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A Filter for blending 3D layers?
Hey All,
I’m looking for a means to do what “Compound Arithmetic” almost does. I’ve got some vector-based artwork, and want to keep it that way. At the same time, I want to texture the art by blending it with a raster-based texture file, ideally through the help of a filter I can copy/paste to all my layers. Now, “Compound Arithmetic” does just that, except in a 3D world the texture is not linked to the layer; rather, it’s as though you’re seeing a stationary texture through the art. The problem this raises is that when the camera moves in a 3D world, the layers move accordingly but the texture within remains stationary.
Short of pre-compositing every single layer with the textured file, is there a way to do what I’m trying to do? Hope this all makes sense and I appreciate the help. Thanks.
Cory
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4 Replies
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I am not sure of the effect you are going for. If you apply compound arithmatic to a layer, convert the layer to 3d and move in 3d space, the texture stays with the layer as the camera moves in 3d space. Is this not what you want?
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Thanks for the reply Mike. What you’re describing is what I WANT to have happen, but when I apply compound arithmatic to a 3D layer, the texture stays with the camera instead of the layer.
cbauer@mac.com
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Thanks for the reply Dave. Yes, pre-composing a layer with the texture would do what I want, but that’s exactly what I want to avoid having to do. Every layer will have this texture applied, so I’m looking for a filter-based means of doing the same thing to all 30-60 layers; I’d have to pre-compose each layer individually to get the same effect. Again, the artwork is vector-based and I want to keep it that way, hence the desire to blend it with a raster-based texture in AE instead of Photoshop.
cbauer@mac.com
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That really doesn’t help Dave. Obviously I know of a way to accomplish what I need to do, but what I’m in search of here is a more efficient way to accomplish the same thing. Thanks though.
cbauer@mac.com
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