Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Adobe After Effects CC Cylinder Orientation?

  • CC Cylinder Orientation?

    Posted by Kevin Dooley on November 21, 2007 at 2:59 am

    I’ve adjusted just about every paramter of the CC Cylinder effect I can think of and can’t seem to come up with an answer for this…

    I need to change which way the Cylinder is oriented, without changing the orientation of the actual footage.

    In other words, the effect wraps my footage around a cylinder that is standing up and down, but I need it to wrap it around a cylinder that is lying on it’s side… I’m trying to create an odometer and give it a sense of depth…

    Steve Roberts replied 18 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
  • 1 Reply
  • Steve Roberts

    November 21, 2007 at 11:41 am

    Just rotate z to 90 within the CC Cylinder effect. Your numbers will have to read sideways in the original layer as you suspected. You can precomp them and rotate them within the precomp.

    Another way is to lay a black/white/black gradient (ramp) over the numbers. Make the ramp, then to get a black/white/black ramp, apply curves, then make the curve effect look like a parabola or triangle.

    You can also search the COW for “odometer”.

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy