<p>Once the Rotobrush tool has been selected to use (assuming you used Rotobrush based on the pink outline) a small box in the bottom right of the comp will appear and should say "Freeze." Literally just press that and it'll freeze the mask... fixed my masking render glitch and I hope it does for you too! Best of luck, happy editing. </p>

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2019-08-13T11:47:14.270Z
By "freeze" it's important to note that it really means pre-calculate, not "freeze"-as in stop moving. As you work on rotoBrush, masks are calculated on the fly. When you go to render you need to have the masks pre-calculated or the render engine won't do the mask calculations properly. That's what the freeze button does.
stib
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2019-03-03T07:35:00.270Z
2019-03-03T07:35:00.270Z
Nia
<p>I've been masking all day today and everything has worked perfectly up until now. I did my usual mask and then rendered it but upon render everything screwed up. I have tried it multiple times and I've even gone as far as to re-import the clip and mask it all over again. The results were different but only in the pattern of the glitch. </p>

<p>Im busy uploading the clips of the glitch right now so I'll just have to explain it for now. Basically everything looks perfectly fine in the ram preview window but when I render it, it separates the video around and the mask is completely messed up. Can someone please help me with this? It's incredibly frustrating when everything else today has gone smoothly. I'm using After Effects CC</p>

<p>Ram Preview Window: </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/fOEw1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fOEw1.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>After Render: </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lzg8M.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lzg8M.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-07-27T14:34:52.610Z
Welcome Ethan :) Hard to say. I'd suggest to check your matte only (create a black solid, copy your masks into the layer, create a white background, render it, import it with the correct frame rate settings).
p2or
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-07-27T20:01:45.720Z
Thanks but I fixed it by simply freezing everything :)
Ethan
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2015-07-28T06:49:54.770Z
Great! Can you please elaborate and convert this into an answer?
p2or
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2017-05-18T13:29:47.497Z
Having the same issue??
What do you mean you froze everything?? My subject is walking so cannot freeze it?
Leon
<after-effects><animation-rendering>
Masking messes up in after effects after rendering
Ethan
# Masking messes up in after effects after rendering

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-27)

I've been masking all day today and everything has worked perfectly up until now. I did my usual mask and then rendered it but upon render everything screwed up. I have tried it multiple times and I've even gone as far as to re-import the clip and mask it all over again. The results were different but only in the pattern of the glitch.

Im busy uploading the clips of the glitch right now so I'll just have to explain it for now. Basically everything looks perfectly fine in the ram preview window but when I render it, it separates the video around and the mask is completely messed up. Can someone please help me with this? It's incredibly frustrating when everything else today has gone smoothly. I'm using After Effects CC

Ram Preview Window:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/fOEw1.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/fOEw1.png)

After Render:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/lzg8M.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lzg8M.png)

**Tags:** after-effects, animation-rendering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome username_0 :) Hard to say. I'd suggest to check your matte only (create a black solid, copy your masks into the layer, create a white background, render it, import it with the correct frame rate settings).  
> **username_0**: Thanks but I fixed it by simply freezing everything :)  
> **username_1**: Great! Can you please elaborate and convert this into an answer?  
> **username_2**: Having the same issue?? What do you mean you froze everything?? My subject is walking so cannot freeze it?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-03. Score: 1

Once the Rotobrush tool has been selected to use (assuming you used Rotobrush based on the pink outline) a small box in the bottom right of the comp will appear and should say "Freeze." Literally just press that and it'll freeze the mask... fixed my masking render glitch and I hope it does for you too! Best of luck, happy editing.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: By "freeze" it's important to note that it really means pre-calculate, not "freeze"-as in stop moving. As you work on rotoBrush, masks are calculated on the fly. When you go to render you need to have the masks pre-calculated or the render engine won't do the mask calculations properly. That's what the freeze button does.  

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