Applying a stroke around track matte

[lesliek1]

I'm using fonts as a track matte and trying to apply a stroke and I can't get it won't work. I've tried all I can think of and spent WAY too much time already on line. Can anyone help? It should be easy!

[kglad]

what adobe app?

[lesliek1]

Sorry, After Effects

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.

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[Rick Gerard]

To get a stroke without a mask or shape layer path, you can go to the menu and choose Layer/Layer Styles/Stroke. There are not as many options, but when you rely on a Track Matte, that is the simplest solution.

[lesliek1]

Perfect! Thank you so much!

[Kyle Hamrick]

Duplicating the text layer would also be an easy solution here.