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How can I apply a dry/wet mix to my FX chains?
Hey guys! Relatively new to After Effects. Been searching online on how to do this, but no luck. I tend to stack 5-6 FX on top of various layers, but would like to control the dry and wet mix of the FX on the layer, preferably with just one control. So at 0, there would be no FX applied to the layer, and at 100 all the FX would be applied.
Is there some custom control that can help me do this? Something that sort of chokes the output of the FX incrementally? Or is there some control I have overlooked that does this? Some FX of course have “amount”, but very few, so looking for a more “safe” option to use every time.
I’ve been thinking about creating a slider control and pick-whipping certain parameters to that, but again, not all FX have “amount”, so wouldn’t be easy to do.
Any ideas? 🙂 All feedback much appreciated!
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You can use CC Composite as the last effect in your stack. It blends the original layer source back on with your choice of blend mode, opacity, and RGB or RGBA.
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One other thing I should mention– in some cases, compositing the original back on top will not really give you the “dry/wet” mix you’re looking for. Effects where pixels affect their neighbors, like blurs and glows, look very different when you adjust their strength vs. comping the original back in.
In these cases, it’s really best to modify the strengths of the effects directly.
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Ah, cool, thanks a lot for the tip! I’ll try that out and see how it goes. 🙂 Many thanks!
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Just in case anyone else is wondering how to do this, here’s my little recipe!
– Duplicate layer
– Add “Blend” effect to duplicated layer
– Rename layers to know which is which
– Set “blend with” to the original layer in the fx controls for “blend” on the duplicated layer
– Add whichever effects you wish before the blend effect on the duplicated layer
– Use “blend with original” control to control dry/wet mix
– Voila!
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