BAO Mask Brush

Apply custom brushes to mask paths in After Effects, in 3D space, with Motion Blur and Squash and Stretch!

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Description

Apply custom brushes to mask paths in After Effects, in 3D space, with Motion Blur and Squash and Stretch!

Motion blur is computed per brush, including maskPath and parameters animation.

Switch between 2D and 3D modes. 3D responds to cameras and has per vertex 3D control.

New features in v1.9.7: Reveal!

Reveal your brushes along the path with 2 sliders to animate start and end points. Perfect for write-on effects!

BAO Mask Brush is a set of 2 native plugins for After Effects:

  • Mask Brush: align brushes along a maskPath and create dynamic paint strokes and amazing shapes.

  • Mask Brush Fill: fill a maskPath with brushes and create stunning dynamic patterns.

Quick Start

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Version History

1.9.18 -

Jun 27, 2024

Fixed a UI issue.

1.9.17 -

Apr 20, 2022

- Added support for Multi Frame Rendering.

- M1 compatible (Mac)

1.9.16 -

May 21, 2020

- Fixed a memory issue (16bpc only).

- Catalina notarization

1.9.15 -

Oct 25, 2019

Fixed a notarization issue (Mac only) and updated licensing code (both Mac and Windows).

1.9.14 -

Aug 27, 2019

Added 16bits support.

1.9.13 -

Jun 26, 2019

Updated licensing code.

1.9.12 -

Jan 10, 2019

Added the "Use all masks" feature.

1.9.11 -

Dec 13, 2017

Fixed a caching issue.

1.9.10 -

Sep 20, 2017

Updated the licensing system.

1.9.9 -

Sep 19, 2017

Fixed a brush anchor point issue.

1.9.8 -

Mar 31, 2017

Fixed a layer origin issue.

1.9.7 -

Aug 2, 2016

Fixed a CC 2015 warning issue.

Added a new feature: 'Reveal' parameters.

1.9.6 -

Apr 3, 2016

Fixed a CC 2015 compatibility bug (Mac only)

1.9.5 -

Mar 26, 2016

Fixed a camera matrix bug. Cameras are now fully supported (including rotations and point of interest).

Added a new parameter to enable/disable 3D Z sorting.

1.9 -

Nov 14, 2015

Fixed a pre-composition bug and added a new Time sampling mode "Loop (random start)"

1.8 -

Oct 19, 2015

Added Motion Blur and 3D control including per vertex mask control

1.7.5 -

Sep 22, 2015

Fixed a time sampling bug in Mask Brush Fill

1.7 -

Jun 19, 2015

Added CC 2015 compatibility

1.6.5 -

Oct 14, 2014

Repetition range bug fixed (now starts from 0)

1.6 -

Jul 7, 2014

Brush selector bug fixed

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6