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Mike_Abbott
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Mike_Abbott
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‎Jul 15, 2019
06:24 AM
1 Upvote
This is a frustrating 'lack of feature' - but there are a few workarounds. here's a quick and dirty option - but generally acceptable: At the bottom left of the composition window, just to the right of the magification popup, is an incon / popup - select 'Title / Action safe'. This has crosshairs to mark the centre of the composition. If you then twirl down your timeline and select your 'Mask Path', and then hit Cmd or Ctrl T on the keyboard you'll get a bounding box (a transform box) around your mask. This includes a visual centre point. You can then zoom in and manually align that centre point to the title/action safe crosshairs. Double click inside the mask to exit the transform mode. it's crude - but at maximum magnification it should do. A second option: If the layer you are masking has a source (ie: it appears in the Project panel), you can use this tip: Add your layer to the Comp and have it selected. Then, rather than drawing the mask shape, simply double click the appropriate mask shape in the toolbox (eg: double click on the rectangle). This will give you a mask shape that exactly fits your layer - and is centred on that layer. You can then select the mask and hit Cmd / Ctrl T to bring up the transform box. Start to drag a corner handle and then hold the Ctrl key - this will scale the mask shape around it's centre point. Double click inside the mask to exit the transform mode.
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‎Jul 12, 2019
02:44 PM
My guess here is that you're trying to employ 'trim paths' to trim a square with a fill. Trim paths isn't designed for that. It's designed to trim 'paths' - eg 'strokes', not filled shapes.
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‎Jul 09, 2019
04:46 AM
There shouldn't be any fundamental problem with that. I think you just need to adjust the glow 'threshold (lower threshold to include more colour range), radius and intensity. One extra tip with Glow: If you set your project to 32 bit: File menu > Project settings > Color > Depth, or Alt click on the '8 bpc' at the bottom of the project panel to cycle through 8 / 16 / 32 bpc - you'll get a much stronger Glow effect.
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‎Jul 09, 2019
04:26 AM
Find the preview panel - and drag the lower edge downward to see all the options. Check the frame rate of the preview matches the frame rate of your comp - if not set it to 'Auto' to match. Having that set incorrectly would cause a fast, or slow, preview.
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‎Jun 23, 2019
02:42 PM
Create a null object layer as use that as your sample point.
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‎Jun 22, 2019
04:06 PM
1 Upvote
Rather than trying to change the colour of the solid itself, apply a 'fill' effect to the solid and change the colour of that. I think your expression above will work if you remove the 255* on the last line and apply it to the fill effect > colour property. Eg: samplePoint = thisComp.layer("target layer").effect("Point Control")("Point"); sampleRadius = [100,100]; averageColor = thisComp.layer("target layer").sampleImage(samplePoint, sampleRadius); Colours are measured on a normalised 0-1 scale in expressions so no need for the 255 multiplier.
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‎Jun 22, 2019
03:48 PM
1 Upvote
I would second Roei's suggestions. It's difficult to see the quality of your video and the amount of motion blur etc, but you might find that tracking a smaller area that is more stable - say the forehead, perhaps including the eyebrows and the edge of the hairline - might give you a better result. Less may be more.
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‎Jun 21, 2019
05:24 PM
I can see that your 'white line' layer is a child of (parented to) Null 1. Is Null 1 is non-uniformly scaled by any chance? That will distort your pasted path. A Parent object passes Position, Scale and Rotation values to its children. See if it works with that null at 100% scale on both x and y axis.
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‎Jun 21, 2019
06:32 AM
OP: You may also want to check... Preferences > Previews > "Mute audio when preview is not realtime" If this is on, your audio won't play if AE is building a preview (ie 'building the green line') and therefore likely playing less than full frame rate. When the preview is stored to RAM and playing back at full speed the audio will play. That maybe why it seems to be playing sometimes, but not others. This is a helpful feature - but it can trip you up if you don't understand how the AE previewing system works.
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‎Jun 18, 2019
05:35 AM
I understand this issue has been fixed in the latest 16.1.2 (June 2019) update.
