A Guide to After Effects Masks

[@movingthatneedle4625]

Incredibly well explained. I wish all KZbin tutorials were as good as this. Bravo. 5 stars.

[@novelafilmacademy]

Excellent guide on using masks in After Effects! Your thorough explanations and practical examples make this complex topic much more approachable.

[@JWP452]

The BEST After Effects tutorial I've ever seen! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Litiniti]

The reason I'll keep on coming back to your channel is because of how explanatory you made this video and the fact that you pointed out important things that I never even knew I needed. Thank you 🫶

[@thePaintedMoon]

Thank you so much for this! As an experienced Photoshop user learning AE 2020 I was frustrated always expecting AE to work similar to Photoshop, and to a certain extent it does. but this helped clarify the differences with regard to masking.

[@karingumbinner7369]

The Pan Behind tool tip at 6:04 is exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you.

[@Back14Packer]

This was fantastic! I am very new to AE and just wanted to do something simple with a more complex shape, a heart, in a video and had no idea what to do. And masks were the answer all along. At first, they seem really intimidating, which they may be as you do more complicated animations, although your tutorial simplified them so well. Thank you so much!!!

[@Asagohantabemasuka]

Thank you!!! Super useful video and explanation.

[@cirqueyeagerist5641]

Thanks a lot for this , you explained every single detail . Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@motioncircles]

This is perfect! Thanks for creating this video, tons of tips!

[@KingsDenStudios]

Nice and concise! Appreciated 🙏🙏

[@raerickson3470]

Thank you for a clear and succinct overview of masks! Good teaching!

[@komalkr4222]

That was a good video. Learned a few pro tips. Really helped.

[@katonsamudro4852]

Thank you mate! actually so helpful!

[@uzur4217]

Thank you for this. I was trying to get into motion things in after effects and then I found you, and you've helped me a lot. That intro was epic btw

[@theotheslav]

AMAZING TUTORIAL! THANK YOU SIR

[@dariofromthefuture3075]

THANK YOU. So straight forward. And thanks for including that misstep. Those are essential for newbies to learn how to get around.

[@danie7968]

I finally feel like I understand something now because of this video! Thanks a ton

[@kylehamrickmotion]

Literally the point. Yay!

[@ronpaul9172]

OMG, I am soooo glad I found your channel.

[@amitjangid1116]

Best tutorial on masking FR

[@revlovemountain]

Second video of Kyle's from SOM that I've found super helpful. Thanks!

[@kylehamrickmotion]

👀

[@prahsess4207]

Incredible review and breakdown! Thank you guys for all the hard work put into this!

[@TheVRtist]

Very informative! Thank you!

[@paullafaele]

Great video, so clear and easy to follow. Thanks!

[@schoolofmotion]

Happy it helped!

[@LoganPinney]

Thanks Kyle!!!! Fundamentals done right!! SOM has helped me SO much. Mask up ppl!!!

[@itsaer0]

Logan Pinney yo could you help when i render a regular video with no masking it renders perfectly but when i mask a video the video doesnt render fully

[@LoganPinney]

@@itsaer0 hmm very strange. You may have accidentally turned off effects for that layer, it is a small icon beside the layer name, you will have to google what it looks like. Are you exporting to media encoder and output to .mp4?

[@itsaer0]

Logan Pinney i am exporting as rendering queue

[@ibeenjammin]

6:40 "Oops" Nice acting, Kyle.

[@colineccles5102]

Really good video man.

[@alexlamon723]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@schoolofmotion]

You're very welcome!

[@EXPstreams]

Thanks for this, S.O.M is amazing, learnt so freaking much from you guys incredible work

[@Kylemembert]

A Kyle video!! 🥬🍅🥕🥒🥑

[@clementv4171]

thanks for all your cool tips

[@noufalbinzainudheen5633]

THIS IS WHAT I LOOKING FOR THANKS SIR!

[@doom728]

This helped thank you

[@luvriia]

6:24 I need thisss! Tysm for this 🤩😩

[@Awakenbeing]

most elaborate Explanation for AEA mask. Nice tuts.

[@nirajfilms1040]

You present so beautifully the topics...looks so amazing

[@DavidDyer-e6x]

Why does everyone avoid talking about converting a shape layer into a mask? Like "That's a whole other topic", but where is that video??! Help!

