• Adobe After Effects

  Shatter effect for 3d text: jagged edges!

  Posted by Nate Prophet on October 8, 2008 at 9:48 pm

  Hi, first post here!

  Does anyone know why I’m getting these jagged edges when using the shatter effect to extrude text? I followed the creative cow video and my preview/layer settings are on full quality (and these jaggies are showing up in the output as well…)

  

  Thanks,
  -Nate

  Kimmi Greenway replied 17 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  David Bogie

  October 8, 2008 at 11:03 pm

  I’ve done this many times and not seen the artifacts you’re seeing.
  Full rez and high quality are relative to the size of the source and pixel dimensions of the output but there are limitations to Shatter’s ability to transpose vectors into particles. I’m going to suggest, without seeing your artwork, that you’re scaling it up too far.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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  Chris Wright

  October 9, 2008 at 4:16 am

  oh i know what it is, your stretching the effect size from a small font size, instead, you should use a big font and stretch it less.
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  Kimmi Greenway

  October 9, 2008 at 5:47 am

  could it be an aspect ratio issue ?

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