• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Matte in Z Space Expression

  Posted by Christian Simpson on December 5, 2023 at 9:58 pm

  Hey All,
  I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to matte something out that was further away in zspace and combine it with an expression?

  I would like certain elements as they move further away to become invisible based on how far away they move in z space and come back when they move closer in.

  Christian Simpson replied 2 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  December 5, 2023 at 11:57 pm

  Are you looking for something that fades a layer to zero opacity based on how far it is from the camera. Maybe like this:

  startFade = 3000;
  endFade = 4000;
  c = thisComp.layer("Camera 1").position;
  d = length(c,position);
  linear(d,startFade,endFade,100,0)
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  Christian Simpson

  December 6, 2023 at 3:29 am

  Amazing, thank you, that did the trick perfectly.

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