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Mike_Abbott
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Mike_Abbott
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‎Jun 24, 2017
08:59 AM
Precompose the layer. Then Google: "How to loop a comp in After Effects".
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‎Jun 24, 2017
08:44 AM
Follow up: How many paths will you have? There might be another option with shape layers if you've only got a simple set up like you show above.
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‎Jun 24, 2017
08:35 AM
Dave's proposal is a good one IMO, but If you're doing lots of WIP, going back and forth etc, I can understand manually switching strokes and fills on and off can be a pain - particularly if you have lots of shape layers... although your example above suggests not... If you do need some more 'automation' I don't think it would be difficult for an experienced scripter to write a basic script that would iterate through selected layers and toggle stroke and/or fill visibilty on or off. You could do your animation on one set of layers, dupe the layers, toggle off visibilty with the script, offset position and render. Ask in the scripting forum - see 'subspaces' above.
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‎Jun 24, 2017
01:12 AM
2 Upvotes
https://forums.adobe.com/people/ali+m.r7155227 wrote Thanks Mike! This works but it's not as smooth as "Wiggly Stroke Width" effect. If you apply that effect to a text, the way the stroke moves over the text is very smooth, wave like. Ok - I now understand what you want - very simple to change. Here are the instructions in full again with a minor modification - in case you want to mark this answer: Create your text. Apply a stroke in the character panel - but set the stroke width to zero. Twirl down the text layer to see the 'Animate' menu. Animate > Stroke width Stroke width = your choice of value Twirl down Range Selector 1: Advanced > Set the Shape to Smooth Animate Offset from -100 to 100% over time. If you want a smaller section of the text to have the stroke highlight, reduce the Range selector End parameter value, and the animate offset from the negative of the end value to 100. For example: if you want to highlight 25% of the text at any one time, set: End = 25% Animate offset from -25% to +100%
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‎Jun 23, 2017
06:37 AM
Definitely my operator error... I ran it again with a 2D layer and everything was fine. Sorry for any confusion caused. This sort of thing normally happens to my wife... who sometimes calls me over for 'tech support' and then reports "it didn't do that when i pressed that button!" Ha! Yes - your script, which is very helpful BTW, reports the same match name: 2D null layer : [1-10] matchName: "ADBE Rotate Z", name: "Rotation" 3D null layer : [1-10] matchName: "ADBE Rotate Z", name: "Z Rotation"
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‎Jun 23, 2017
06:01 AM
Horshack, That's interesting - I'm an experienced Ae guy (instructor) - but trying to develop my scripting skills, so I was learning from and studying your code I mocked up a datafile and ran the script - but it didn't work for me. Then I noticed that you'd used ("ADBE Rotate Z") as the matchname for the rotation, so I guessed that matchname may be specific to a 3D layer. So, I set my layer to 3D and everything worked fine. I realise of course that standard 2D rotation is on the Z axis - but should that matchname work for 2D layers as well? If so - it must have been my operator error... Keep up the good and generous work, I always enjoy reading your posts and studying your code : )
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‎Jun 23, 2017
04:52 AM
1 Upvote
At this stage I would suggest you uninstall and then re-install the entire app via the Creative Cloud app. If you open the creative Cloud app, find the After Effects CC line, and move your cursor over it you will see a gear icon appear. Click on that and you will have an option to uninstall.
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‎Jun 23, 2017
04:04 AM
Motionscript.com is definitely the number one destination as Mylenium suggests. Another very old site - almost an ancient monument - but one that is still useful for beginners is jjgiffords at: Expressions The downloadable file are of no use - far too old to run on any modern version of Ae - but the basic info and explanations still hold true for the most part. If you need to learn the basics of ECMA-Script/ JavaScript - on which expressions are based, two useful sites are: JavaScript Tutorial and JavaScript | MDN The unloved stepchild?... Well, they're loved by me.
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‎Jun 23, 2017
03:52 AM
Omri - just make sure your target layer is set to 3D.
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‎Jun 23, 2017
03:05 AM
2 Upvotes
I'm not 100% certain of what you're aiming for, but... Create your text. Apply a stroke in the character panel - but set the stroke width to zero. Twirl down the text layer to see the 'Animate' menu. Animate > Stroke width Stroke width = your choice of value Twirl down Range Selector 1 Animate Offset from -100 to 100% over time.
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‎Jun 22, 2017
04:33 PM
1 Upvote
Does this help? Preferences > Previews > Mute audio when preview is not realtime
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‎Jun 22, 2017
12:12 PM
justin2taylor wrote ... If you have a footage item selected in your project panel, for example, then I don't see a way to access the active Comp.... If you have a footage item selected in your project panel, then I don't think you have an active comp.
