[Adam Bennett]

Cheers Steve. Maybe (quick)time to break that piggy bank then. Uh, sorry!

[Adam Bennett]

Go to Preferences > Files & clipboard and make sure PDF and AICB is checked in the copy settings. Then make a new solid and your shape should paste as a mask

[Adam Bennett]

Thanks Ken!! Am trying this out now

[Adam Bennett]

Thanks Ken!! Am trying this out now

[Adam Bennett]

Thanks everyone. And yes Dave, I meant showing the audio output, not actually a graphic equaliser!! Wasn’t sure what it was called.
Don’t mind it being a bit convuluted, and this is what I had in mind Ken, but it was just the tying the bars to the audio bit that I don’t know how to do. Once I’ve converted the audio streams to keyframes how do I link them to the movement of the bars I’ll have created with either solids or imported art?

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[Adam Bennett]

Thanks everyone. And yes Dave, I meant showing the audio output, not actually a graphic equaliser!! Wasn’t sure what it was called.
Don’t mind it being a bit convuluted, and this is what I had in mind Ken, but it was just the tying the bars to the audio bit that I don’t know how to do. Once I’ve converted the audio streams to keyframes how do I link them to the movement of the bars I’ll have created with either solids or imported art?

First caller wins a prize …

[Adam Bennett]

I did this tutorial the other day after Kathryn kindly pointed it out for me. I think what you need to do is make a 400×400 square (outline only) in the same layer as your blade in Illustrator, then drop the opacity of the square to 1%. The blade layer will then import into After Effects at the correct size

[Adam Bennett]

This is just the thing!! A belated, sore headed post-weekend bingeing thanks to you Kathlyn