[@klaralach8807]

Thank you, this was actually so helpful:) great job

[@MohamedSalem-tj7jn]

Very cool,thanks for help❤❤

[@afhamghuman2893]

great tutorial

[@eirikur73]

Thank you, great tutorial!

[@mohamedheshamelsayed3886]

thank you man

[@enyarivhe]

thanks!! your videos are great

[@junidacosta5977]

Thank you a lot! It helped me! 😍

[@OORVOKKI]

Thank you very much for an excellent eplanation of the mask. I am a beginner in Ae and Motion Grapic.

[@valtabohm]

this was 101% usefull

[@rsucreative]

its very use for beginer really

[@avix4726]

Thank you

[@rodrigoreis7]

Thank you!!!!!!

[@bubyoz]

so how to delete in and out tangents independently?

[@sanjeebanmaji8612]

Wow! Very nice tutorial. I like the innovative way to say bye👍👍

[@moonzero-xm7014]

very helpful! thanks a lot! :)

[@freeloader69]

I was really hoping this video would help me understand why I can't create a mask over my single shape layer (the only layer in the entire project, as I'm just starting), but I'm not seeing the issue even after watching this video. I started a new project, created a star and keyframed it to scale up from 0-50% from the center and rotate in 145 degrees. Then, with the layer selected, I created a rectangle from just outside the viewing area at the top right to the center (as shown in the video you guys did on the benefits of precomposing - with the rotating masked squares). All it did was create a new rectangle shape within my layer. Creating a new mask from the layer menu isn't working either. I can't even figure out how to draw a path with the pen tool and convert it into a mask. Nothing is working!

[@kylehamrickmotion]

I know this is a very old question, but - masks and shape layers use the same tools, but are different things. You *can* make a mask on a shape layer, but you need to make sure you select that before drawing. Create a shape so the shape layer has something visible. To add a mask, you need to make sure you're drawing a mask instead of a shape - there are two little icons in your top toolbar, between puppet pin and the Fill/Stroke controls. The star means you're drawing a shape, and the little checkerboard means you're drawing a mask.

[@racheltang9985]

thank you that was so super helpful!

[@liddovoid]

Great tutorial!! thanks

[@GregCalleja]

LIFE SAVOR!!!

[@srh9102]

thank you sir !!

[@sichen7093]

Thank you!

[@prashant00869]

So simply explained. Thank you :)

[@valeriehartman3705]

What if you have several flowers to select with the mask tool?

[@lookd.east123]

the fact that school of motion never told us how to make their own intro is funny

[@ikarys5173]

the mask paths stopped showing up on my composition tab

[@maryellenhagberg1162]

this was very helpful! however, i am having a problem with the reveal effect. whenever i add the shape layer by having nothing selected and adding a rectangle, it does not add it as a mask, but as a regular layer. i have tried to make the track matte go to where i want it, but it is not working. any suggestions?

[@maryellenhagberg1162]

wiat i got it! if anyone else has this problem in the future, you do have to have the layer you want to appear selected. sorry if that was super obvious i am very new to ae.

[@EldrinBernardino]

you had me subscribe at the intro

[@AndrewLeonforte]

when i uses ctrl it just moves my whole project

[@actionmoviefrea]

At 2:25 you say simply click and drag, but where does the dark blue layer on top come from? How do you get the color around the mask?

[@armando.visuals]

This was great. Do you have any suggestions or videos about MOCHA BORIS TRACKER? Thank you

[@rocioquirino1309]

There are no files to download. I made an account to see if I could and it logs me out each time I try to explore courses.

[@liamprothero3883]

YEEEEES!!!!!! Thank you

[@CASIOF-91W]

Can I use a black and white png as a mask?

[@NawazAlamgir]

4:12 Didn't know that! just learnt something new in After Effects.. that i know pretty much everything.

[@EL_Múcaro_787]

Hi, there’s a quicker way of scaling a video inside a mask without scaling the mask?

[@NojsGraphics]

how do you center mask tho? there are only feather, opacity, mask expansion settings in there, how do i adjust just like shape layer?

[@kylehamrickmotion]

It doesn't have those same capabilities.

[@orincywhytedesigns]

You are sent from god!!!

