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How can I get a grid with no vertical lines?
Ok, so I guess that wouldn’t be a grid, but I don’t know what else to call it.
I’ve applied the grid generator to an adjustment layer at the top of this comp with and an “overlay” blend mode. I like how the horizontal lines (visible in the drop shadow) suggest TV scan lines, but even with the vertical lines sets to the widest setting, they interrupt the look every now and again (for example running down the middle of the capital “E”). Can someone recommend another way of doing this that won’t produce vertical lines?
Thanks
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Without seeing your exact settings it’s difficult to know exactly, however, the default behaviour is that the width adjustment will grow from the middle. What you need to do is use the Anchor setting to offset this and crank the width up enough so that the vertical lines are off screen. Below is a screen shot on a 1920×1080 comp. If you set the anchor width to 1920 and the Width slider to 1920 you will get vertical lines at the left and right hand side of frame. Expand this a few more pixels in both and you will lose these lines, i.e. set the anchor to 1930, 540 and width to 1940.
Declan Smith
https://www.madpanic.tv
After Effects CS6/ FCS3 / Canon XLH1 / Canon 7D / Reason / Cubase“it’s either binary or it’s not”
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Thanks very much Declan.
I can’t try this right now but it sounds like it’s going to do the trick. I’ll come back and let you know though.
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If for some reason the shape layers don’t work out, you could always create a shape layer that’s a line, and just add a repeater to it.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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You can also get horizontal lines with the Venetian Blinds transition.
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Thanks Declan,
This worked a treat.
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Venetian Blinds transition is a good alternative
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hehe, or if you want to be really complicated you could use a line as a shape layer and then use a repeater to fill the screen. The benefit of that is that you could change your line for other shapes, to create a matte.
Anyway, grid with wide width and venetian blinds as they have stated before does the trick!
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Thanks to everyone for your responses.
As ever, there are numerous ways to achieve ones goal in After Effects and it’s always interesting to hear different approaches even if I’ve found one that works already as hearing about other techniques can often lead to a breakthrough or inspiration in other areas or projects. So thanks again
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