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Towerguy
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Towerguy
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‎Dec 01, 2018
05:57 PM
Hi, you can use the Mirror Effect (or if you want to explore that style of graphic have a play with the CC Kaleida Effect, it can do amazing geometric type things).
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‎Nov 24, 2018
04:46 PM
1 Upvote
This might be of use: Animated Arrows in After Effects - YouTube
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‎Nov 22, 2018
03:33 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi. Have you done any basic tutorials on Particular (it is not an easy program to understand, let alone master)? If so, how do you want to "change" the particles? What is not working? To add the turbulence field go to Physics>Air>Turbulence Field. Click on the Visualise Fields checkbox to see the guides.
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‎Nov 11, 2018
07:40 PM
What is the Medium Grey magenta Alpha Inverted solid, it shouldn't be there? Where is the Precomp Layer? You seem to have a background on your video (the grey lines running down each octave) - have you masked out the piano keyboard on the top layer?
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‎Nov 11, 2018
05:01 PM
Sorry, the Layer Sampling should be "Still" not "Current Time".
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‎Nov 11, 2018
04:49 PM
Hi. The main comp is the composition that you started with and that the precompositions are in. To add particular create a solid and then add the Trapcode Particular Effect to the solid. "Using the pen tool draw a tight mask around the keyboard only" means you should already have a copy of the synthesia video as the top layer in your main comp draw the mask on this layer. In order the layers you should have are: Video Particular Precomp 2 (turn off the eyeball - make it 3D) Precomp Black Solid (you'll need to make this) The earlier post was (this is an edited version) In Emitter settings: Particles/sec very high (say 24,000); Emitter Type - Layer; Layer Emitter - set to Precomp 2 (turn off the eyeball and make it 3D), Layer Sampling - Current Time. Then it's down to creating the particles to look and behave as you want. Is that clearer?
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‎Nov 07, 2018
03:20 PM
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean? The particles should only emit when the green hits the mask. Have you read the whole thread and is his final result not what you are experiencing?
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‎Nov 06, 2018
03:33 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, this should help: Particles with synthesia
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‎Nov 01, 2018
04:08 PM
1 Upvote
You have your screen set to Custom View 1.
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‎Oct 11, 2018
03:41 PM
As ScooterD76 suggests; precompose your animation then in your main comp use Layer>Layer Styles>Stroke.
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‎Sep 25, 2018
05:25 PM
Hi, I would suggest you break your search into your two components - the map and the counter. It all depends on what type/style of map and counter you need.
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‎Sep 03, 2018
05:06 PM
1 Upvote
Particular doesn't allow particles to interact with themselves but I suspect in the example they used Particular's Auxiliary Particles which is sort-of similar. I think the new version of Stardust does allow actual interaction; Stardust: The New Standard In After Effects Particle Plug-Ins | Motion Array
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‎Sep 02, 2018
05:43 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi, there are several ways: if it's a mask/masks set the mask/s to Subtract or place a layer of the footage underneath your roto and set its "TrkMat" to Alpha Inverted (if you cant see the Track Matte box in your layer press the Toggle Switches/Modes box at the bottom of your screen. Then add your different video underneath.
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‎Aug 31, 2018
05:03 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, glad you got it sorted out. Sorry I don't know any way to speed up the render for, as you say, there are a huge number of particles (when you use a layer emitter the whole layer emits particles which include alpha particles that you can't see, hence why you have to have such a high birth rate).
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‎Aug 29, 2018
09:03 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi, my mistake. In your Particular settings change the Layer Sampling to Still (or try the other one if that doesn't work when you make your own type of particles). Solo the Particular layer and see where the strange particles are coming from (Press the Dot icon near the eye - they might be ones that are floating up from the green bar's particle spread). If not then, in your Precomp 2 drag the ends of your mask inwards so that the box just covers the area that the green bars go through. I would also suggest that you clean your cache (Edit/Purge/Image Cache) in case that's causing it. Sorry I can't use your aep, I'm on CS6 and have an older version of Particular. You may also want to mute the sound on Precomp and Precomp 2.
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‎Aug 29, 2018
06:46 PM
1 Upvote
Hi. I've had some success with this type of shot by masking out the crease (subtract) then adding another version of the clip underneath and offsetting its position slightly so the 'hole' is filled with clean skin.
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‎Aug 29, 2018
05:06 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi. You still appear to have the grey background in your Precomp 2 - see how at the beginning there are grey particles floating up, there should be nothing until the green bars hit the mask. Double check in Precomp 2 that you have switched off the eyeball and that the background is invisible. Try using a larger number of particles and play with the life settings if they die off too quickly.
