Card wipe or card dance help needed

[Mark]

Create two precomps… One will be A roll (containing layers one, three and five of the PSD) the other will be B roll (containing layers two, four and six).

Now in these comps, place the layers in chronological order so that layer one cuts out when you would want it to, layer 3 cuts out etc, etc…

Now create a final comp and bring both of these comps in. Apply the card wipe to comp one and set comp two as the back layer….now animate back and forth between the comps using the card wipe filter.

Hope this helps…

There are other ways to do this, but this is relatively easy and painless.

Mark

[Nathan]

I think I follow you and will try this in a second. But in this step:
“Now in these comps, place the layers in chronological order so that layer one cuts out when you would want it to, layer 3 cuts out etc, etc…”
Are you saying to stagger the frames of each layer? Is it possible to post a quick sample of your example?

[Mark]

I can’t post an example, sorry, but what i mean by this is if you want to flip from layer 2 to 3 at 5:00, then make sure around 4:00 in comp A that layer 3 is visible (Layer 1 will no longer be visible, as it is on the back of the cards in the final comp)

Hope that clarifies.

Mark

[Nathan]

aahhh….ok I think I see. You mean synchronize the visibility of the respective flip layers in the individual comps. So layer 4 in comp A would be visible at the same time as layer 5 in comp B and for the same duration?….I think I follow you.

[Nathan]

Okay I tried your example and it does not work for me. Maybe my explanation was wacky. But basically I want to Card Wipe through 6 different images at 30 sec intervals. So card one will display for lets say 15 seconds, then will flip to card 2, from card to to card 3 and from 3 to 4. These cards are setup in one .PSD file that has a corresponding layer representing a card flip. Ineed this entire animation to be precomped so I can add a small animation and 3d camera to it (to angle it) But as it sits now Card Wipe only allows one flip. I am thinking I may have to duplicate layers to get it to work. But I heard that is bad business and should be avoided. Any more ideas?

[Steve Roberts]

With card wipe, you can flip back and forth between the same two layers by animating between 100% and 0% completion, but at the beginning of each flip, change the flip order. This way you’ll flip from back to front, but always going in the same direction across the image if you want.

Make each layer (back & front) a composition or a rendered movie, inside which the image changes while the applicable movie is facing the “back”, between card wipe flips.

[Nathan]

I just cannot seem to grasp your example. So I make a composition out of the first 2 layers (front and back)? That will essentially give me 3 new comps? (layer 1 and 2, 3 and 4, then 5 and 6)? Do you have a link to sample or a tut?

I really appreciate the help thus far, just need a bit of a push to get over this understanding wall.

[Ryan Hill]

No. He means put all the odd layers on one side of the card and all the even layers on the other.

So one comp will have 1 3 and 5. The other will have 2 4 and 6.

You start with layer 1 up. Then you flip to layer 2. Then, while layer 2 is visible, let the back of the card change from 1 to 3 while nobody can see it happen. Then when you flip back, you’ll go to layer 3. And so on.

While reading this, I’m trying to think if there’s a way to do the same effect with parenting instead of precomps, just because then it’ll be easier to fit the timing of the hidden transition with the flips. But I can’t think off the top of my head how to do that.

[Nathan]

[RobotHero] “You start with layer 1 up. Then you flip to layer 2. Then, while layer 2 is visible, let the back of the card change from 1 to 3 while nobody can see it happen. Then when you flip back, you’ll go to layer 3. And so on.”

Man I feel like such a retard because I am really not getting this part of it. Also mix in that I am still learning. Could anyone be so so so kind as to make a quick .aep I can check out? I know it is alot to ask, but I just cannot get my head wrapped around what is being explained. But I am still cracking at it on my side. Maybe a light bulb will go on soon. And again I truly appreciate all the help thus far,

[Ryan Hill]

Do you just want the whole layer to turn over? Because for that, you don’t really need the pre-comps.

Here’s a pic of how I did it for four layers.
https://www.horriblepain.com/quicks/example.png

Before parenting, I rotated the 2 and 4 layers by 180 degrees and set their Z position at 0.5 so they would be the backs of layers 1 and 3.