scaling a stroke mask in after effects? I have an imported illustrator image that I'm trying to create a stroke mask over so I can animate it's reveal (like someone writing it). Unfortunately, when I try to use the pen tool on the layer it keeps changing the cursor to the "add point" which then makes the next click a brand new path. It's basically impossible to make any kind of path this way. 

So, I made an adjustment layer and drew the mask on top of that. But when I copy and paste the mask onto the illustrator layer it's scaled waaaay up. I can't find a way to scale the mask down. When I click on the mask it doesn't give me the box around it, only the actual stroke points (which just move that one point).

Is there not a way to scale a path?
To scale a mask as if you were using the group select tool in Illustrator either alt-click the mask, or hit cmd/ctrlT.  It's truly perplexing how all the Adobe apps have different tools and shortcuts for the same tasks.