[Adam O’hern]

Thanks, guys. Taking a different tack. If I ever need to do 3D motion tracking in future I’ll probably spring for NUKE.

[Adam O’hern]

Ah, I see. So I guess I can’t control the AA filter that’s used on images more generally? I’m doing a UI mockup with tiny icons, and the AE AA filter is making them blurrier than they need to be. I’d like to use the raw pixel data if possible.

[Adam O’hern]

You could do this by creating the slideshow using a folder full of stand-in images with serial names:

project.aep
images/
01.jpg
02.jpg
03.jpg

You can save an Effect preset with an expression that does your transition based on the in-point and out-point of each slide, so then all you have to do is add the numbered images to a comp and line up the timing.

When you’re friend has her photos ready, all he/she has to do is just rename her files with the same serial numbers (you can use Bridge to do this in bulk), and then replace the stand-in files in the images folder, render, and done!

[Adam O’hern]

Fantastic, thanks for the info. I’m new to AE, so I’m just trying to educate myself about these things. Not that I need it to change, I just need mental models to help me make sense of this new world.

Thanks guys!

[Adam O’hern]

Huh. Weird.

Can you (or anyone) explain why it works this way? Not that it’s a big deal to do it the way you suggest, but I feel like there’s some Law Of The AE Universe that I’m not understanding.

[Adam O’hern]

Ahhhh that would have been it, since I was indeed scrubbing audio. Assuming it’s fixed then. Fantastic! Thanks!

[Adam O’hern]

Here’s the gist. AFAIK only possible with AE CC 2014.2 or later.

R = thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time);
T = R.top;
L = R.left;
W = R.width;
H = R.height;
[L+W/2,T+H/2]

[Adam O’hern]

You mean you can’t use your mind powers to download my computer specs?

(facepalm)

I was having the problem in AE 2014.0. Just updated to 2014.2, so we’ll see if that helps (haven’t tried yet).

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac14,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 3.5 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 32 GB

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
VRAM (Total): 4096 MB