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3D gaps in cube
Hi
https://www.vertigo.co.uk/dieTest.mov
I made a quick 3D die, but even though all the measurements are exact and all the elements are in a square pixel ratio I’m still getting gaps appearing between the sides, especially when rendered with motion blur. I have searched the Cow and found Mike’s script but I’m getting the same result. Would it be better to just abandon AE and do everything in C4D?
cheers
(sorry mistakenly posted to Expressions)A
Vertigo Productions
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Anthony,
If you know your way around a 3D app, you would certainly have more options than in AE, but depending on your situation that may not be the most practical route.
When building a cube in AE, be sure to have your layer boundaries overlap by 1 pixel to get a clean edge. To get motion blur to work, I’ve had my best results by turning off motion blur for the comp and using an adjustment layer with CC force Motion blur instead.
Carl Larsen
TelescopeMediaGroup.net
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Also, try setting the mode of the walls to “alpha add”.
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https://www.vertigo.co.uk/DICE2.mov
This is the latest effort, a lot better thanks to you guys but could be better. The sides are shape layers (btw I’m enjoying using shape layers, so neat and tidy) but if I make them one pixel larger for the overlap the edges become very visible. If I make them smaller the gaps are visible. Basically I’ve thrown a lot of effects on to it to try and hide the imperfections. Also I added a dark stroke to the edge of the red.
Anyway, not perfect, but it’s a rush job and unless they complain I won’t go to Cinema 4D. It is annoying though that even with everything numerically perfect AE still can’t quite handle this.
Thanks again.
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Vertigo Productions
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https://www.vertigo.co.uk/DICE3.mov
latest incarnation if anybody is interested
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Vertigo Productions
https://www.vertigo.co.uk
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