Simple Circle Mask (or Crop!) in PP

[runninghead_design]

Not fussed how I acheive this in PP but I'd like to apply a circle mask to a graphic layer so the area within the circle gets hidden and everything outside it is shown.

The graphic layer has a simple animation effect (Bounce in over 20 frames).

My problem is that my actual Mask shape appears to not really be an Ellipse but an Ellipse cut out of some rectangular region.

Hope I'm not asking for anything too fancy here. Just can't figure out why the animation gets cropped in by a rectangle?

Screen grab below.

Thanks

[Kevin-Monahan]

HI runninghead_design,

I am sorry. I see that no one answered your question back in 2020. For anyone else experiencing the issue, I am not seeing the issue. I have a feeling your Transform effect may be the culprit. Try nesting the clip and then add the mask. Let us know if this worked for you if you get this message.

Thanks,
Kevin