Type mask of item in color is grayscale?

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Type mask of item in color is grayscale?

I'm trying to make a mask of some bold type (like the example of the tiger in the masks section of the Motion 5 manual.) I can get the image to fit within the confines of the type, but it is in grayscale. The image that I'm using is colorful and I've tried every variable in the inspector to try to bring the color to life.

Here's how I did it:

I applied an image mask to the type layer.
Then I dragged the layer of the graphic image to the well of the mask.

As I said, it works but is gray. Thanks in advance.

-steve

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Mar 26, 2014 2:27 PM

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fox_m

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Mar 26, 2014 3:42 PM in response to wildsavage

Masks are either going to be "alpha" (transparency/opacity) or luminance (shade of grey.)

You stated you added the Image Mask to the text and dragged the image into the mask source (and probably changed the Source Channel to luminance, which will produce the greyscale imaging.)

To create "image-filled" text, you need to add the Image Mask to the tiger (or other image) and drag the text onto the mask. That way, your image will be masked by the text.

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