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‎Jun 15, 2019
03:00 PM
1 Upvote
I'm not a Newton user myself - so I'm not sure if this is possible in Newton, others will have to advise on that. However, I think you might be able to get close to this using the native 'foam' effect with a flow map. That effect does take some setup, so you'd certainly need to read the help info: Using simulation effects in After Effects
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‎Jun 03, 2019
05:34 AM
A work around solution - that might be quicker than animating each individual letter: Set up your type in it's two kerned states in Illustrator. Create outlines, blend them, expand the blend and import the result as an image sequence into After Effects. There are a few steps involved in this, but it's pretty quick once you understand the method. I refer you to this quick tutorial from Rick Gerrard that shows it in action: Morph Transformed Shapes - YouTube
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‎Apr 30, 2019
04:39 AM
We'd need to see more detail to be sure - hit UU on the keyboard and screenshot as much of the timeline vertically as you can for the relevant layers. But here's a guess: Remove your transition effect. Precompose your layer. Reapply your transition effect on the new 'comp layer'. Does that help? PS: One additional requirement if you do need to send a screenshot : right way up please : )
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‎Apr 23, 2019
05:40 PM
This Adobe web page should give you a starting point. It lists Adobe Certified Instructors - ACI's - as well as Certified Training Centers. I'm a long standing ACI myself - and I'd be delighted to be of service. Is business class from the UK to California within budget? : )
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‎Apr 23, 2019
01:22 AM
1 Upvote
Try: [time*100 , value[1]] This will allow you to change or keyframe the Y value while the expression animates the X.
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‎Apr 22, 2019
04:11 PM
At this stage my guess is that this is an issue with the footage - that the file metadata is somehow corrupted or incorrect in someway. It might be worth a final try importing them into something else. Have you tried them in Premiere Pro? But I don't hold much hope of success TBH. As A.I.1 suggests, Handbrake might also be worth a try as a conversion utility : handbrake.fr You might also want to download and try MediaInfo While this software won't solve the issue, it is a useful tool to examine media / video files, so at least you could see if the file itself reports the correct frame size or not.
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‎Apr 20, 2019
02:02 PM
Thanks Jeff - good info, all noted. Anyway, I've got done what I need to. @pixxxel schubser yes - it was a mistake in my writing. It was a 500px square in a 2,000px artboard ; )
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‎Apr 20, 2019
12:34 PM
Jeff, Many thanks for the response and advice. The top left origin makes sense, but I still couldn't get it to do what I wanted. It was a bit of an unusual requirement - I was trying to reverse engineer and re-draw in vector an existing seamless pattern. The tool just doesn't seem set up for that. For one thing there didn't seen any way I could find to draw a pattern while having an underlying template layer for reference. I ended up creating it with old-school step and repeat plus some tweaks.
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‎Apr 20, 2019
07:39 AM
Here is my 1,000px x 1,000 px document. It has a 500px square - centered on the artboard showing the base color of the square tile I want to repeat. The two brown shapes are the first two shapes in the pattern. Simples... Even if I just have the green square visible and selected, then go Object > Pattern > Make. I get this: Everything is shifted off-center to some unknown location. Why? And how can I get everything to remain centered? This off-center situation means I can't position my other shapes accurately. Any advice appreciated!
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‎Apr 19, 2019
04:21 PM
1 Upvote
In that case I think it's likely to be a non-square pixel file that AE is misinterpreting. Try different interpretation settings in the interpret footage dialog.
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‎Apr 19, 2019
03:59 PM
2 Upvotes
If you right click on the layer in the composition and select 'Transform > Fit to Comp width', does that fix it?
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‎Apr 19, 2019
03:55 PM
1 Upvote
Are they rotating? If so, that may easily cause them to intersect if they are close in position. One way to check is to find a spot in your timeline where they clearly visually intersect, then at the bottom of the composition window use the menu that says 'Active Camera' and select 'Custom View 1'. You'll then be able to see your scene from a different angle. Find the 'Unified Camera tool' in the toolbox and you'll be able to drag around in your scene to see it from different viewpoints. Return to 'Active Camera' and the standard selection tool when finished.
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‎Apr 17, 2019
05:19 PM
I doubt they'll hear you... I'd suggest you post your comments here: https://forum.borisfx.com/t/mocha-ae-corner-pin-data-not-importing-into-ae/5781/3
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‎Apr 17, 2019
08:59 AM
"-in literally any DAW that exists. So why wouldn't it be possible to do that right within AE?" Because AE is not a DAW.
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‎Apr 17, 2019
06:39 AM
1 Upvote
In brief: Google rotoscoping.
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‎Apr 11, 2019
03:37 PM
Don't think about it too literally? Consider the paper stacks as just three basic animated shapes - front, side and top. Think of the 'papers sticking out from the stack' as simple triangle shapes animated with opacity.
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‎Apr 08, 2019
12:42 PM
1 Upvote
One other option that may help : You could copy the path (which would be without rounding), paste it into Illustrator, apply rounding there, then copy and paste it back into AE.
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‎Apr 06, 2019
09:11 AM
5 Upvotes
A guess: Check your composition settings > Basic tab > Pixel Aspect Ratio. Is that set to 'Square pixels' ? If not - you'll need to give us more of a clue...
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