Maybe Not So Perfect After All

There are some limitations to pasting masks as strokes. You don't have options like you do when working with masks.

• You can't change the first vertex, which means you may get strange interpolation even from similar looking shapes .

• Smart Mask Interpolation is not available for Paint Stroke Shape. You can cheat a little though because you can also copy and paste masks from AE into a paint stroke.

• You still may get strange interpolation, and even though these are vector strokes, you can't clean up the intermediary strokes without pasting another shape.

• If you find you want to paste masks as paint strokes a lot you may want to consider just using masks and applying a stroke effect to them.