Absent layer of my adjustment layer mask

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• Need help to transform a shape layer in a layer mask blur adjustment

  I understand how to do a blur mask on the image adjustment layer, so it blurs the images below, which is essentially what I'm trying to do, but in this case, I already have the shape layer (or rather imported from Illustrator > converted to a shape layer) and is in a nested composition.

  First of all, is it possible to blur the images of a composition if the adjustment layer is nested in a composition of the child, or the adjustment layer must be in the parent publication; the composition is blurry?

  Second of all, how we simply take a form that they have already created and use that for a mask, in this case, a mask that will blur everything below?

  Forum thanks!

  There are a few things that are not effective in your workflow and your approach.

  Lets talk first about the Illustrator files in After Effects. Firstly, absolutely the only reason you would ever convert a layer to illustrator in a form would be to use animator tools found in the add menu at the top of the shape layer properties in the timeline panel or to animate a Bézier path on this layer. There is no other advantage in converting a vector layer to a shape. NONE.

  Second, if you want to hide an adjustment layer then you can draw the mask directly on the adjustment layer or any layer with transparency, including an illustrator layer, layer photoshop, any hidden layer or layer shape directly on top of the adjustment layer and use this layer with transparency as an Alpha or Alpha reverse cache by approach to the adjustment layer.

  You can use the luminance values of any layer that has no transparency that a luma or reversed hides by luma approach. The white areas offer transparency with luma standard. IOW, if you have a radial with white in the middle and black gradient on the edge and you use a luma matte and white will be transparent on the layer below.

  Standard caches only affects the layer immediately below the source.

  Adjustment effect layers each layer directly under the adjustment layer. Masks and caches can be used to control the effects of an adjustment layer.

  You can also use masks on any layer to control the effect added to this layer if you have a recent version of AE. You will find the option under options to Compositing.

  If you have any layer with transparency or the strong luminance values, you can use Auto Trace to generate a cache for this layer based on transparency or luminance. Any way shape mask or Bézier path can be copied and pasted to another layer.

  We will take your last question now. You should be able to answer. To use any shape you created as a mask, you use this layer as a track matte.

  We will change that approach a bit and assume that you have created a shape layer by using the pen tool or converted an Illustrator layer to a shape. You have a path that you can be found by selecting the shape layer and by pressing twice the key U. find the path you want to copy, rotate options path to reveal animation controls and to set a single keyframe and then copy (Ctrl/Cmnd + c). Even of the forms created with parametric tools like star, ellipse, rectangle can be converted into a path by right-clicking the shape and selecting convert to paths. When you have copied the path put you on the layer where you want to paste the path, select the pen tool to begin to draw a mask, click anywhere on the layer and paste it (ctrl/cmnd + v) and that you have created the mask. This works for forms and masks on any layer.

  Here's a bet to keep everything by copying and pasting masks. The size and position of a path is calculated from the center of the layer and has no relationship to scaling, rotating, or the position of the layer. If you drew a mask on a layer that is resized to 50% and moved to the top right of the comp and rotated 45 ° and then paste this path to any other layer you will NOT get a path in the same position and the same size as the layer sampled in the model. You end up with a path that match if every sampled layer transformation properties have been reset and the layer was at the center of the model and the rotation and scale were normal. You must pay attention to this issue by copying and pasting traces of Bézier.

  I missed a question type. If you nest or call a layer previously and there is an adjustment layer in the main computer it will affect all layers below. If you dial before a layer and a top adjustment layer then only layers in the nested model will be influenced by the adjustment layer.  I replied before but wanted to make sure.

  BE very careful when you watch YouTube tutorials on workflow because a growing number of them is bad teaching techniques and pointing you to the bottom of the dead-end alleys. Make sure you vet your training.

  If you have any other questions the best place to find good community resources is to type a word in the search help field in the upper right of the AE. For example, if you typed layer adjustment or masks, you would find a lot of very good advice on how to use these features.

• Is there an equivalent for Photoshop adjustment layer masks After Effects?

  I have a clip showing the clouds in a blue sky and the Valley in the bluish shade, and I want to darken the blues of the sky without affecting the Valley. Effects such as Hue/Saturation or curves produce good results on the sky, but apply to the entire composition.

  In Photoshop I would just do something like painting a gradient on the adjustment layer mask, but I don't see an equivalent in after effects CC2015.2 and wonder if I forgot something. Pointers?

  John

  Mast track controls are in the Modes Panel. The second icon in the lower left corner of the timeline will reveal the switches and modes column in the timeline panel, or you can press F4 to switch between them. If the second icon is not selected, then you should also see a switch at the bottom of the column switches switches/Modes.

  Here's how I would setup a colour correction in this train yard shot to put a glance Kodachrome faded on the bottom of the frame without turning the yellow sky.

  

  If you look very carefully between the cars, you can see the start and the end points for my gradient.

• How to copy a channel alpha to an adjustment layer mask?

  I can copy a mask in alpha channel to a layer of the image by Ctrl + click on the alpha channel, then by clicking on the icon Add a layer mask in Photoshop CC, but it does not work for an adjustment layer. How can I copy the mask to alpha channel to the layer of an adjustment layer mask? Thank you.

