From the course: After Effects CC 2022 Essential Training
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Shape layers vs. masks - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects CC 2022 Essential Training
Shape layers vs. masks
- [Instructor] The shape tools found in after effects are used to create both shape layers and masks. And here at this movie, we'll see how we can create one of each. Let's switch over to our two creation composition. Now, because after effects can use the same tool to create either shape layers or masks, how do we tell after effects which to do? Well, it all depends on what you have selected. If you have a layer selected, using the shape tools will create a mask. If you have nothing selected, those same tools will create a shape layer. So let's see this in action. I'm going to select this painted circle and come up over to my shape creation tool. You can see I have from this dropdown several different shapes available to me, I'll select the ellipse tool. And in my composition window, I'll just click and drag. And automatically after effects is creating a mask for us, obscuring portions of the image and revealing…
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