Moho Animation Forum

I am experimenting with the masking function
and not getting anywhere. Basically I have two
layers, one layer has a blue rectangle shape,
the other a red. One rectangle crosses the
other in the middle, making a cross. I have
fiddled with the masking options, trying to
see what they do, and then rendering to
see the results, and basically, there aren't
any. The tutorials haven't helped.

Anyone have any masking lessons for idiots
out there?

Masking examples (right click, save)

thank you so much for your
help

i will try again to get the masking
to work

i appreciate the time you took to
help me!

I always find masking to be confusing. I'm constantly having to try different options until it works. Thank you, Selgin, for this file. It clears things up quite well.

Jack

Other important thing to know is that the staking order is different between "hide all" and "reveal all". In "hide all" the mask layer should be below the masked layer and in "reveal all" the mask should be above the masked layer. Like in selgin's examples.
Also it is very interesting if you put alternate layers with mask and no mask option.

Group: hide all
sublayer 1: mask this layer
sublayer 2: add to mask
sublayer 3: mask this layer
sublayer 4: add to mask

sublayer 1 is masked by two masks (sublayer 2 first and sublayer 4 later)
on the other hand sublayer 3 is only masked by sublayer 4. interesting examples can be achieved with this setup. If you study my contest entry file (see Anime Studio Contest forum) I used two masks to perform the three states of the match: unburned (wood), burning (lighted) and burned (black).

The best thing is play with them in a non definitive project and learn how they work.

Best
Genete

Notice that the example is incorrectly labeled in the text boxes.....

mooncaine wrote:Notice that the example is incorrectly labeled in the text boxes.....

Excuse me but what are referring to? Also how should the example be
corrected?

threedguy wrote:Excuse me but what are referring to? Also how should the example be
corrected?

i suppose that he reffers to the masking numbers.
the order in the layer window is masking1, masking2, masking3, masking4.
and in the picture is masking1, masking2, masking1, masking2.

it's my mistake, but actually it's not important.

How would I set up a pupil hidden in the eye outline? I tried all those twice and played around but nothing works. My pupil is a circle and my eye outline is only lines.


EDIT: If I just add fill and my first attempt would of been right.
Outline-+ to mask
Pupil- mask this layer
Folder - hide all

Goei wrote:How would I set up a pupil hidden in the eye outline? I tried all those twice and played around but nothing works. My pupil is a circle and my eye outline is only lines.

i would do this:

->Group hide all
---->eyelids2 don't mask this layer
---->pupil normal ("mask this layer")
---->eyelids1 +clear the mask, then add this layer to it

eyelids1 is the eye with outline and fill.
eyelids2 is the same eye, but without fill.