Creative COW | Rowan de Geus | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/rowandegeus/activity/ Activity feed for Rowan de Geus. Wed, 20 May 2026 00:37:24 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 86db08534d6dff09003a75d40eeed9e5 Rowan De geus replied to the discussion Masks "stick" in place after auto-trace until their frame appears? in the forum Adobe After Effects https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/masks-stick-in-place-after-auto-trace-until-their/#post-2334151 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:26:01 +0000 Reply to Masks "stick" in place after auto-trace until their frame appears?

SOLUTION:

Create an extra mask on Saber layer (e.g. Mask 2), but put it off screen so it’s not visible. Check on the traced mask (Mask 1) if the opacity is 0, and parent it’s position to the offscreen mask.

expression:

if (mask(“Mask 1”).maskOpacity == 0) {mask(“Mask 2”).maskPath} else {value}

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