[Robert Werden]

UGG

I dont think it can do it. There is no controllers for it.

Is there any other way to accomplish this with out the plug in?

Maybe a different plug in or just a method in AE?

Panopticum is a transition plug in more than an effect.

[Robert Werden]

That is also the problem. The mask only shows part of the effect.

So imagine this effect is a glass of water. The mask is the shape of a glass and the water appears out of no where, pours in and when it hits the bottom of the mask it just vanishes as it passes right by the bottom of the mask. It does not splash back against the mask as it would in a real container or glass. It only reacts to the bottom of the comp.

So the thing I need the effect to do is interact with the mask as if the mask is the wall of the glass container.

[Robert Werden]

Water is what I was trying. It works good for the entire comp, but the problem im having is constraining the water to my mask.
Im new to After Effects and Im not sure if im setting up the mask correctly.

I set my footage under a shape layer then drew the shape to form the container I wanted the water to fill up, which is basically an outline of the actor. Then when I apply the water effect, it fills the whole screen instead of just inside the mask.

Is this the method I should be using or is something else better for simulating filling up the mask.

[Robert Werden]

Thats the thing, I dont know how to do it.