Differentiate Pickwhip between Parenting and Track Mattes

[acmmaurer]

Hello,

Absolutely love new track matte feautres. However, the pickwhip is identical to the parenting pickwhip, and the two can easily be mistaken for one another. If there was a way to differentiate the two through use of color or value, that would be excellent.

Thank you for you time!

[Mylenium]

Perhaps it could just curl in the opposite direction and have a slightly different angle... Or simply adding a white dot to indicate it's for mattes...

Mylenium

[David Arbor]

Agreed, it's very easy to grab the wrong one right now. I'd love to see some small delineation between these sections or pick whips.

[JustinYounger]

The new track matte system is amazing, but can we please get some UI color or icon distinction for the pick whips. Im not a smart man, so I grab the wrong one all the time. I do it with the expression pick whip as well, but its a little more tucked in. Any sort of obvious difference between them might help a lot.

[Mylenium]

Yes, this has been brought up earlier.

Mylenium 

[Jurgen K]

the parenting & new track matte whips are too similar and i frequently am grabbing the matte when i mean to grab the parenting pickwhip. perhaps one can be inverted for easier selection/clarification?

[JohnColombo]

Hi @Jurgen K,

Thanks for making this request! This is something we are looking into currently, as it has been reported by others as well.

Thanks again,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[JohnColombo]

Hi all,

Thank you for making this request. We're pleased to let you know that the Track Matte and Parenting pickwhips now use (slightly) different icons, which will hopefully help to differentiate them while you're working.

Thanks again for making this request and please let us know any further feedback.

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[AceBillet]

I'm dragging the newly added Track Matte pickwhip instead of the parent pickwhip numerous times a day.
Muscle memory is a huge part of the performing motion artist. 
Please, change the Track Matte icon to something completely different!