Applying mask to effect

I have set up the lightray effect on a line of text and animated the point of origin, from left to right. But how to 'mask' the effect off from the others letters, so only a couple of letters actually display the effect.
I saw it done in AE with the Trapcode filters, looked very nice.
Thanks
Rob D
UK

Hey Rob,
Flowgraph-based compositors (Shake, Chalice, Nuke, Digital Fusion, etc) typically have a mask input for every filter, making this a little easier. In layer-based apps like Motion and AE, we only have that shortcut if a particular filter offers a mask input (not often).
The usual method is to just have multiple copies of the text: one with the full text but no glow, and another with masked glowing text. Add a little mask animation and you're in business.

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