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3D position to 2D with animated camera
Hi!
I’m trying to figure out how to have a 2D effect follow an animated 3D null exported from C4D using an expression picked up from the great tutorial linked below. It appears to work ok until I activate the animated camera I also imported. The effect coordinates seems to ignore the camera and therefore remains way off screen. I have also tried the different methods of toComp, fromComToSurface but it seems to have similar issues.
Does anyone know how to solve this? Or any other workaround that’s solid? I have attached a demo scene with a basic version of my setup. Thanks in advance!
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6 Replies
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If the goal is for the “Circle” to follow the “Object to follow” why not make a stroked shape and link the position to the follow object? That way you have a 3d object following a 3d path. I attached a project to demo. I didn’t watch the tutorial so I am not sure if this is what you are after.
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Thank you Chris for taking the time! Unfortunately I need to be able to follow the null in a 2D space, so your solution will not work. I should mention that the actual effect I’m using is a radial glow whose center point needs to follow an object, but I simplified the scene and used the built in circle effect since the glow is a paid plugin.
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The only other thing I have is drawing a motion path and have a null follow that. Then you can pair the effect center to that null.
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Unfortunately that adds a bunch of manual work and will most likely not be as exact as it need to be, and this is a process I will be doing frequently, so I would love to find a solution using the exported 3d data. Thanks though Chris!
Anyone have any other ideas? The all knowing Mr Ebberts perhaps? 🙂
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This worked for me. I did unshy the camera and switched the viewer to “Active Camera”. The expression was simplified to using “.toComp([0,0])”. I hope this works for you and or puts you a step closer to your desired result.
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Are you looking for a Layer Space Transform? Put this expression on the 2D layer, and connect it to the 3D Null:
this_comp.layer(“your3Dlayername”).to_comp([0,0])
Replace coordinates with coordinate of the feature to be followed.
Alternate spelling:
L = thisComp.layer(“My3DLayer”);
L.toComp(L.anchorPoint);
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