Week#4: Masking

This week we will practice masking:

Often used Hot Keys:

Q: Shape tool
- click the Q to sequence through the 5 shapes
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W: Rotation tool,
- use for rotating shapes.
- hold the OPTION Key to not see the bounding box
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V: Selection tool;
- use for moving objects in the Comp Window
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G: Pen Tool
- use for creating Bezier curves and shapes.
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Y: Pan Behind tool,
- use in setting the anchor point for the shape.


Examples this week:
• Text masking
• Inverted masks
• Shape mask
• Building a path with the Pen tool
• Stencil Mode to simulate a mask effect