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‎Aug 28, 2018
08:59 PM
3 Upvotes
Hi. To put the particles behind the bars adds quite a level of complexity. However, let's start from scratch: In your main comp have your video, duplicate it (Ctrl +D) and Precompose it - call it Precomp ( make sure you Move All Attributes and Open New Composition for the precompositions we're going to be doing). In Precomp add the Keylight effect and key out the green bars (toggle the Transparency Grid on at the bottom of the screen, it's the checkerboard symbol next to Active Camera). You should see a checkerboard pattern where the green used to be which shows that it is transparent. Add a new solid and make it the same green as the bars (use the eyedropper tool and sample the green from the Keylight swatch). Put the green solid below the video. You should see a TrkMat pulldown box beside the pickwhip symbol - if not press the Toggle Switches/Modes button at the very bottom of the screen and it should appear. Toggle the box open and select Alpha Inverted Matte. This will leave you with only green bars on a transparent background. Precompose Precomp - it will automatically be named Precomp 2. In Precomp 2 turn on the eyeball switch beside the video - the video will reappear. Use the pen tool and draw a wide thin box just above the top of the keyboard - this is the area that the particles will appear from. Toggle open the video layer and you will see Masks listed. Select the heading "Masks" and copy it (Ctrl +C). Select the Green Solid layer and paste the mask (Ctrl + V). Turn off the eyeball for the video layer and you should have a thin slit which the green bars will move through with a transparent background. Now, in your Main comp: make a solid and add Particular to it and move it below your video layer The layers should now be: Video Particular Precomp 2 (turn off the eyeball - make it 3D) Precomp Black Solid (you'll need to make this) Using the pen tool draw a tight mask around the keyboard only. Now go to your Particular settings and set it as per my earlier post using Precomp 2 as the Layer emitter. You should now have little green balls coming our from behind the green bars - now is the time to work on the actual particles to get them to look like you want. I've tried to be as clear as I can, if there is anything that is unclear let me know. PS: Getting some knowledge about Track Mattes is one of the most useful things you can learn in After Effects - they have a lot of uses.
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‎Aug 28, 2018
06:13 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi, happy to help but today is a bit frantic. As a starting point put your Keylight effect on the layers themselves, don't use adjustment layers. To get the particles underneath the green bars move the video layer to the above the Particular layer, and turn the eye icon off for the precomp so it becomes invisible. For the rest I will get back to you asap.
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‎Aug 27, 2018
04:16 PM
Hi, have a look at the CC Mr.Mercury effect. However I would strongly suggest that you don't use After Effects to edit your film. It's meant for doing titles/effects etc. in very short sequences. It will probably drive you crazy if you are trying to do a whole film, it is hopeless with sound and is only able to load a certain amount to playback amongst many other issues. If you are using Adobe CC you should have access to Premiere Pro which is the right program to be using for editing (and is a hell of a lot easier to learn the basics of than AE is).
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‎Aug 26, 2018
04:37 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi Gutterfish, there are some additional particles which are not part of the synthesia app - the ones that generate when the bars touch the keyboard. Robertomr00, if you duplicate the synthesia footage and precompose the top layer you can draw a thin rectangular mask around the bottom where the bars hit the keyboard - this is the bit that will generate the particles. In your main comp set the precomp to 3D. On a new solid add Trapcode Particular. In Emitter settings: Particles/sec very high (say 24,000); Emitter Type - Layer; Layer Emitter - set to your precomposed layer, Layer Sampling - Current Time. Then it's down to creating the particles to look and behave as you want. You should try to get the synthesia bars onto an alpha background in the precomp as the current background will also be generating particles - you'll see what I mean.
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‎Aug 24, 2018
06:24 PM
2 Upvotes
On further research it's actually an app called Synthesia. I suspect the footage was shot of the player recording a MIDI file (on a light-up keyboard), then the file was imported into Synthesia and rendered, then overlayed above the real hands playing (color corrected with some glow added?). The particles might possibly be made with trapcode, using a masked section of the piano roll as layer emitter (?).
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‎Aug 24, 2018
04:47 PM
1 Upvote
Hi. It's called Piano Roll Notation which some audio editing programs can show. It takes the MIDI information from the digital input/score and instead of showing notes on a staff it shows the pitch and length of the notes as bars. It's the system pianolas or self playing pianos used to use where the 'bars' were cut out of a long paper roll which caused the notes to sound.
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‎Aug 20, 2018
07:43 PM
Hi, sounds like you have the World Axis Mode selected. At the top of your screen, the final 3 symbols (next to the Puppet Pin symbol) are the Axis modes, select the one on the left -it looks like a trident with three arrows.
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‎Aug 16, 2018
08:37 PM
1 Upvote
Hi. The free Sabre plugin from Video Copilot will give you the glow, but the rest is creating masks/paths/outlines etc.
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‎Aug 16, 2018
05:40 PM
Hi. You might try using the Wave Warp effect instead of a path?
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‎Aug 07, 2018
04:37 PM
Hi, if the pen tool remains perfectly still when you click it should give you a straight line, if you want a curved line click and drag while you are holding down the mouse button.
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‎Aug 02, 2018
04:36 PM
2 Upvotes
Hi. The two dots joined by the line on the image are the beginning and end points of the gradient - drag each of them to the beginning and end of the shape. If you look in the shape layer Contents/Gradient Fill you will also find Start point and End point settings you can change.
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‎Jul 29, 2018
04:19 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, it could be made in After Effects but whether it was or not I don't know. There are several programs which make pictures talk, such as CrazyTalk Animator.
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