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‎Jun 22, 2017
04:30 AM
To reset preferences you need to hold down Ctrl Alt SHIFT - not Ctrl Alt delete. You need to do this immediately after hitting the icon to launch Ae. If you're quick enough you will get a dialog box asking if you want to delete prefs.
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‎Jun 22, 2017
02:34 AM
2 Upvotes
I don't think a Raspberry pie - even a Mk 3 version, would generate enough electricity. Perhaps you could try a potato?
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‎Jun 22, 2017
02:12 AM
2 Upvotes
Could you have accidentally dragged the view of the layer outside of the frame? Try double clicking the hand tool in the toolbox.
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‎Jun 21, 2017
11:48 AM
Nobody has any hope of helping you... unless... FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?
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‎Jun 21, 2017
10:40 AM
1 Upvote
A couple of different approaches you could consider: 1. Remove the scaling animation from your individual layers, parent them all to the same null, scale and ease the null. 2. Forget the layer scaling. Set your layers to 3D and fly a camera through them.
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‎Jun 21, 2017
07:38 AM
Not that it helps - but you have my sympathy. These sort of things can be a pain to troubleshoot. I realise it's a lot of hassle - but would it be worth swapping out your 1080Ti for your old card - if you still have it - just to check if it absolutely is card related?
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‎Jun 21, 2017
01:53 AM
1 Upvote
OK. You would need to clarify the format of the rotation data - degrees or radians?, value range? rotation order? - but it sounds like it should be do-able with an expression. Once you've clarified the nature of the data you might be better posting a question in the expressions section of this forum. See 'subspaces' at the top of the page.
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‎Jun 20, 2017
03:59 PM
1 Upvote
How are you bringing the 950 lines of text into your comp at the moment - copy and paste, or are you referencing an external text file?
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‎Jun 20, 2017
11:24 AM
1 Upvote
As Dave says - probably of zero use. Even if you could translate it - and rotational data is more complex than you might imagine, you have perspective and camera distortion, which those numbers won't account for. You need to work with tracking - either the point tracker in Ae, or planar tracking in the bundled Mocha plug-in. Both will take a little learning.
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‎Jun 20, 2017
08:02 AM
1 Upvote
One further contribution: I've had a similar issue of the 'black lines in the timeline' when I had display scaling on in Windows 10. I'm not of a Windows 10 machine as I type - so I can't give you the exact dialog info , but if you look under display settings - check that all the display settings are at '100%' - and that you've not got some unusual display scaling like 120% or something...
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‎Jun 20, 2017
07:45 AM
One other thing that might be worth trying: Open after effects - and import your 'damaged' project into a new project.
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‎Jun 19, 2017
02:01 PM
2 Upvotes
If I understand correctly - you want an animated layer at the head of a dotted line? In this case it may be easiest to use the write-on effect, as follows: 1. Animate the position of the plane first. 2. Create a solid underneath it and add the Write-on effect. 3. Copy the plane's position animation to the Write-on effect brush position. 4. Adjust the Write-on effect brush spacing to get a dotted line. Please note: There is one significant downside to this method: If your animation has changes of speed from keyframe to keyframe the dot spacing will change - because it's time based. If you have more than 2 keyframes setting roving key frames (right click on a keyframe > Rove across time) will smooth this.
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‎Jun 19, 2017
07:00 AM
1 Upvote
You need to re-render it at a size that matches the screen resolution of your laptop.
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‎Jun 19, 2017
05:54 AM
2 Upvotes
OK - reading your original post again... If you are viewing it 'fullscreen' after you've rendered it you may well be looking at it at a bigger size than you rendered it. View it at 100% size in your player. Does it look OK?
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‎Jun 19, 2017
05:51 AM
No problem - glad you got it sorted : ) Please mark the question as answered.
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‎Jun 19, 2017
05:07 AM
2 Upvotes
Check in the timeline that you have the 'continuously rasterize' layer switch enabled. It's the second switch column from the left - looks like a sun icon.
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‎Jun 19, 2017
04:57 AM
Select it from the menu and that will uncheck it (turn it off) for new properties. Any properties that are already animating will need to have their blue stop watches clicked off manually.
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‎Jun 19, 2017
04:46 AM
4 Upvotes
OK. In the timeline, look at the panel menu - the three horizontal lines in the tab. You've probably got: "Enable Auto Keyframing" on. Select it to switch it off.
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