• Adobe After Effects

  “Flattening” Layers with Effects

  Posted by Cody Wright on January 9, 2011 at 9:29 pm

  Hey guys,

  I have a motion graphics project that I’m needing to send off to the client in which he only needs the project files, not a rendered Quicktime clip. The client doesn’t have the effect plugins that I’m using, and I’m wondering if it’s possible to “flatten” the effects to a layer like you can do in Adobe Photoshop with the Flatten layer command?

  Any help? Thanks.

  Tudor “ted” jelescu replied 15 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  January 9, 2011 at 10:05 pm

  Depends what effects you are using – some effects react to the composition (other layers, camera move and so on). You may not get the desired final look if you render just those layers- which is the only way you can do this in AE.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist

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