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Collapse transformations vs rasterize issue
Hi all,
I have an issue with a graphic I’m working to do with the collapse transformations/vector rasterize button.
Client has sent me a really boring 2D pdf image they want in a presentation. I thought I’d spice it up by doing a bit of fake 3D and a camera move on it.
Workflow:
1) Make comp with client’s pdf image – rasterized, and pre-comped.
2) Using Harry Frank’s 3D preset, I’ve made 50 copies of the layer which are left unrasterized.
3) Pre-comp these 50 layers and drag into a new comp
4) Collapse transformation to enable 3D effect.
So far, so good. But.
The camera move I want to add starts in tight to the image then pulls out wide. The issue is that at the start of the camera move, because the pre-comped layer isn’t made of rasterized layers the text is heavily pixelated. But when I rasterize the layers, the 3D effect disappears!
So the issue is, how do I cheat it so I get nice clean text up close while maintaining the 3D effect?
Thanks in advance!
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3 Replies
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Why do you need to pre-compose your vector art? If it’s just to make a tighter comp with less layers, then there’s no need to pre-compose. Just link all vector art to a null, hit the shy layer switch and you’ll end up with one layer and no problem.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Hey Ted,
The main reason is because of what I’m doing with the pre-comp in the next comp.
It’s a circular image with an outer rim that has a ‘lifecycle’ on it. I’m rotating the outer rim around the static central image which involves duplicating the pre comp and masking out the centre of the one that rotates.
I’ve come up with a kludge which is dragging the original image into the new comp, making it 3D and lining it up with the rotating rim. (God I hate explaining these things!)
Seems to work, but now have a UFO in my comp. (See other post).
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So you could use Dave’s advice from the other post – mask one layer, copy mask and paste on all other layers that need masking. No need to precomp…
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
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