Trying to get the flags to show on the map using track mattes, but cant seem to get it to work

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December 22, 2022
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Doing a map animation involving having 2 or more maps with flags in their place, however the first one works but the second will not show up. after connecting the track matte of the flag to the country instead of creating the effect i want it just disappears.

This was the first which worked:

But with this one after useing track matte it goes from this:

To this:

Help is appreciated.

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Mylenium

Legend

Looks like you are using the visible layers also as track mattes which is a big no-no. Your USSR layer is hidden, the one for the Reich is not. It would probably be better to actually duplicate the layers meant to be the mattes. I also have this feeling that your parenting may have introduced some position shifts and thus the matte technically works, but it's masking the wrong area.

Mylenium

Legend

Without seeing your timeline we can't really tell you much. Chances are you may need to pre-compose parts of your setup and use multiple duplicates of the mattes and map. To me it simply sounds like the typical beginner error of trying to do everything at once with as few layers as possible, no offense.

Mylenium

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ArkhamGamesAuthor

Known Participant

Thankyou for the reply.

Any advice with pre composing?

The German territory flag that works:

Flag over USSR that doesnt work:

ShiveringCactus

Community Expert

I've just tried mocking up your comp just in case there's a weird bug, but I can't spot anything obvious. One possible thing that has occurred is how did you create your shape layers for the countries? Do they only have one path each and more importantly, do they have Fills? (If you solo them, do they show up?)

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