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After Effects Shatter
I’m pretty new to AE and I’m still using 5.5. For some reason, when I use shatter effect on my text it doesn’t animate. It stays in a half shattered state on my timeline. I start a new comp and add the effect and it works fine. What am I doing wrong?
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Norm
It stays in a half shattered state on my timeline
A screenshot where the animation stucks would help.
Vishesh Arora
3D and Motion Graphics Artist
Films RajendraBlog:
https://digieffects.wordpress.comDemo Reel(3D):
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So I figured out why I had the previous problem. It starts at beginning of the clip. I guess my real question is how do I start the shatter deeper into the clip as opposed to right off the top of the clip?
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animating the force depth and/or radius can be used to control when a layer starts to shatter.
also, the shatter effect starts it’s ‘shattering’ at the layer’s inpoint, so if you drag the layer further down the timeline it will start later in the timeline.
of course this means that if you need the layer to be visible prior to it starting to shatter, you will need to duplicate that layer, remove the shatter effect and trim the outpoint to time with the shatter layer’s inpoint.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
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Pre-comp your layer on which Shatter is applied and then enable Time-Remap. Now press UU and drag the first keyframe from where you want to start your animation.
Vishesh Arora
3D and Motion Graphics Artist
Films RajendraBlog:
https://digieffects.wordpress.comDemo Reel(3D):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8
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