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How can I revise this expression so it looks at mask position and not x,y position?
I’m trying to obscure a lens flare when it goes in front of another layer. I can’t use Optical Flares built in foreground layers feature because it doesn’t work with mask positions, but rather x,y coordinates.
Anyone know what should I revise on the expression below so it follows the position of the flare (which is being driven by a mask position (in degrees) instead of a regular x,y position value?
Thanks in advance,
D.target=thisComp.layer("shape");
alpha=target.sampleImage((effect("Optical Flares")("Position XY")),[1,1])[3];
linear(alpha,0,1,45,0);
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If you precomp the masked layer (or a copy thereof) moving the mask inside the precomp, the foreground layer method will work.
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Thanks Kalle, but that didn’t work when I first tried it, hence why I tried the expression instead. The weirdest thing is that I made a test comp within the same project and everything worked fine.
I contacted Videocopilot and they asked me to send the file, I’m waiting to hear back from them.
I ended up making a new layer (precomped) with a similar alpha, the only difference is that instead of a shape layer as a source for the precomp I used a solid with a mask, that worked. Why? I have no idea.
Best,
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It should only make a difference if the mask is inside the precomp (this works) or applied to the precomp (doesn’t work).
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It should, but for some reason it didn’t work. I’m in close contact with Videocopilot’s tech guys trying to sort out the problem.
Thanks for your help,
D.
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