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ethandale
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April 3, 2018
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Move vertexes of a mask around

  • April 3, 2018
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So I managed to do it on accident earlier, but now, whenever I click and drag on vertex points of my mask, it just moves the entire thing. How can I move each point individually to follow a complex shape? Thanks.

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    Correct answer P.M.B

    Ah, I didn't notice this before. As soon as I turn on keyframing for "Mask Path," it stops letting me select individual vertices. It makes me move/select the entire mask.


    ethandale  wrote

    As soon as I turn on keyframing for "Mask Path," it stops letting me select individual vertices.

    This is normal.  With the pen tool active just shift click the vert to deselect it release shift and click it again to re-select it.

    If you somehow got in bounding box mode things are little more complicated.  Double click to get back to vert mode, select the pen tool & then do the selection steps described in the first sentence.

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    dj.summitt
    dj.summitt
    Inspiring
    April 3, 2018

    To select a vertex, click the vertex with the Selection tool. To add vertices to the selection, Shift-click. Sometimes, I will drag a selection box around the vertex to ensure I get it.

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    ethandaleAuthor
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    April 3, 2018

    I can select vertexes, I just can't move them around. I want to keyframe them with Mask Path.

    P.M.B
    P.M.BCorrect answer
    Legend
    April 3, 2018

    Ah, I didn't notice this before. As soon as I turn on keyframing for "Mask Path," it stops letting me select individual vertices. It makes me move/select the entire mask.


    ethandale  wrote

    As soon as I turn on keyframing for "Mask Path," it stops letting me select individual vertices.

    This is normal.  With the pen tool active just shift click the vert to deselect it release shift and click it again to re-select it.

    If you somehow got in bounding box mode things are little more complicated.  Double click to get back to vert mode, select the pen tool & then do the selection steps described in the first sentence.

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