Adobe® After Effects® CC Classroom in a Book®

7. Working With Masks

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Create a mask using the Pen tool.

• Change a mask’s mode.

• Edit a mask shape by controlling vertices and direction handles.

• Feather a mask edge.

• Replace the contents of a mask shape.

• Adjust the position of a layer in 3D space to blend it with the rest of a shot.

• Create a reflection effect.

• Modify a mask using the Mask Feather tool.

• Create a vignette.

• Use Auto Levels to correct the color of the shot.

This lesson will take approximately an hour to complete. Download the Lesson07 project files from the Lesson & Update Files tab on your Account ...