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Cropping a layer/animation for export.
Ok first of all Hi I’m new :D.
Secondly I know this work flow is probably all backwards but ..meh it’s they way that makes sense to me.
In short I have a Photoshop file with layers I have imported into AE and then am slowly animating each layer and passing it back out to flash for the final animation (I cant export as one big animation as I run each layer at different lengths to sort of randomise the final animation….).
Anyway the issue I have is I have is Flash is crashing under the load, importing each animated piece in as XFL (as PNG sequence to maintain the transparency).
I cant export as FLV in the export to XFL options as then everything has a white layer round it and is not transparent where needed.
My thought is…..
Is there a way to crop the animations, each piece sits in a HUGE PNG picture with 80% of it being transparent and the animation is normally only in one small part of that huge image..it would save a huge load off Flash if I could crop down to capture only the rough area that is being animated in….
Any help please..
Sorry thats so damned long but I hope I got enough detail in there.
Kyle
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Noob to the max :D.
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IF you were to export your frames as cropped PNGs as the size of the content changed so would the size of the image so some frames would be maybe 500*500, but some would be 600*300 or however that goes. the result of that is that when you view them or use them as a sequence their reference points would all be skewed and you would get some funky placement issues with each frame being out of alignment with where it should be.
Evan Abrams
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Yeah that figures..
How about setting a crop that encompases All of the movement in an animation.
As each piece is say in a 200×200 box of a 1080×800 ish overal image..
Is that possible or can a mask be used ?
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You can do that. Or precompose and re-size to 200×200. Masking has little impact on frame size on export.
Evan Abrams
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Thanks :), so masking is a nono.
Being a complete idiot.. a greatful one though, re compose (where would the settings be for that roughly, I’m happy to mess things up and load again).
I take it you are on about reducing the empty space by resixing the individual layer in AE ?
Thanks again :).
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Not so much.
Select the layer and go int the top menu layer>Pre-compose. Or Command+shift+c, then change the settings of that comp to be smaller and export that out.
Or duplicate the comp you animated things in, re-size that in its composition settings and poke out the eyes of everything you don’t need before exporting?
Evan Abrams
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Thanks so much I will give that a go a tad later 🙂
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Worked a treat just resizing the composition and centering the content of the layer I’m working with :D.
Thanks.
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