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Revealing a layer using a mask

Revealing a layer using a mask

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Revealing a layer using a mask

- [Illustrator] Next up, we are going to animate the header elements. So as before, I can select the layer, solo it, just so we can see what we are working with. And this time I want to zoom into the area over here. So another way to zoom into the desired location in the composition is to hold down the Alt key. This will be the option on the make side, and use your mouse scroller to just scroll in. Alright. I'm going to go to the beginning of the composition. And this time, I'm going to reveal this layer using a mask. So, I'll click once to select the rectangle mask and then I'll mark key around the word football, something like this, and then I'm going to let go. So, here in the timeline, we can see that we are masking part of the layer. And if I'll thrill down the mask properties under a Mask 1, we have couple of tools that we can use to animate it. For example, we can animate using mask expansion. So if I'll click…

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