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  • Manipulate Video Parameters based upon Audio Track

    Posted by Mat Barkley on February 5, 2014 at 3:57 am

    Extremely far out question but I’m wondering if anyone knows of any method/plugin/idea for generating a keyframe sequence based on an Audio track.

    Long shot I know, not sure if anything like this even exists, but basically what I need to do is Keyframe the size of a composite shape so that it jumps up and down in size to the beat of a song and would rather not have to do it manually for the entire track.

    Any suggestions welcome!

    Thanks in advance!

    Mat Barkley replied 12 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Shane Ross

    February 5, 2014 at 5:04 am

    It’s my understanding that this is something that Motion can do. I remember seeing a demo.

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  • Mark Suszko

    February 5, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    You are right, and it’s not hard to do. It’s under the pre-set behaviors, under “audio”. There, you can tie the amplitude, frequency, or transients in bass, midrange, or treble, to command a secondary effect in the ‘apply to” box. You add the audio file to that “well”, then adjust to taste.This example is from Motion 4, which is what I still use.

    AfterEffects has more sophisticated ways to handle this, but Motion may be all you need in some cases.

  • Mat Barkley

    February 6, 2014 at 12:48 am

    Thanks for the answer, looking into it now!

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