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Changing the order of nested effects

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Changing the order of nested effects

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- [Instructor] Now that we have our nested resize effect and mask effect, we're going to need to change the order in which those two effects are applied if we want to scale up the image behind the mask. I'm going to go into the Effect mode so that I can see these two effects listed in the Effect Editor. And again, the effects are applied from the bottom up, so I need that resize effect to be beneath the mask effect. And it turns out that's pretty straightforward to do. I'm going to click on the icon for the resize effect and drag it down in the Effect Editor beneath the mask effect. And that's it! I've changed the order in which the effects are applied. If you look now in the timeline window, you can see the icon for the top-most or outer-most layer of our effects has changed to indicate that it's a mask effect. And now if I go to the Effect Editor and make an adjustment to our scaling, let's try scaling up a little…

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