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October 1, 2024
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I can't get a simple alpha matte to work, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY!

  • October 1, 2024
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1. I have a simple text layer.

 

 

2. I have a rectangle shape layer.

 

3. I alpha matte inverted the shape to the text so that the text is black on the white rectangle.

 

4. I have this red texture that I want to alpha matte to just the rectangle, while still keeping the text black.

 

5.  But when I do that, the rectangle is covered by the texture but the text is hidden.

 

I just want my black text to show on this new alpha matted rectangle with the red texture. I need to use alpha mattes to acheive this effect as I'm trying to do something else with this premise. Why doesn't it work, a tutorial I'm following shows these exact steps to get this result. What am I doing wrong???

 

This is the result I want to acheive.

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Correct answer RexComplex

Sorry guys, figured it out immediately after I posted.

 

You have to precomp the text and rectangle to another comp before alpha matting with the new red texture layer.

 

Rookie mistake.

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RexComplexAuthorCorrect answer
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October 1, 2024

Sorry guys, figured it out immediately after I posted.

 

You have to precomp the text and rectangle to another comp before alpha matting with the new red texture layer.

 

Rookie mistake.