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I would have drawn a shape layer path and added shape layer animators. The use of Stroke on a mask path is also a limited workflow. Her use of the blend modes was also only one option, personally, I would have used Add because it has more range, and there are different looks you can get with glow if you have a transparent layer and you use the Alpha Channel. Their lack of experience and some luck or not remembering exactly what they did lead you down the inefficient and sometimes dead-end workflow path. You have just experienced a common problem you get when you try and follow tutorials presented by amateurs. Sometimes if you select a specific property in the effect and copy and paste you don't always get the other properties. The problem with that quick tutorial is the way she described copying and pasting an effect. Select the black solid and press Ctrl/Cmnd + v to paste and the stroke should appear.In the timeline select the Paint effect on the footage layer, Just the Paint effect, not the brush stroke and press Ctrl/Cmnd + C to copy the effect.If the stroke is still visible add a new Black Solid to the composition Ctrl/Cmnd + y.
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If the stroke goes away you need to update your version of AE If you select the Paint effect in the timeline, spin down the properties and change Paint On Transparent to "on" do you still see the stroke Press the U key twice to reveal everything you modified on the layer.Hold down the Ctrl/Cmnd key to adjust the brush and drag it out to get a fairly big brush.Set the stroke to Continuous, or Write On, or Single Frame, it doesn't matter at this point.Double click the footage to load it in the Layer Panel.Create a new composition from the trimmed clip.What version of AE are you using right down to the build? As long as the size of the replacement layer matches the original any transform effects or animations will still be properly applied.Īll of these techniques are easier if you start in the Paint Workspace.Īs Eric said, if we knew exactly what you were trying to do it would be easier to give you some reasonable suggestions.
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This will replace the original source with a new one but keep the paint and any other effects you have applied. Still another option would be to duplicate the layer that you have painted on, duplicate the layer, then pick some footage from the project panel and hold down the Alt/Option key while you drag the layer to the comp. An alternative workflow may be to select the layer you want to paint on, duplicate that layer, pre-compose the duplicate, open the pre-comp in the Layer Panel, add any layers you might need to the pre-comp, then open the nested comp in the layer panel, do the painting, then go back in the pre-comp and turn off the layers you don't want.Īnother option is to just duplicate the layer you want to paint on, give the duplicate a different name, open the layer in the Layer Panel and select the original layer as the source if you are cloning, then paint away and choose Paint on transparent.