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AidanGibbons
05-08-2005, 12:48 PM
Hey,

This is probably something stupidly easy, but for some reason, when i have a mask on a layer (which is also animated) it looks fine, but when i apply an effect to it (like motion blur etc) the mask's influence completely goes, and doesnt seem to work anymore. There's no feather on the mask either..im confused. Can anyone suggest anything?

Here's a picture of the problem...pic 1 shows the motoin blur on the legs, but i dont want the leg to be seen on the right of the black post...like in pic 2 (which works only because i turned off motion blur). Please ignore that plugin, its the same if i use any effect, like gaussian blur for exampe

http://www.aidangibbons.com/images/pic1.jpg
http://www.aidangibbons.com/images/pic2.jpg
AidanGibbons
05-08-2005, 12:57 PM
Sorry, i just tested other filters and they work fine....it seems to be just happening with RE-Vision's motion blur Pro...works fine with the non-pro version. Wonder if this is a known bug?
Shinjipierre
05-08-2005, 01:02 PM
Precompose that layer with the mask and it'll work
AidanGibbons
05-08-2005, 01:10 PM
Yeah i knew that would do, but just seems to be a plugin bug in the end..all sorted now :)

Thanks
TimC
05-08-2005, 07:58 PM
Yeah i knew that would do, but just seems to be a plugin bug in the end..all sorted now :)

Thanks

it isn't a bug. Lots of plugins reference the source layer. It is just the way it works.

TimC
AidanGibbons
05-08-2005, 08:03 PM
Ahh didnt realise, thanks :)

really like your work by the way! Those arnie shades for channel 5 are really cool :P
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