After Effects Shift+Click Drag

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May 1, 2020
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I'm having an issue trying to create a circular mask in my 1920x1080 composition. (I am working in square pixels. toggle pixel aspect ration is also on)
When I try to make a perfect circle (Click and drag, then hold shift, then release click, release shift)
the result always ends up as if i never held shift to begin with.

This problem also persists when trying to drag a shape holding shift. It will end up where my mouse is, instead of where it was when i was holding shift.

Thank you

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Martin_Ritter

Legend

Have you checked for Caps-Lock?

*Martin

nishu_kush

Community Manager

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. What's the version of After Effects are you using? Have you tried resetting the preferences of After Effects to make the settings default: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-after-effects/td-p/10634342?page=1

Let us know if it helps.

Thanks,

Nishu

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ians12956818Author

Participant

Hi Nishu,

Thank you for the reply. I am currently using v17.0.6. on windows. the reset preference is not appearing when i hold ctrl+shift+alt when opening AE from adobe CC

nishu_kush

Community Manager

That's strange.

Please try resetting the preferences manually. Follow the steps:

Go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects
Rename 17.0 as 17.0old
Go to C:\Users\username\Documents\Adobe
Rename After Effects as After Effects.old
Launch After Effects and see if it brings any change.

Let us know.

Thanks,

Nishu

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