Removing Points from an Animated Matte Generator

You can remove controls points that you do not intend to use, whether they were automatically generated by the Animated Matte Generator or added manually.

NOTE If you have already animated the Animated Matte Generator, removing a matte point will remove that point on every keyframe, which will affect the shape of the matte throughout the scene.
  1. In the Node or Timeline view, select the Animated Matte Generator node.
  1. Display the controls of the Animated Matte Generator node by doing one of the following:
    • In the Camera view toolbar, click on Show Control .
    • From the top menu, select View > Show > Control.
    • Press Shift + F11.

    The control points for the Animated Matte Generator display in the Camera view.

  1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool.
  1. In the Editing Mode panel of the Animated Matte Generator view, select Define Matte Point .
  1. In the Camera view, select the point you want to remove. You can select several points by holding Shift while clicking on each point.

  1. In the Camera view, click on the matte contour where you want the new point to be created.

NOTE

Removing a matte point from one of the matter's contours will also remove its corresponding point to the matte's other contour. It is not possible to have a different amount of points on a matte's inner and outer contours.