SimplifyMasks

Allows you to simplify the selected masks by removing the least important vertices. For instance, it can be used for smoothing a path generated by the built-in Auto-trace command.

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SimplifyMasks

Version: 1.2 Sign up to be notified by email when a new version of this script is posted

This script allows you to simplify the selected masks by removing the least important vertices. For instance, it can be used for smoothing a path generated by the built-in Auto-trace command.

: SimplifyMasks UI

Version History

v1.2 Fixed foreign language compatibility with CS5.5 – Nov 2011
v1.1 Remaining vertices keep their original tangents (they were ignored in the previous version), CS5 compatibility (Aug 2010)
v1.0 Initial release (Jun 2009)

Last updated August 25th, 2010
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Tags: Auto-trace, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, Masks, Simplify, Smooth

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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4 Comments

Dawalk (Reply to this comment)
September 28, 2010

Is it possible to create a version for Mac CS3 ? Would like to be able to use this script for current project work.
Dawalk (Reply to this comment)
October 2, 2010

Can anyone help me out?
- nab (Reply to this comment)
  October 3, 2010
  
  Check you mailbox.
Seb (Reply to this comment)
December 10, 2010

Is it possible to apply across several keyframes?

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