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Koalaba
10-05-2008, 08:21 PM
hi All,

I'm trying to have adjustment layers not effect specific layers underneath it. I was wondering if there's some setting I'm suppose to mod on a specific layer so its not effected by it. I could put the layer on top of the adjustment layer but the problem is that its the background layer and if i put it on top of everything else then its going to cover all the foreground layers.


thanks,
-Dan
Khalor
10-05-2008, 10:43 PM
There was a heated discussion over this not long ago, thread was just a little bit down the page.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=10&t=678700

Currently, no feature like this exists, but most problems requiring this feature should be workable using precomps.
Koalaba
10-06-2008, 02:28 AM
aright thanks
suztv
10-06-2008, 01:26 PM
I usually only use Adjustment layers if I want to affect EVERYTHING below them. You can if you want to - create a mask based on the parts that you don't want affected. I think a luma or alpha mask applied? IDK, I don't have AE open at the moment but if it is more than one or two layers that you want to NOT be affected you may have to re-think the way you want to achieve the affect. Also - using adjustment layers tends to break any 3d correlation if you put that in-between layers on your comp, so be careful.

If you want a more specific answer - try uploading screen shots of your project & layer hierarchy and the effect that needs to happen to certain layers etc., you might get more specific answers.
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