Quick NEWB question

[ryan brown]

What's the keyboard shortcut for moving one frame forward (for rotoscoping)in AE 7. In FCP, you just press the arrow keys, but apparently that's not the case here.

p.s. No wheel on the mouse here.

 

[Matty_g]

page up/down

 

[ryan brown]

Thank you...and also for not making a joke out of it

 

[Matty_g]

no problem.

 

[ryan brown]

Got another quick one.

I'm rotoscoping a small mask. I make the mask, start the stopwatch and move it around for a few frames, then I want to delete it, as there's a cut in the footage. How do I only keep the mask for a given time (in this case, just a few frames).

When I move past the point I need it, I try to delete it, and it just deletes the entire mask.

 

[oneinfiniteloop]

There is multiple ways you can hadle this, I personally use the mask expansion or opacity and keyframe it on the last fram I need it, then the next I set the expansion all the way up so that the mask isn't doing anything. I guess it depends on which mode the mask is in and what your preference is. There might be better ways though...

 

[ryan brown]

Thanks... I found an easier way. (Rotoscoping with the paintbrush, instead of masking out)