Okay, so I'm pretty new to after effects and damn this program is not easy.
Anyways, like I had said, I have multiple layers in which I want to mask all over a single layer (actually a video) but I only have the option to "Alpha Matte" one layer over the single video layer.
I found a tutorial on Youtube where you can fill text over a video....from to this
to this
But here is my version:
this
to this (note this is not what I want)
I want the multiple layers (the letter i) to reveals just parts of the word "dreams" , but this is what I'm only able to do (like I had mentioned before, masking only one layer on top of the single video layer.
Does this make sense? I've tried pic whipping all the other i's to the "I" I had masked the video over but that doesn't do anything but make the rest of the i's animate the exact same way I animated this one "I". Does this make sense?!?!? I'm losing my mind trying to find a solution to this. I know what I want is possible but I don't know how and youtube doesn't have a tutorial for this specific thing that I want to happen. HELLLLLPPPPPP!
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There are multiple ways to do this - but as you're discovering AE takes some learning...
As Dave suggests: precompose to get one 'comp layer' of 'i''s - and use a track matte (TrkMat)
or look up the 'set matte' effect.
or...
1. Put your Dreams layer as the top layer and you i layers underneath.
2. For the Dreams layer tick the 'T' box - you'll find this box between the blending mode menu ('norma'l ) and the trkMat menu ('none'). The 'T' option means ' preserver underlying transparency.
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Hi Mike, I need your help again! With your help, I was about to get what I wanted. I pre-comped the "I's" on top of a clip that says dream and has a white background (its a .mov file). I used Inverted Luma Matter and that worked perfectly for me. This is how it looked like.
Unfortunately, I didn't save my progress and I lost my project. However, I when I redo what I want done it look like this.
Can you help me identify what I'm doing wrong?
Hi Mike, I need your help again! With your help, I was about to get what I wanted. I pre-comped the "I's" on top of a clip that says dream and has a white background (its a .mov file). I used Inverted Luma Matter and that worked perfectly for me. This is how it looked like.
Unfortunately, I didn't save my progress and I lost my project. However, I when I redo what I want done it look like this.
Can you help me identify what I'm doing wrong?
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