How to place my layer mask behing .png image?

[melanied95]

Hi,

I am working on masking a png image of a spatula behind an image of egg. Even if I move my spatula layer below the egg, it won't be behind the egg.

What to do to bring the egg layer in front of the spatula?

thank you,

melanie

[Lucas Lago]

Hello, give us a screenshot please!? Strange because when a layer is on top of another, always is show in front, like Photoshop. Unless it's 3D layers.

[melanied95]

davidarbora and @Lucas, thanks for your responses! It might be why! Those are 3D layers, there is a spotlight casting a shadow on both objects. Both objects have transparency.

I am not sure what I did but it ended up working. Can we bring 3D objects in front of each other usually? I am trying to understand for next time.

[Lucas Lago]

Yes, you can adjust the Z position. Another easy way: Go to cameras and choose "Top" when you select a 3D layer, the interface show XYZ axis, just drag to front, like a 3D space.

[davidarbor]

Often times when you have 3D layers and you want one directly in front of the other, you'll have to move the Z position of one of those layers back or forth a single pixel. It's very important to pay attention to intersections, though. If you have any rotation, or if motion blur is turned on, 1 pixel often isn't enough. If you're using motion blur it's important to preview the comp with it turned on before exporting to see these kinds of things.

[imeilfx]

If you are working with 3D layers you are working only in two dimmensions X and Y. So every tyme when you change layer order in timeline panel (example A) but when you are working in 3D your layers have 3 dimensions X, Y and Z so when your f.eg. your 1 is 10 pixels in fornt of layer 2 changing layer order in timeline will not change anything. If you need your layer 2 to be in front of A you have to move that layer in Z space in front of layer 1 (example B).

[davidarbor]

Does your egg have an alpha channel, i.e. is there also some transparency behind that? As Lucas said, please post a screenshot of your entire interface so we can see all the controls.