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3d stroke & tracking data
I have setup a short 6sec clip where I have motion tracked my finger, I want to use the data to make it like there is a streak or tail following my finger, but how do I apply the data to the stroke? I have setup a solid the size of the comp and applied 3d stroke, but that’s as far as I got, if I apply the data to the solid layer it just applies the key frames to the transform-position value instead of to a mask or something?
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You know if you paste it to a particle emitter it will create a stroke for you. 3D stroke itself is actually evenly spaced particles sprites of white discs along a path. So create it yourself and control the parameters with a particle system.
Watch this:
https://trapcode.com/gallery/citi_particular.mov
This is using particles and not strokes. Just use the Basic AE particles to do this. Don’t need particular.
Chris Smith
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You know if you paste it to a particle emitter it will create a stroke for you. 3D stroke itself is actually evenly spaced particles sprites of white discs along a path. So create it yourself and control the parameters with a particle system.
Watch this:
https://trapcode.com/gallery/citi_particular.mov
This is using particles and not strokes. Just use the Basic AE particles to do this. Don’t need particular.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com -
Yes that’s what I want to accomplish but I can’t seem to paste the key frames from the motion tracking into the particle playground effect…
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I wouldn’t bother w/ the playground. Way over done for this. Use CC Particle Systems II (Free with AE 6.5).
Here I whipped this up with CC Particles Sytems and the standard Glow. With tweaking you can make it much cooler.
https://sugarfilmproduction.com/Streak.mov
Just paste the position keys into the Producer position parameter.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com -
Alright, maybe I’m just not looking in the right place but I don’t see anything that says CC Particle Systems in the effects menu, where is it located?
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Did you load your CC effects off your installer discs? AE 6.5 has a folder called “Cycore” install these plug-ins. Theres a ton of awesome plugs (used to be called Final Effects). Might as well oad in Color Finesse while you’re at it (in the synthetic Aperture folder).
When it’s installed you’ll see in your effects menu a bunch of plugs with ‘CC’ in front of them. The particle systems will be in:
Effects>Simulation>CC Particle Systems II
Chris Smith
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AHHH That was it, I re-formatted my computer a couple weeks ago, I must of forgot to install them 🙂 Thanks
Just out of curiosity what were your settings for the particle system?
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Maybe its just me but I don’t see any setting that says glow within the Particle systems 2 menus.
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No, I used the standard AE Glow.
Effects>Stylize>Glow
Actually I placed a gaussian blur (Effects>Blur>Gaussian Blur) between the particle system and the glow as well.
Chris Smith
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Sorry to be such a pain, but the first thing you did was to add the particle system to a solid correct? what were your settings for the particle system? I cant seem to get mine to look like a streak.
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