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Changing the “distance scale” of a composition – NOT the resolution scale (makin’ ribbons)
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Issue: I’m trying to create some light/ribbon streaks using either Particular or 3D Stroke. Neither is a perfect solution, but could work My problem is that the camera-solved comp of an aerial skyline has Z distances of over 130000 between camera and a furthest null point, and things like 3D Stroke don’t do that kind of distance well, at all, and Particular has a Far Vanish limit of 100000. Is there any way to scale the whole comp/unit distance down by 10? So 130045 becomes 13004.5, etc.?
Alternatively, if there’s a better way to make 3d-ish arced strokes than 3d stroke or Particular, what would be recommended? Essentially following this tutorial: https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/light_streaks_2/ but on a large scale.
Jordan Q
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Create a 3d null. Parent all of your scene elements to the null (created nulls, solids, the camera, etc.). Then simply scale the parent null down. See if that works.
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