it as a outline reference for all the other layers.

Thank you for your time and reply.

[Pedro Amaral]

Hi Dave,

Thank you for your time and your reply.

Sorry for the lack of information on my post, what I meant by wiping was an effect that could work like a transition, anyway, I figured out a way to make it work in my case, thank you anyway.
I couldn’t find any other way to have more control over the effect though…

I have a new issue now, this time with the Liquify effect.
I’d like to know how could I (after animating using the warp tool) animate the Reconstruction tool to “undo” the warp effect?

thank you

[Pedro Amaral]

Thank you for your quick replies!

Well yeah I totally forgot do Pre-comp it!

Worked like charm!

Thank you so much for your help guys!

[Pedro Amaral]

Hi,
Thank you for your reply!

Well, that’s unfortunate. I’ll get myself a solution for it somehow.

Cheers!