how can i use the brush tool on a animated picture?

[jonatank88532754]

so im animating a still picture and am trying to make the hair look like it flows with the wind, and i need to get rid of the bangs to do that.

so i try to just draw on top of the bangs on the main body layer, while leaving the layer with the masked out hair for itself, but the parts i painted just stays the same place as it was drawn while the head moves and makes it look weird.

is there a way to make the paint follow the head movements (moved with puppet tool) without having to go into every individual stroke and change the position of the stroke?

[Dave_LaRonde]

Don't use the brush tool, for starters!  That'll drive you nuts!

Instead, animate mask paths on a solid, then apply the Stroke effect to the paths.  You can use AE's motion tracker to follow the head movements (put the body in a precomp first), apply the track to a null, and parent the solid to the null.

It should work pretty well for you.

[jonatank88532754]

thank you i will try it out and see how it works

[Szalam]

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