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Missing effect in the main composition (noob question)
Hello!
I added an effect within a pre-composition and functions normally. But when I go to the main composition (which has some pre-compositions) the effect simply does not appear in that scene.Does anyone know what the problem is?
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What effect are you referring to?
Can you post screen grabs of your Precomp and main comp TimelineTudor \”Ted\” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
It is the “Light Sweep” effect.
The pre-composition:
The main composition:
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I want the effect on just one layer. What kind of adjustments do I have to make in the precomp? Sorry, I don’t get it.
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Now I noticed that when I deselect the “rasterize layer” , the effect appears… But I can’t do this because it will destroy the quality of the video! ?
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Please show screenshots of the exact same frame in precomp vs mastercomp and show the whole ae interface. We need to see all the information.
Roei Tzoref
After Effects Artist & Instructor
♫ Ae Blues Tutorials -
A screenshot would help alot. I guess you have some sort of transformation in the main composition, which is why you have to keep the main comp vectorized (with the switch that you mentioned). Usually you have to take this transformation to the Pre-Comp and do it there or keep everything in a single comp. But it depends alot on what you’re trying to achieve. Maybe you can even take your effect to the main comp and add it there.
(On which monitor did you take those AE-Screenshots? Or can you scale the UI of AE? I always wondered…)
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Yes, I animated the position and the scale in the main composition. I think I will have to try to recreate the effect in the main composition… But I wanted to know why this happens, for my next projects. Thank you for explaining to me!
I work on a 5k iMac.
(Sorry for bad english, it is not my native language).
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