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IsabellePlummer
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January 29, 2020
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Masking with free draw bezier - glitches into rotation when masking

  • January 29, 2020
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I have been trying my hand at tracked masking with the free draw bezier tool.

When drawing the mask, I will place my first point but when I go to draw my second (close to the first), I click and the mouse icon changes into the rotate icon for a split second and rotates my entire mask path. Therefore if I am doing a particularly intricate mask needing lots of points close to eachother, this becomes an absolutele nightmare when the mask glitches and rotates! 

 

Has anyone experienced this? I can't find this problem mentioned anywhere else and it's a real barrier when masking.

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    Correct answer Mike Dziennik

    This is where you should try using the zoom level drop-down at the lower left of the Program Monitor. If you are doing an intricate mask then zoom in closer.

    Secondly, you can add a point firther away from where you want it to be (to avoid rotation tool appearing) and then immediately click on that new point and move it to where you want it. Then continue creating your next point etc.

     

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    moment112234
    Participating Frequently
    October 21, 2021

    PLEASE ADOBE!!!! I can't think of a simpler coding fix. Just TURN OFF the AUTO switch to rotate on the "Free-auto Bezier Tool" on the next update and let us make detailed clean masks. As someone else said, it truly is the bane of our existence. The mask tool is so powerful and if you feel the need to keep this switch to rotate thing - then perhaps just assign it another key like shift-control or something. Would be a game changer and probably even increase sales!

     

     

     

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      me1977
      Participant
      September 28, 2022

      Did anyone find the answer to this! It's driving me crazy!

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        moment112234
        Participating Frequently
        September 28, 2022

        Good news I've been in touch with Adobe and it looks like it's about to be fixed! Hopefully should available in beta soon.

          AngeloLunch
          AngeloLunch
          Participating Frequently
          September 9, 2021

          I'm having a nightmare where it always defaults to rotate when I want to just move a mask point. Again, I'm zoomed in really close. I've seen this causing problems for people on multiple forums but no solution to just 'turn off auto rotate' or something.

            Mike Dziennik
            Community Expert
            Mike DziennikCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
            Community Expert
            January 29, 2020

            This is where you should try using the zoom level drop-down at the lower left of the Program Monitor. If you are doing an intricate mask then zoom in closer.

            Secondly, you can add a point firther away from where you want it to be (to avoid rotation tool appearing) and then immediately click on that new point and move it to where you want it. Then continue creating your next point etc.

             

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            IsabellePlummerAuthor
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            January 30, 2020

            Hi, thanks for your response.

            I do zoom in, almost as much as possible, when doing these mask. The rotation still happens. 

            I also have done your second suggestion, which gets tiresome to have to repeatedly readjust every new point. 

            This just doesn't seem to happen when I watch anyone else's tutorials 😞 

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              edurph
              Participant
              April 27, 2021

              Hey, I have the same issue. People in tutorials don't seem to have it so I wonder if there is a setting or something to turn it off. So far haven't found anything and it's really annoying to edit that way.

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