Objects Being Cut Off Inside Mask

[J-Star]

Hi,

I am having an issue in which an image (png) seems to vanish when dragged towards the middle of the screen; this only happens when it is inside a mask. Here is a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-Psn0O3TU

Does anybody know why this happens and how to fix it?

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

Hi, J-Star!

Nice to meet you. Thanks for the informative video you posted. I love the technique! I tried to reproduce the issue but could not. I could not see the scale your graphic is sitting at, so if it is not 100%, that may be a culprit. Here are some other things you can try. 

• Try the same effect in a different sequence. If it works, your sequence might be corrupt. Copy/paste everything into the new sequence for a remedy.
• Try the same effect in a different sequence in a new project. If it works, your project might be corrupt. Copy/paste everything into the new sequence in a new project for a remedy.
• Try the same effect with a different graphic.
• Try the same effect but nest the graphic with the Transform effect and add the mask to the nest.

I hope the advice helps you! Please return with any questions.

Thanks,
Kevin

[J-Star]

I could not see the scale your graphic is sitting at, so if it is not 100%, that may be a culprit. Here are some other things you can try.

Yes, the graphic was at 100%.

Try the same effect in a different sequence. If it works, your sequence might be corrupt. Copy/paste everything into the new sequence for a remedy.

Yes, I tried doing it on a new file and even tried it on a different computer, the issue was the same. I have attached the PNG I was using if you want to look into it a bit more, it does seem to be a bug.

Try the same effect but nest the graphic with the Transform effect and add the mask to the nest.

I hope the advice helps you! Please return with any questions.

This seemed to do the trick! The issue didn't end when the image was nested.

Thanks for your help 🙂

[Ann Bens]

Make sure the parameters under Vector Motion are set to default (as in not animated)

[Joost van der Hoeven]

I agree with Ann, the issue probably is that either your Vector Motion or your Video Motion is not centered.

[J-Star]

I am not sure what the issue is, it was just a PNG file I imported, I did try with other images too, I had the same issue. Whenever something was moved out of its original position, it would disappear if you had a mask applied to that layer (I hope that makes sense). Nesting and then applying the mask/transform afterwards seemed to work though.

[Vishu_Aggarwal]

Nest the png image in the current sequence and then use the transform effect on the nested sequence...it should work fine.

[J-Star]

Yes! This is what did the trick, still do not know why though 😞

[Christian.Z]

you are using a transfor after you have changed the position or the anchor point. best is to nest and apply transform on the nest

[J-Star]

Yes, this is what I ended up doing! 🙂