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artifacts/antialiased adges with AI file using gradient wipe
Hello all,
I’ve beed doing ayato’s tutorial example 17 and against all odds, got through it all – beginning to end(!) … by applying a lot of trial and error.
My problem lies with the gradient wipe in AE. I made my gradient AI file in 4 different sections. They all start at different gray-points to sort out timing in AE. I import the AI file to AE and it looks great, but when I turn the eyeball off and ask the gradient wipe to use the AI layer it all of a sudden antialiases the edges and worse when I go to step two in ayato’s tute and put two wipes on top of each other with an offset I get a serious amount of artifacts along the edges…
Now, (I think) I know that my AI file is in good shape, with straight alpha and nice edges and quality switch to best before I turn the eyeball off and asign the gradient wipe to use it. What could my problem be? I’ve been searching through the archives, but not really found the answer…
Any help greatly appreciated 🙂
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Thanks for the quick reply Dave! wow, i did search the archives and found alot on the subject of the blend tool in illustrator and how to get the gradient wipe to work at all, but nothing on exactly the problem I have. I will definitely keep looking, now with boosted moral, knowing the solution is out there somewhere and of course if you’d happen to stumble across the answer, don’t hesitate to tell me here or email me…
please anyone else out there who has gone though this and come out alive on the other end… 🙂
thanks again, d
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in the interpret footage dialog box, click on ” more options,” then select “more accurate” (as opposed to faster).
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thanks, mstleger! did that already though. didn’t help really. actually I couldn’t see any difference at all switching it on and off. funny, one of those settings i’ve never stumbled across before. a bit worrying… would you know when that is usefull. i’ve definitely renedred nice things out with that in it’s default pos.
i really don’t know why I’m having the problem with gradient wipe though, because if i just check the illustrator file out normally in a comp it looks smashing! i’ve now tried with a much simpler gradient from photoshop as well… everything looks great until I use the gradient wipe. it seems to be something inherit in the plug “alising” the edges for some reason. i solved my problem with a negative simple choker though… don’t know if there is another better way of doing it, but that’s what I could come up with in a rush… thanks for the help!
/d 🙂
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