Adobe After Effects Pen Tool. This excerpt from Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to create a mask using the Pen tool edit a mask feather a mask edge create a vignette and more. Masks are an essential tool in After Effects and Kyle Hamrick is here to show you a few easy tips.
Press CtrlCmd F to activate Search field. Download our Under The Influence Script here. Activate Pen Tool G.
Adobe After Effects is one of those scary complicated pieces of software that every video editor and motion graphic designer needs to learn at some point.
This happens in programs like Illustrator too but there you can just deselect the line a. Activate and cycle between the Pen and Mask Feather tools. Press CtrlCmd or - to maximize or minimize content. After I make a curved line when I go to draw the next point itll be automatically curved.