  Drag the Alpha channel down to the channel to load as a selection symbol.

  Return the Panel layers, click the adjustment layer and choose an adjustment layer.

  The Alp\ha channel is displayed in his mask.

• Problems with adjustment layer masks

  I have serious problems with adjustment layer masks. I have converted a photo black and white usiing one adjustment layer and trying to return to colored eyes. My form tool is selected, the color black is my first plan and target my layer mask. Coloring on the contour of the eyes a brownish/sepia-like color is revealed instead of blue (the color of the eyes). When I on the skin a reddish colour. In this case on THREE platforms... PSE6 CS3 AND CS5.5.

  I have reset my tools. Close the program. Uninstalled and reinstalled twice (PSE6 and CS3). And you have installed a trial version and reset preferences in CS5.5 (just to see if I could overcome my problem). I also reset the default preferences in CS5.5.

  Recently, I uninstalled a trial version of PSE10 (a week ago give or take and I think that I have chosen to remove preferences... do not know well).

  OS: Vista

  Browser: Chrome

  Thanks in advance for your help.

  Katherine

  Yes, I figured that the surrounding grayish area would give the impression that the color of the skin is too orange/high heat, and without external tone, the eye color looks different.

  Katherine, take a piece of paper, make a big hole like brush strokes and place it on the corrected image. This is not the colors are the same as on the image corrected, now? (Well, there should be a gray piece of paper to get exactly the same result)

  It's an optical illusion, like this: http://capslove.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/optical-illusion/ where the eyes of the same color green or cyan according to its surrounding areas. Your mind compensates for the colors and the tricks you into believing that they are different in picture one / two, skin color lighter and less saturated than in your second picture image.

  Knowing this, you can use another adjustment layer, to drive the color where you want (to the soft blue brighter, more saturated) or skin made down the color that appears too bright.

  If the other members of the forum are not paid in graphic design and the influence of surrounding the optical tricks colors/classic, it doesn't surprise me that they are consistent with the description you give, especially if you do ask them 'the skin looks too orange.

  This is why it is recommended to have a photo studio (or the room in what you use Photoshop) with gray walls, why Photoshop interface is neutral blue-grey and not bright pink, etc.

  (If you work on a Pc, select a black theme without transparency for Vista/7, or on a mac, select the choice of interface of graphite, as it could also mislead you.)

  Some use a grey full desktop picture.

  Thanks for the props, guys!

• Adjustment layers - layer masks

  The layer mask is automatically joined to my adjustment layers. They used to be there. Now, they evidence is more upward.

  Any suggestions?

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  Sarah

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  To layer masks to display by default on layers of settings, try

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  For default masks on the layer of filling, it's under the steering wheel of the layer panel menu:

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• Layer masks and blending modes

  I read on the layer blending modes in Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual, p.121.  They talk about setting exposure using the blending modes, and they show how to darken an image by using the following procedure.  (1) activate a layer, (2) create a mask of levels, (3) the blending mode of the layer to multiply the value.

  My impression is that blending modes change how the pixels on one level interact with the pixels on the next lower level; that is, it implies there are at least two layers of the image.  So I'm not surprised that if I have a single layer without a mask and I change the blending mode from normal to multiply, it is without effect, probably because there is no immediately lower level to allow interaction.  However, if I have a single layer and create a layer mask, then changing the blending mode from normal to multiply darken the image.  That must involve the pixels of the layer are interacting with transparent pixels on the mask.  What?

  Can someone explain what is happening in reality not here?

  Use layer blending modes, you need to the two layers less.

  As you mentioned above:

  '(1) activate a layer, (2) create a mask of levels, (3) the blending mode of the layer to multiply the value'

  step 2 means create a levels adjustment layer that comes with a default mask if you want to make local adjustments.

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• By default gray layer mask

  Hello

  I made a few changes on a photo and in the Panel layers (screenshot below), some of layer masks are gray instead of black.  I made these changes in quick succession of each other, so I don't understand why some are out some grey and black (which is OK)?

  I was doing a box on an image selection, and then by clicking on the button layer mask below layers panel, which then creates a layer / layer mask with the selection and the selected layer mask option (i.e. color balance, brightness / contrast, etc.).

  Any help on why this happens and whether or not it is correct would be great.

  

  You did all of the selections as a path with the pen tool (or other vector tool)? If you did and you add the adjustment layer, you will get a vector mask gray/white.

  

• Opacity of the layer mask Photoshop in AE

  I have a series of PSD files each with a layer mask with a default opacity of 100%. PS, I change the 'density' of the layer of about 15% in order to achieve the desired result. Either way, the layer mask is also an inactive Alpha channel.

  My question is that when I include the series of the PSD AE as-is, the layer mask is available as a black. It doesn't seem to be a way adjust the density of the mask as in Photoshop. I tried to use an alpha channel and track matte, but no luck. The main PSD file has the default active layer apparently mask with no way to change it.

  Maybe I'll have to put in place an action on PSD files?

  Thank you.

  

  AE is not layer masks as separate channels, it uses only the calculated pixel opacity. Simply, you cannot use this method. Rasterize your stuff to separate the layers.

