4 Replies Latest reply on Aug 28, 2010 3:56 PM by The_Tinkerer

How to create a 'window' in AE CS3

The_Tinkerer Aug 26, 2010 5:10 PM

Hello,

I have a video of a LED scroll sign and I am making it look like my own text scrolls across. I have text I created in Photoshop, saved as a ' .tiff ' , and imported into After Effects. I have put the text in the video and gave it a starting position keyframe (off the sign) and an ending position keyframe (past the sign) and it moves from point to point 'cause of the keyframes. I tried to put a 'mask' on the layer (using the pen tool) around where the sign is (kind of acting like a 'window') so the text would only appear on where the sign is , but the mask moved with the text. How do I create a 'window' type thing for what I'm talking about?

Sorry if I didnt explain it well, I did the best I could. If you have any questions please ask and I will try to answer.

All help would be appreciated,

Nicholas

1. Re: How to create a 'window' in AE CS3

Mylenium Aug 26, 2010 10:56 PM (in response to The_Tinkerer)

Create a solid on top of the image, mask the solid, then assign the solid as an Alpha track matte to the image. And by all means, do read the help. Your use of terminology (or lack therein) will make it hard for anyone to understand you. efficient communication requires a common language and you'rre not there yet...

Mylenium
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2. Re: How to create a 'window' in AE CS3

The_Tinkerer Aug 28, 2010 7:52 AM (in response to Mylenium)

What do you mean by "read the help" ? Are you talking about the AE help resource or the help you wrote.

I do have a lack of terminology because I am new to AE and dont know much of the right words to use. If you read my post you will see that I said I did the best I could in explaining.

-Nicholas
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3. Re: How to create a 'window' in AE CS3

Todd_Kopriva Aug 28, 2010 10:56 AM (in response to The_Tinkerer)

When Mylenium refers to the 'Help', he means this document. Actually, for After Effects CS3, this document.

I strongly recommend that you start here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

Even though it mentions CS4 and CS5, the basic information is the same for CS3, so it's still a good place to start.
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4. Re: How to create a 'window' in AE CS3

The_Tinkerer Aug 28, 2010 3:56 PM (in response to Todd_Kopriva)

Thanks Todd I will read those.

- Nicholas
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