An excellent reminder of two masking options (in-layer and shape layer), plus tips on using Gaussian Blur for quick feathering or Lumetri effects to adjust the lighting /colour temperature/curves to make the image and masked video to blend in better. Thank you!
why isn't this working for me? When I click on the pen tool, a Shape layer isn't added and it instead draws over the image layer with a black box around the shape I drew.
Excellent tutorial! You simplified everything so well, this video alone solved the dilemmas I was having in After Effects. Masks felt so daunting, yet I see now how useful and fun they are. I feel a lot more confident in After Effects now, thank you so much!!!
Hey that's so amazing to hear! 😊 I'm also doing a livestream today at 3pm BST time, and it will be an introductory session for After Effects if you're interested 👍
Odd, going over basics and on AE 2023 the shape/mask no longer works with alpha/luma... god dammit. After messing around with it, I find that using a pre-made shape works, but the pen tool drawn shapes don't appear to work at this time. A bug? No clue.
In your first example, you were moving the interior layer, that's why the mask was moving with it. If you moved the mountain layer, wouldn't it work in the same way as method 2? Edit: I understand that in the 2nd method, the mask is independent of all layers, but it wasn't really a fair comparison. Great introduction to both the concepts though, thanks for making it.
I need help! I have a tall column of text I want to mask so it scrolls vertically inside a small window. I built this in two different ways. The first way I created the copy was as a live TEXT layer. Most of it was white with a few words highlighted in butterscotch yellow. The minute I mask the text, it turns ALL my text to white-all the highlighted colors go away! The whole column of text is now 100% white. The second way, I exported a tall .png file of the colored text and imported it as a GRAPHIC. Again, I positioned it and animated it on its own layer. Somehow, when I mask that .png file… IT TURNS ALL THE COPY WHITE AGAIN! How the [expletive] does one mask a vertically scrolling column of text with different colored copy!? It doesn’t matter if I build the text as a text layer or import it as a graphic-the text always turns white. So, obviously, I am not as good at Adobe After Effects as I thought I was. I can’t solve this problem. What am I doing wrong? Anybody?
is there any way to have two track matte masks affected by one alpha matter inv of a layer below it? For example, I'm using a blur layer as a alpha inv, i set up a track matte shape on top of it, is there a way to have one more track matte shape on top of it to also affect the blur layer?
Hey man help me out if you will, I'm trying to add a greenscreen over a certain area on a clip. I imagine this will be using the section starting at 3:03. The clip shows 2 characters with a line down the middle at an angle. The angle slowly moves showing more of one character over the other and eventually only showing 1 after a couple of frames. I can do this technique but it only allows for me to do this over the whole clip and I can't seem to be able to change it as the frames change. Any suggestions???
@@ForeverDansky hey uhh me again lol One more question. So I am trying to do something I'm not really sure what I'm attempting as far as difficulty goes, but I am trying to put 2 of the same moving gifs on another gif that moves so I'd need that the 2 gifs on top to move as they are moving... does that make any sense? lol
How do i draw a shape layer with exact symmetric proportions. Example a butterfly logo. I can draw one half of the butterfly and then.....how do you mirror a shape and fuse/weld the ends together ? I tried using Merge Paths by making 2 shapes on the same layer but hat doesnt work, it doesnt consider each shape on the same layer as separate objects i guess. Then i tried duplicating the same shape layer and giving it a horizontal flip. But theres no way to rasterize/bake them or merge them into 1 path or shape to make a full butterfly shape. I know we can just do a sketch thing....when that style works its fine. What when its a logo and it should be mathematically the same butterfly wing shape and size on both sides....a perfect mirror image.
He could have just delete the window form the room in Photoshop and saved it as a png. Have the room on t top layer with the video on the bottom layer playing.
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I have watched a bunch of videos today trying to get a grasp on masking AND this one made the most sense. Thank you for the tutorial! You're the
Hey that's so great to hear! :)
possibly the best tutorial I've watched, you make it so clear.
Awesome, thanks Yunus!
An excellent reminder of two masking options (in-layer and shape layer), plus tips on using Gaussian Blur for quick feathering or Lumetri effects to adjust the lighting /colour temperature/curves to make the image and masked video to blend in better. Thank you!
why isn't this working for me? When I click on the pen tool, a Shape layer isn't added and it instead draws over the image layer with a black box around the shape I drew.
Excellent tutorial! You simplified everything so well, this video alone solved the dilemmas I was having in After Effects. Masks felt so daunting, yet I see now how useful and fun they are. I feel a lot more confident in After Effects now, thank you so much!!!
Hey that's so amazing to hear! 😊 I'm also doing a livestream today at 3pm BST time, and it will be an introductory session for After Effects if you're interested 👍
Hey RUclips, Dansky's Channel deserves to be verified.
Very good tutorial. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Odd, going over basics and on AE 2023 the shape/mask no longer works with alpha/luma... god dammit. After messing around with it, I find that using a pre-made shape works, but the pen tool drawn shapes don't appear to work at this time. A bug? No clue.
Yeah, same for me... thanks for posting your workaround, fixed it perfectly... hopefully they fix this nonsense!
very nice, thanks for the info.
Thanks, you are the best! I love envato and use it daily.
You're welcome Gary!
Thank you for the great video, I'm using 2023 so something were slightly different.
