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lee jungb8564692
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December 6, 2023
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Grain effect is not moving with moving shape layer

  • December 6, 2023
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Any one has a suggestion on how to make grain effect follow the shape when it moves.. Default is that when I apply a grain effect on a shape layer, and I move the shape layer, then the grain effect just stays in place and doesnt move with the shape layer... it looks like a grain overlay over the entire composition.. looks weird. Thnx!

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Correct answer lee jungb8564692

Thnx for the reply and suggestions @synthetick ! Much appreciated. But the thing is that the layer I want to use it on is going to be scaled up very much so I have to use continious rasterize. Or else I could have used pre-comping the shape layer, but without Continious rasterizing thats not helping me either. 

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synthetick
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synthetickCommunity Expert
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December 7, 2023

I think this is happening because shape layers are always "continuously rasterized". One possible work around is to make a new solid, add a mask, and copy the shape layer path to the mask path. So long as you don't continually rasterize the solid, your grain will move with the layer.

synthetick
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synthetickCommunity Expert
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December 7, 2023

More explanation of why this is happening is here: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/layers.html

"When you apply an effect to a continuously rasterized layer, the results may differ from the results of applying the effect to a layer without continuous rasterization. This difference in results is because the default rendering order for the layer changes. The default rendering order for a layer without continuous rasterization is masks, followed by effects, and then transformations; whereas the default rendering order for a continuously rasterized layer is masks, followed by transformations, and then effects."

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