User Guide

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ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0
User Guide
• To select several discontiguous masks together, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or
Command (Mac OS) as you click the names of any masks you want to include.
Note: You can select only whole masks in the Timeline window. To select individual points on
a mask, use the Composition or Layer window.
To add or remove masks or control points to or from the selection:
Do one of the following:
• In the Composition window, use the selection tool ( ) to drag a marquee to enclose all
points on all desired masks.
• In the Layer window, press Shift as you drag a marquee over other unselected control
points.
• In either the Layer or Composition window, select a mask and press Shift as you click
other unselected masks with the selection tool.
To select all masks on a layer:
Choose Edit > Select All.
Scaling and rotating selected masks or points
In one step, you can scale and rotate an entire mask (or selected points in one or more
masks) using the Free Transform Points command. When you use this command, a
bounding box surrounds the selected points, and an anchor point displays in the center of
the bounding box to mark the effect point for the current transformation. You can scale
and rotate the selected control points by dragging the bounding box or its handles. You
can also change the point from which the mask rotates or scales by moving the bounding
box anchor point. The Free Transform Points bounding box handles and anchor point
exist independently of the handles and anchor point for the layer.
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