AE: how to paint on a composition 'live'
Posted: 02 Apr 2014, 13:41
Hi,
this one is driving me nuts... I've googled around, and found others ask the same question for years...
I want to use the paint tool (paint effect) on a layer (e.g. a solid), but without having to open the layer!
Because if I do so, I only see the solid, but nothing else, and I want to paint precisely on some parts of the composition.
If I don't open the layer, I cannot paint but just move it.
I can open a second comp viewer side-by-side, lock the one with the main comp, open the solid in the other one, and paint in it, but that's much good either.
There's also the bug or restriction that the main comp will then not update until the mouse button is released, when using this 'edit this, look at that' workflow.
Can it be that AE is really that sucky???
Thanks a lot!
Eugen
this one is driving me nuts... I've googled around, and found others ask the same question for years...
I want to use the paint tool (paint effect) on a layer (e.g. a solid), but without having to open the layer!
Because if I do so, I only see the solid, but nothing else, and I want to paint precisely on some parts of the composition.
If I don't open the layer, I cannot paint but just move it.
I can open a second comp viewer side-by-side, lock the one with the main comp, open the solid in the other one, and paint in it, but that's much good either.
There's also the bug or restriction that the main comp will then not update until the mouse button is released, when using this 'edit this, look at that' workflow.
Can it be that AE is really that sucky???
Thanks a lot!
Eugen