Great tutorial for beginners.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! love U!
perfect thanks so much!
In your first example, you were moving the interior layer, that's why the mask was moving with it. If you moved the mountain layer, wouldn't it work in the same way as method 2?
Edit: I understand that in the 2nd method, the mask is independent of all layers, but it wasn't really a fair comparison.
Great introduction to both the concepts though, thanks for making it.
Great one !
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
Very helpful, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I need help! I have a tall column of text I want to mask so it scrolls vertically inside a small window. I built this in two different ways. The first way I created the copy was as a live TEXT layer. Most of it was white with a few words highlighted in butterscotch yellow. The minute I mask the text, it turns ALL my text to white-all the highlighted colors go away! The whole column of text is now 100% white. The second way, I exported a tall .png file of the colored text and imported it as a GRAPHIC. Again, I positioned it and animated it on its own layer. Somehow, when I mask that .png file… IT TURNS ALL THE COPY WHITE AGAIN! How the [expletive] does one mask a vertically scrolling column of text with different colored copy!? It doesn’t matter if I build the text as a text layer or import it as a graphic-the text always turns white. So, obviously, I am not as good at Adobe After Effects as I thought I was. I can’t solve this problem. What am I doing wrong? Anybody?
thankyou this video is very informative and helpful🤍
Thank you so much!!
You're welcome Zaki 👊
Thank You.
You're welcome ☺️
Thanks for this 💙
You're welcome Wesam 😊
Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome!
is there any way to have two track matte masks affected by one alpha matter inv of a layer below it?
For example, I'm using a blur layer as a alpha inv, i set up a track matte shape on top of it, is there a way to have one more track matte shape on top of it to also affect the blur layer?
Okay I think this video gave me some idea of how I can mask what I want to mask
nice tutorial
Thanks!
thanks !!
You're welcome!
how Can i distort Video in Inclined or perspective video or TV Screen
so is the house or the mountains moving?
Good question! 😂
Photoshop ile görseldeki seçili alanı transparent yapıp içeriye aktarmak daha mantıklı geliyor😊
thank you for this... love it
When I click on the track matte I don't get those option. I get to layer options.
Bottom left corner of the screen, click the different icons to hide/show more options like Trk Matte 👍
thank you! very easily explained
Thank you
Hey man help me out if you will, I'm trying to add a greenscreen over a certain area on a clip.
I imagine this will be using the section starting at 3:03. The clip shows 2 characters with a line down the middle at an angle. The angle slowly moves showing more of one character over the other and eventually only showing 1 after a couple of frames. I can do this technique but it only allows for me to do this over the whole clip and I can't seem to be able to change it as the frames change. Any suggestions???
nevermind I figured it out after 45 minutes! Thank you haha
Aha nice! Glad you figured it out 👏
@@ForeverDansky hey uhh me again lol
One more question. So I am trying to do something I'm not really sure what I'm attempting as far as difficulty goes, but I am trying to put 2 of the same moving gifs on another gif that moves so I'd need that the 2 gifs on top to move as they are moving... does that make any sense? lol
Which device you use for after effect
when i mask its just black.. i dont see the layer underneath plz help
lifesaver
Wonderful, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Felix!
how do you animate something within the mask. eveytoime I try to animate the object I'm masking ... the mask moves
The second technique using a Track Matte 👍
@@ForeverDansky thx. I aways thought they could have a easier more immediate way that just looks any mask to a layer . Similar to photoshop.
How do i draw a shape layer with exact symmetric proportions. Example a butterfly logo. I can draw one half of the butterfly and then.....how do you mirror a shape and fuse/weld the ends together ?
I tried using Merge Paths by making 2 shapes on the same layer but hat doesnt work, it doesnt consider each shape on the same layer as separate objects i guess. Then i tried duplicating the same shape layer and giving it a horizontal flip. But theres no way to rasterize/bake them or merge them into 1 path or shape to make a full butterfly shape. I know we can just do a sketch thing....when that style works its fine. What when its a logo and it should be mathematically the same butterfly wing shape and size on both sides....a perfect mirror image.
Just can’t get my head around masks and track mattes :(
Do more such videos
lolI think something is missing. It just makes a shape layer and not a mask after I completed the pen tool part! hahaha.
Highly unrealistic scenario. Why will mountains move? Or is it a rotating house ? 😋 you could have chosen some sky.
Haha, well perhaps it’s the rotating view from a relaxing mountain retreat, or maybe just a giant screen? C’mon use your imagination! 😜
He could have just delete the window form the room in Photoshop and saved it as a png. Have the room on t top layer with the video on the bottom layer playing.
It's just a flying house
I imagine a room in a flying space ship
Obviously the house is flying
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Switching from Vegas and I'm in a dif world. 😂
Wow
4:23
Couldnt you have removed the window and saved that room as a png and the video of the room on another layer lol
This video is intended to teach masking, track matte etc. specifically in After Effects 😂
@@ForeverDansky The masking technique is still an important technique. Thanks .
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Could've been explained in 40 seconds or less.
Yes, and for beginners especially, it would make for a terrible tutorial 😂👏
@@ForeverDansky i'm an absolute beginner and my creed is SCC > short, concise & catchy.
Please somebody answer I have an exam in two days I’m drowning in tutorials, how do I put a swimming dog video inside the video of a lake? 🥲🥲🥲