• Adobe After Effects

  Echo: How to use?

  Posted by Manny Rellesiva on September 30, 2005 at 9:18 am

  I have a difficulty in using the “echo” effect. I even tried precomposing the layer, applying the effect but still i cant see the ghost-like effect. Tweaking the settings didnt seem to work. I have this tutorial about echo and it seemed like it was very easy to use. It was applied to a tiff image (a ball) and you can see the reasult immediately. I even copied the settings but it didnt work in my layer. Are there any special do’s and dont’s in using this effect? What am I missing? do you know any online tutorial? Please help. Thanks in advance.

  Pierre Jasmin replied 20 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jim Zito

  September 30, 2005 at 11:13 am

  One thing that kept getting me was that you have to precompose the layer WITH the animation, then apply ECHO to the precomp. Also, when scrubbing the Time setting, I hold down the ALT button because usually it only requires a small increment change to see results. Anyone else?

  HTH.
  Jim
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  Chris Smith

  September 30, 2005 at 1:36 pm

  I’m guessing it’s a pre-comp issue as well. Because echo is completely straight forward. I would just try it on a video clip first (which wouldn’t need pre-comping). Just to make sure all is well.

  Chris Smith
  https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com
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  Pierre Jasmin

  September 30, 2005 at 6:29 pm

  In case, in AE if you have something like:

  Layer
  * effect1
  * effect2

  and effect2 is something that access other frames or layers

  You have to transform this to:

  Comp 1
  Layer
  * effect1

  Comp2
  Comp1 (layer)
  * effect 2

  Pierre
  RE:Vision Effects

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