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March 19, 2022
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mask not working

  • March 19, 2022
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hi everybody. so i was trying to edit something, but for some reason my mask isnt working. ive tried masking something but the background doesnt dissapear. ive pre composed it too, and still nothing is working. please help me guys

Correct answer P.M.B

Actually, just forget it. Ill use chroma key


Sorry...somethings off.

Are you sure theres only one mask?  Sometimes doing a complicated mask like that

you can accidentally click off and the next click will start a new mask.

Have you twirled down the layer and looked at your mask settings?

I suggest testing a very simple mask to see where the problem is.

Just drag a simple square or circle mask (not with pen tool) on a solid layer or something

and make sure everything is working correctly.  If that doesn;t work

try emptying your cache.  Sometimes a full cache can cause rendering errors.

If you can draw a simple square or circle mask (not using the pen tool) then you know you had to havemessed somewhere along the line drawing the mask.

BTW you also don't have transparency enabled so when you do get the mask to work it's gonna just be black.  Clik the little checkerboard icon below the composition window to enable it.

 

3 replies

Participating Frequently
March 19, 2022

Hey, sorry i didnt give enough information. Yes, i am clicking points around the character im masking. I just wanted to know if i was doing it correcrly, since i conmected the start and end point of the dots and it did nothing. I didnt use any plugins, ive only pre-composed the layer and tried to mask it. Im new to after effects, so i dont clearly understand the whole app yet.

P.M.B
Legend
March 19, 2022

Is this the first time you've ever tried using a mask?

~Gutterfish
Participating Frequently
March 20, 2022

Yeah its my first time

Community Expert
March 19, 2022

How are you creating your mask? Since I see the pen tool are you clicking points around what you're masking and connecting the dots? You can also select a layer and then double click on the shape that you'd like the mask to be or have the layer selected and then drawing the shape of your mask. 

I agree, we need more information.

Participating Frequently
March 19, 2022

Ive done that but once i made the shape of the mask and connecres the start and end point of the mask, it does nothing, do i have to do something after masking it? Sorry, im new

Mylenium
Legend
March 19, 2022

Yoou need to provide better screenshots and a better explanation of what you actually did. This is way too generic and vague to make any sense of it.

 

Mylenium