MasksToLayers

Places the masks of the selected layer on individual layers.

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MasksToLayers

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This script places the masks of the selected layer on individual layers. For each mask the script will duplicate the selected layer and keep only one mask. For each new layer, you can specify the blending mode, and you can choose to move the anchor point to the mask center.

: MasksToLayers UI

Version History

v2.7 Fixed foreign language compatibility with CS5.5 – Nov 2011
v2.6 More precise “Move Anchor Point to Mask Center” function and CS5 compatibility (Aug 2010)
v2.5 Initial release on aescripts.com (Aug 2009)

Last updated August 25th, 2010
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Tags: CS4, CS5, CS5.5, Layers, Masks

Charles Bordenave

About the author

My name is Charles Bordenave and I am currently located in France. I started working with After Effects in 2005, when I was a PhD student in computer science at Montreal. My interest quickly converged to expressions and scripting. Nowadays I'm regularly hired on a freelance basis by production studios focussed on tv broadcast, cartoon animation, motion graphics or cinema. My job usually consists of developing customized automation tools for After Effects.

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7 Comments

myrna (Reply to this comment)
February 25, 2011

Thank you for your sharing. I wish to learn more, am just a newbie.
myrna (Reply to this comment)
February 25, 2011

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myrna (Reply to this comment)
February 25, 2011

thank you
myrna (Reply to this comment)
February 25, 2011

I hope to learn more through your tutorials.
Harold (Reply to this comment)
March 15, 2011

very cool!
park (Reply to this comment)
October 31, 2011

thank you
jong (Reply to this comment)
November 7, 2011

thank you

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