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After Effects Expression – Lens flare to light
Hi there,
I’ve got the following problem. I’m trying to have a lens flare follow a 3D light. Actually a simple thing, using
L = thisComp.layer(Light 1);
L.toComp([0,0,0]);.I’ve seen quite a few of the tutorials dealing with this issue and it all makes sense to me.
However, whenever I try to do this on my iMac at work running After Effects CS4 on OS X 10.6.8 the lens flare is offset from the light. It moves when I move the light, but as I said, it doesn’t occupy the same ‘comp space’, i.e. it is not on top of the light looking from active camera view.
Here’s where it gets crazy. I tried the same thing using a trial of After Effects CS6 and guess what, it works like a charm. Unfortunately we can’t afford CS6 at the moment. Since this is a bigger project, so for the sake of downward compatibility after the test phase runs out, I should stick to CS4.
Any ideas why AE CS4 might react in such a strange way?
Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
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2 Replies
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It should work fine in CS4. Is it possible the layer that you applied the lens flare to is not the same pixel aspect ratio as the comp (square vs. rectangular) ?
Dan
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Hi Dan,
I feel like such a beginner. Yes you were pointing in the right direction. I forgot that the layer I applied the lens flare to, wasn’t comp size and not scaled to 100%. Thanks so much for pointing that out.
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