masking layer style effects in AE ..?

[dmiraie]

Is there a way to mask out AE layer style effects (stroke, inner shadow, etc), similar to Photoshop's "layer mask hides effects" option?  More specifically, I have a precomp with a Layer Style Stroke around it, and I'm wondering if there's a way to mask out a section of the stroke.  thanks!

[Rick Gerard · Accepted solution]

The Stroke layer style uses the Alpha channel of the image so the only way to mask out part of the stroke would be to pre-compose the layer moving all attributes and then create a mask with the mask tool or use another layer as a track matte.