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dage_salambo
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February 4, 2015
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Copy mask to another layer

  • February 4, 2015
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Hi,

Is there any way I can copy a mask to another layer with all his keyframes ? I'm looking for a faster way than having to run a loop and setValueAtTime every keyframes. ( I have a keyframe at each frame and this would be a heavy process )

thanks

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Correct answer UQg

If you want to copy the mask as is, i.e. without modifying anything (no position offset, no scale change etc) probably the shortest way is to use an expression (thisComp.layer("MyRefLayer").mask(1).maskPath, something like this).

But if you want to change something in the coordinates of the path points, you probably can't escape a loop over all keyframes.

And if you really have many keys, setValuesAtTimes by chunks of say 100 (fire in the dark), might be shorter than setting keys one by one.

Xavier.

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February 4, 2015

If you want to copy the mask as is, i.e. without modifying anything (no position offset, no scale change etc) probably the shortest way is to use an expression (thisComp.layer("MyRefLayer").mask(1).maskPath, something like this).

But if you want to change something in the coordinates of the path points, you probably can't escape a loop over all keyframes.

And if you really have many keys, setValuesAtTimes by chunks of say 100 (fire in the dark), might be shorter than setting keys one by one.

Xavier.

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dage_salamboAuthor
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February 6, 2015

I had not thought of that ! thanks !

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