  Mylenium

• In RGB mode, why paste 50% gray in a layer mask actually put K 59% in the mask?

  Create a new (small) document in RGB mode, 8-bit, transparent background.

  Fill the layer 1, resulting with 50% gray, 100% opacity.  The reports = (128,128,128) RGB eyedropper.

  Copy the layer to the Clipboard.

  Create a new layer 2. Fill it with green #00ff00 (content doesn't really count).

  Add a layer mask to the layer 2.

  Wear this mask during installation.

  Paste the contents of the Clipboard.  The pipette noted the content of the mask as K 59%.

  I expect 50% gray (or K 50%). Why have I not 59% K?

  Additives:

  I'm using CS3 on Mac. I didn't get to see if the same thing happens with newer versions of PS.

  Apply the layer mask in the layer 2. Excerpt from the transparency in a new layer.  The pipette gives the RGB of the

  new layer as (106,106,106), with pixel-by-pixel variations plus/minus 1.

  Take the difference between this new layer and layer 1; the pipette gives the RGB difference as (22,22,22),

  Once again with variations of plus/minus 1.

  Paste the contents of the Clipboard into a new layer.  The pipette gives this new RGB content

  layer as (128,128,128), both without and with a black & white adjustment applied.

  Create a new layer, add a layer mask, fill the mask with 50% gray. The pipette gives the content of

  the new title (128,128,128) (now as expected) master.

  The 50% gray used above is just for simplicity. I am really interested in inserting a complicated RGB

  image containing only shades of gray in the layer mask. This example shows that the collage will not

  preserve the levels of gray. Indeed, when I replace the first 50% of grey with a black and white gradient.

  the differences between the initial gradient and in the mask included roughly quadratic between 0 to 0,

  22 128 and 0 to 255.

  It is a grayscale image, interpreted according to your work of gray.

  Use Gray Gamma 2.2 and you will get 50%.

  EDIT: actually I think you could use sGray, who has the accurate sRGB transfer function - which is not strictly a pure gamma. But it wouldn't be right with for example Adobe RGB.

• apply the layer mask selection

  Hello

  IAM looking for a solution to apply a previeuws

  choice of a layer of an adjustment layer mask.

  The gale of my code to select the mask - but when I apply the

  selection, it creates top layer.

  I need to go into the layer mask (alt and click) and then paste it.

  Then turns off.

  Scriptlistender is not helping much.

  
  app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll(); //selects stuff on the preview layer
  app.activeDocument.selection.copy();  //copy that stuff - to paste it into the mask later
  
  var adjLayer = doc.layerSets.getByName("ao").artLayers.getByName("ao");  //searching for a group and specific layer
  var mask = ExtendedLayer.selectLayerMask(adjLayer); // extern function wich selects the mask (does not go "into" the mask - just selects it)
  
  
  pastMask = function()
  {
  
  // Selectin recorded by Script listender
  var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
      var desc321 = new ActionDescriptor();
      var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
          var ref212 = new ActionReference();
          var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
          var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
          var idMsk = charIDToTypeID( "Msk " );
          ref212.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idMsk );
      desc321.putReference( idnull, ref212 );
      var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" );
      desc321.putBoolean( idMkVs, false );
  executeAction( idslct, desc321, DialogModes.NO );
  
  // paste, recorded by script listender
  var idpast = charIDToTypeID( "past" );
      var desc322 = new ActionDescriptor();
      var idAntA = charIDToTypeID( "AntA" );
      var idAnnt = charIDToTypeID( "Annt" );
      var idAnno = charIDToTypeID( "Anno" );
      desc322.putEnumerated( idAntA, idAnnt, idAnno );
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  };
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  Any help would be really nice. !

  Thank you very much

  Alpha

  app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll (); selects on the preview layer stuff

  app.activeDocument.selection.copy ();  copy such things - to paste it later into the mask

  var adjLayer = activeDocument.layerSets.getByName("ao").artLayers.getByName ("ao");  looking for a group and a specific layer

  activeDocument.activeLayer = adjLayer;

  pastMask = function()

  {

  Selectin registered by the listender Script

  var idslct = charIDToTypeID ("TPCV");

  var desc321 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var idnull = charIDToTypeID ("null");

  var ref212 = new ActionReference();

  var idChnl = charIDToTypeID ('channel');

  var idChnl = charIDToTypeID ('channel');

  var idMsk = charIDToTypeID ("Msk");

  ref212.putEnumerated (idChnl, idChnl, idMsk);

  desc321.putReference (idnull, ref212);

  var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID ("MKV");

  desc321.putBoolean (idMkVs, true);

  executeAction (idslct, desc321, DialogModes.NO);

  dough, recorded by the listender script

  var idpast = charIDToTypeID ("gone");

  var desc322 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var the idAntA = charIDToTypeID ("AntA");

  var idAnnt = charIDToTypeID ("Annt");

  var idAnno = charIDToTypeID ("year");

  desc322.putEnumerated (idAntA, idAnnt, idAnno);

  executeAction (idpast, desc322, DialogModes.NO);

  };

  pastMask();

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