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DVD Menu in AE Moving object with Thumbnail Preview or video
I am making a motion menu by creating a video background in AE. I am using a template background with objects that look like the old photos that developed a few minutes after you take the picture–poloroids?
On my main menu there are two polaroids, one on the other. I want to play a video preview or a video file that I put in the picture field. The first polaroid with the video playing in it starts close to the camera so it envelops the whole view and then falls to the plane of the menu. Then the second falls in more from the side and they both rest there with the videos playing until they fly out to their original positions and the whole thing loops.
I have been able to do all of this except for fit the video into the picture field of the polaroid like object. I want to be able to do it like the thumbnail preview option in Encore. This works in encore to produce this functionality but I want to have the polaroids move(fall in and fly out) which is why I am doing it in after effects. Part of the problem is the polaroid picture fields are not perfectly rectangular so I get it in the right area but a large portion of the video layer pokes out of a corner. Any help?
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