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    Viewing and editing in a full-screen Comp viewer for projection matching to surface

    Posted by Andrew Pomeroy on April 26, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    I’m composing a multi-surface projection of an animation in After Effects CS5, and would like to be able to edit in an environment that matches the final display of my projector.

    Because I have different surfaces on which a single projector is displaying a composition of different images, I need to be able to distort each of these images accordingly to fit on each surface. I have a secondary comp viewer window displaying only on the projector at close-to-full-screen (issue #1 is that the full-screen option is greyed out), but the comp won’t show at a fully matched 100% until I run a RAM Preview. Trying to lay out images and distort them accordingly so as to perfectly match the different surfaces on which they are to be projected is difficult– too much trial and error, going back and forth between RAM Previews and editing.

    Is there any way to hide the controls of the comp viewer and have it appear truly fullscreen like the RAM Preview does, so that I can edit the composition live and see the changes made in the correct position and proportions?

    Thanks guys,
    -Andrew

    Weston Jones replied 12 years, 3 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Tudor “ted” jelescu

    April 26, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    This link will give you the info you need for external preview:
    https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7ea3a.html

    Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
    Senior VFX Artist

  • Walter Soyka

    April 27, 2011 at 2:44 am

    For irregular projection design, I’d suggest that the geometry correction is best handled by a live image warping engine (either integrated in media playback, or inline before projection) on-site.

    Walter Soyka
    Principal & Designer at Keen Live
    Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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  • Nicola Gutberlet

    July 18, 2012 at 9:47 am

    So, does there exist a solution to that problem?
    Ted’s link doesn’t work with me 🙁

    I’m having a very similar problem since I want to see immediate results on a stereo display.

    Thx,
    Nicola

  • Weston Jones

    May 14, 2014 at 12:30 am

    I was looking to do the same thing and just found this: https://www.millumin.com/

    Watch the video on AE. Gonna check it out now. 30 day free trial.

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