Opening layer for Rotobrush only shows ellipsed face!

Question

Hey all, this is my first post here been a long time reader.

So I'm working on this music video and ill tell you what I did first and then what I'm trying to do.

So first I learned about this new face tracking technique (new to me)

I drew an ellipse over my subjects face, tracked for points

Then I added two bulges connecting each bulge to each of his pupils

I then added a fill effect to change the color of his eyes.

What I want to do:

Now that I got those complete I wanted to rotobrush my subject out so I can add gifs behind him etc

So I double clicked the top video layer (I have the same video duplicated) and when the layer opens its just his face in the ellipse and the rest of the layer is black.....am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance!

Jose Panadero · Accepted Answer

What you are missing is that in the View Menu in the bottom of the Layer Panel, you have selected Masks. You need to select the point where you want to continue (See attached image). In that menu you can view a list of effects applied to the layer.

Mylenium · Answer

am I missing something here?Yes, totally. If you want to rotoscope stuff, then you do it first and apply the effects afterwards. Your workflow makes no sense. Also you will need to pre-compose some of the steps due to how AE's render pipeline works, i.e. after you have rotoscoped and cleaned up the layer you pre-compose and then apply your face tracking and so on in the parent comp containing the pre-comp layer. Using unroto'ed duplicates of the source material may of course be necessary in some situations, too.Mylenium

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