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So I've created the "write-on" effect with a mask made by the pen tool with the Stroke effect applied.
However, there are parts of the stroke that I want to be thinner/thicker, so that it doesn't reveal nearby bits of text. Is there a way of editing the mask to add/remove parts of the stroke?
Hopefully that makes sense!
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Nope. You need to put in more work and create additional masks that actually serve as cutouts and/ or the basis for additional strokes, including going so far as using multiple layers with multiple strokes that mutually mask each otehr out as track mattes or such. Pre-composing may be necessary. A screenshot of your situation may help to advise more specifically, but generally you need to get to grips with these concepts and that very few things in AE can be done directly just using one layer and an effect. Maybe find a good tuitorial and read the online help...
Mylenium
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Hi ameliarrw,
Thanks for writing in.
As per your description, you can animate the Brush Size in the Stroke effect to control the width of the stroke. However, as Mylenium said, a screenshot would be helpful for us to understand the situation better.
Let us know.
Thanks,
Nishu
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a better workflow in my experience is to make every single part on a separate layer and aminate each layer individually then precompose them all in one comp
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Thanks for the replies @Mohammad.Harb @nishu_kush @Mylenium - I have attached screenshots for you to better understand what I mean.
Obviously, decreasing the stroke size would result in losing the thicker parts of the letter, but currently, the mask is revealing parts of the letter which should come later. What would be the best way of tackling this?
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The other suggestions are pretty good. This is the workflow that I follow. I find it fairly easy to do.
I have created this kind of animation many many times, and this workflow is the fastest and easiest I have found. This project only took me about 15 minutes. You can download it here.
If you don't have the font you can find it here.