[@animatheanimationarchive7577]

how are you able to select the masks and move them? for the life of me i can't figure it out. I click where it says masks, the points are selected, but when i drag the mask it doesn't move. what am I doing wrong?

[@satiready]

how can we copy the mask from a layer to another & then flip it without affecting the whole layer?

[@leandromuello]

Hi! How about Masking with 3d layers

[@debarpandebbarma8272]

i want to do masking with mask 1 but it changes to mask 2 after some time ?

[@lysopanha1374]

I hope u upload tutorial more frequently, 2 - 3 videos per week.... I am really interested in your tutorial

[@meghanwilder5195]

My tool isn't coming up. Like the mask tool isnt there. is there anything i need to download?

[@hunterfate4914]

What if the mask isn't showing what you did? For example, I set the mask around my subject. Whenever I do add, it doesn't do anything nor does it show a difference.

[@horiza6389]

Ok but how do i make a straight line after a curve ? I tried to disabled the Rotobezier but it still dosen't work

[@snudge763]

my mask is not working with cc repetile :( how to fix this?

[@telposh]

Definitely the most pro tutorial I have found...just a great job FIVE STARS FOR YOU!! THANKS

[@dannyblessinger7428]

How do I get the mask to only cover part of the image, and then slowly fade away to the full image. For example, I have a lit candle. I want to cover the flame and then three seconds later I want the flame to be revealed. But I don't want to remove the entire candle. I want the whole candle to be seen and then for three seconds, I want the flame to slowly fade in.

[@kylehamrickmotion]

You can use a combination of masks, and adjust/animate the Mask Opacity to achieve what you're after.

[@dannyblessinger7428]

@@kylehamrickmotion I tried about 30 different times, and every time it pretty much had the same effect of either fading the entire image or fading part of the image that I didn't want to fade but I could never get just what I wanted to

[@dannyblessinger7428]

@@kylehamrickmotion Maybe you can but i cant figure it out

[@minnothing7923]

i made a mask that it's position moves on loop (with loopOut expression).. but how i apply it to a composition?

[@oskiebadoskie]

Can i draw a paper phone then display stuff on it, if so how?

[@COMREdesign]

How can you animate the image by keeping the mask static? Like you have a long image going bottom to up and you want a specific window to show the image. TIA

[@mivu_]

Hi, I'm struggling with transparent pixels of images now and wandering is it possible to apply mask to layer cropping all blank pixels automatically? I can't do this in ps or somewhere else, because I use one premade composition many times, but I changed some layers every time by dragging them with Alt. I need to be sure that they will be in correct place (like I've draw it in ps) with all premade effects so that's why I import psd with only "Composition" and not "Composition - Retain layer size". But I really need this retain after :((

[@HistoryHeroes]

great video

[@kyungminnam]

6:11 but where can I put keyframe for this movement??

[@matilda8656]

how do i use masks and motion tile together ? let's say i've removed the borders from a video with a mask, and i want to put motion tile on it. when i zoom out however the borders that i removed create space between the videos (does that make sense ? ) basically what i'm asking is how do you "remove" the excess parts of a video that's not included inside the mask?

[@kylehamrickmotion]

The easiest route is to pre-compose the element, and crop that pre-composition to the size you want Motion Tile to actually "see." Applying Motion Tile to that pre-comp (as a layer in a parent comp) would then get you the results you're after.

[@alexandrorocca7142]

I couldn't figure out how to draw a mask from the center with Ctrl: You have to left-click with the mouse first and only then hold Ctrl down, whereas when you use Shift to draw a square or a circle it doesn't matter what you click first.

[@carlocabantog2653]

Great teacher!!!

[@jackgu9889]

We should all sub and like cause this is very useful

[@gabrielladesantis3210]

Hi there! I am curious, I have two words that I want to animate by making the first letter of the first world to move to the right into the second word which would be moving left with only the last letter remaining. So how would I get it have the letters in between disappear when I am having the words move to the center and all but two letter disappear?

[@miIfhunter]

how can i draw a mask at a keyframe, and draw on avery keframe a new mask for the same layer?

[@rocketleagueedits7700]

yet when i make a mask the background doesnt turn black

[@kodeth5200]

Moving a mask?

[@derekschaneluwu7503]

6:30 To continue editing the mask