Copy a mask

[beenyweenies]

Hello community,
I've been experimenting with After Effects for a while now and I am now confronted with a problem: I have stupidly added a "complex" mask-course to a layer with key-frames. The problem is: Unfortunately, the mask had to be added to another layer. I wanted to copy the mask and add it to the other layer, but then all keyframes were lost. :sad:
Actually, I do not want to create a mask once again. What do I have to do in order not to?

Did you click the mask's name in the timeline, copy that, then paste to the new layer? You shouldn't just select the mask in the viewer window.

[avinashlobo]

First you copy the mask & then you copy the keyframes. They don't copy together.

[Kargokultti]

They do if you make sure the keyframes are selected as well: e.g. if you've animated the mask feather, first select the mask (click), then add the keyframes to the selection (shift-click). They'll copy allright if they're selected.

[cgeveryday]

Absolutely they do - and at the same time

make sure no part of your layer is selected, the select your mask (all your keys will also highlight) then just Ctrl+C to copy, select layer you want the mask on, move to the frame the first keyframe should be and Ctrl+V.


Jono

[beenyweenies]

Absolutely they do - and at the same time

make sure no part of your layer is selected, the select your mask (all your keys will also highlight) then just Ctrl+C to copy, select layer you want the mask on, move to the frame the first keyframe should be and Ctrl+V.


Jono

This is the way I've always done it, and never had issues.

[Pasargad]

You select all of one mask points and then copy them to another layer, maybe it works on your mashine...


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