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Jagged AE Titles at off Angles!!?
I have tried searching the forums and cannot find another example. I have worked in AE for years and never had this problem. When an AE camera gets to close to AE text, and at a certain angle, my text starts to pixelate and get blocky around the edges. Rasterize is on and I tried replacing the text with an Illustrator outlined copy as well and it still happens. The resolution of the layer is set to Best. Even having After Effects outline the text to a shape layer, it still occurs. I also turned the resolution of the EPS Option under “Interpret footage” to Accurate. When you move the camera just far enough away and change the angle slightly it suddenly pops back in to sharpness!? I have never run into this issue before. I assumed that the titles or Illustrator file with continue rasterize on would be resolution independent. Apparently not! Any help would be great! I have attached an image showing an example of the pixelation and an example earlier in the timeline without the pixelation. As you can see you can get very close when parallel but when you begin to rotate at off angles it goes to pot! Motion Blur and depth of field will be on in the final version and will hide some of it…but I rather the question not come up. Please help…under major deadline!
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Sadly this is not the case. The Project is at 720P, Square Pixel Aspect (1.0), and at 24fps. Just finished two test renders and it does indeed render that way. The Motion Blur does hide some of it but I need to get a bit closer for the clients liking. Any other ideas? Thanks.
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Sadly they are all on as well. I got rid of the AE text and replaced it with an Illustrator outline copy of it with the Continuously Rasterize on. I think it might be an AE bug. I even tried opening a new comp and just putting the Illustrator layer and a camera really close and same thing. Hmmm
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It only happens when the camera is at an angle to the text layer…when it isn’t as severe an angle it’s as smooth as silk.
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Sadly the extreme angles that cause this glitch is what this project requires. Anybody have any other ideas or solutions?
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Maybe motion blur to hide it? Or, if the camera is only at this angle for a short period of time, you could do a workaround and manually create that edge on a new layer and keyframe movement.
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Luckily the Motion Blur and Depth of Field do hide the jagged, pixelated title edges fairly well at Best resolution. However it’s just sad that you can’t get so close to text with the camera at off angles in AE.
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Is there something else going on in to the text layer in that first image? It looks like it curves down as it heads back in z-space.
Have you applied some other effect to that layer?
Walter Soyka
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Yes the Text is on a large path. However I have since replaced the AE path text with an Outlined Illustrator version, with continual raster on, and it still has the issue. I tried to re-create the problem in another comp with both AE type and Illustrator files and it shows up there as well. But only at extreme close ranges and at the right angle…straight or 45 degree angles don’t seem to have the issue.
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This is a really vexing problem. I can’t seem to replicate the behavior here.
Do you have OpenGL turned on or off?
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Open GL is off. You may not be able to re-create it because it’s possible it’s limited to CS3. I’m on AE CS3.
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