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3d stroke & comp camera
Help!
I want to use comp camera with 3d stroke but when I turn it on in 3d stroke it shifts my view off-axis… Just want to start out with a straight on view of the mask but can’t seem to get it to work unless i turn off comp camera. doesn’t matter if i even have a comp camera in the comp or not. haven’t changed any settings from default yet.
help appreciated!3d stroke 2.0.4
AE 7.0-kelly
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3 Replies
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there is a check box in 3d stroke camera settings to set the plugin to use the comp camera. check that and the 3d stroke should correctly behave with the camera position/angle etc.
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
that’s just what i’m trying to do– when I click on “use comp camera,” the angel shifts (using “camera view”). I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t shift at all until I tell it to by moving my comp camera or what it is looking at.
I am starting off with a mask that is a circle. Using 3d stroke i want to push straight in using the comp camera and then i will rotate the circle. When I turn on comp camera, the initial view of the circle is now an ellipse. I haven’t altered anything else.
Any ideas?
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is it a squeezing of the circle, about 10% more narrow?
it may be a nonsquare pixel issue… not all plugins work well with nonsquare pixels, and this may be an issue with 3d stroke and a comp camera. try creating a new comp with a square pixel preset. add a layer, circular mask, 3d stroke and a comp camera and see if that works better…
if it does, then work in square pixels for now, and then drop that comp into a standard broadcast comp, scale to fit (layer>transform>fit to comp) and render that.
if it’s not a nonsquare pixel issue, maybe your comp camera is a little off angle… try removing it and adding a new one.
or try adjusting the current camera to get it where it needs to start and animate from there.
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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