Nano light streak around other objects

[Tyler Paul]

In particular you can set an obstruction layer, it’s near the bottom.

[Martijn Merkelbag]

Thanks for the tip.
Im gonna try when i get home from work 🙂

Thank you very much…..ill let you know.

greetings, Martijn M

[Martijn Merkelbag]

Hi there again !
i tried to use it but it didnt work.
Here’s what i did.

i made the light (emitter) swirl around my 3d layer (a picture) than i selected this 3d layer as the “Obscuration” layer and looked if it worked.
The emitter still remains behind my 3d layer.
It all looks right when i look from the top and see it swirl around my object.
But when i just look from the camera view it still doesnt work..

Any ideas ?

Greetings Martijn M

[Martijn Merkelbag]

I found what my problem was.
I was using a green screen + keylight on the 3d layer that was containing the picture i used (ofcourse with a green screen).

This just delivered some problems and the effect didnt fully work.
Now i just edited the greenscreen in photoshop and imported the PSD containing the clean picture.
Works perfectly.
The only problem i have now is that i dont know how i get this layer to NOT get affected by the adjustment layer that is above it in the layer stack.
It must be above it since it must be UNDER the particle layer contraining the particular settings which in return needs the adjustment layer for coloring effects.

Any sugestions ?

Sorry for my bad English,
Martijn M

[Kevin Camp]

remove the obscure layer (set to none). duplicate the particular layer and place one on top of the lyaer to wrap around, and the other under the layer to wrap around. hide the particula layer that is under the middle layer.

position the timeline to a point where the particular layer should be hidden by the middle layer. now, with the particular layer on top of the layer you want to wrap around selected, drag the ‘far vanish’ (in the visibility settings) until the middle layer seems to be infront of the above particular layer.

now, make the lower particular layer visible and set the’near vansih’ to the same value as the above particular layer’s ‘far vansish.’

this may require some addtion tweaking, but the emitter should now appear to wrap around the middle layer.

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Kevin Camp]

sorry, i misunderstood what wasn’t working in your last post… the method i described would work for a 2d layer that you wanted to insert between the particular emitters.

however, you may be able to use that method to create 2 separte particle comps (with the color adjustment you need) and then composite them around the middle layer.

i assume you can’t apply your adjustment layer effectsw to the particular layer directly? which color effects are you using?

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Kevin Camp]

you may also be able to use a duplicate of your particular layer as a track matte for your adjustment layer (alpha inverted).

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Martijn Merkelbag]

Thanks for helping me out here !

The effect simply does not work when i put it on the particular layer directly.
Beats me why but it simply doesnt 🙂

The adjustment layer just holds an simple hue/saturation with a blue-ish color and a simple glow.

I think im gonna try the track matte although i think that will not work with the swirl going around the 3d layer (containing the picture) at the moment.

Ill try to post some pictures of the layer stack and the problems i come across when i get home.

My best regards, Martijn M

[Andrew Kramer]

https://videocopilot.net/videotutorials/nano2/

Try this.

[Martijn Merkelbag]

I feel so dumb.
I looked at the picture of the tutorial but didnt even play it.
So the solution was right under my nose !

haha thanks for the reminder man !

greetings, Martijn from holland 😉