[Andrew Kramer]

You would want to deinterlace and then retime. Good Luck,
Andrew Kramer
https://www.videocopilot.net

[Andrew Kramer]

Hello,
They’re from a music library by a guy called Bjorn Lynne. Good Stuff. I added the water sounds and the extra explosions for punch. https://www.videocopilot.net/riotgear.html

One tip for filming the fish tanks is to stir the water after each drop and you can add more without cleaning the tank. Just only do it a couple of times and you may need to increase the exposure for the decreased light. And make sure the water is perfectly calm so wait a few minutes as well.

Good Luck,
Andrew Kramer

PS, Thanks to everyone that ordered Riot Gear, I hope you enjoy it.

[Andrew Kramer]

You’re here.
Click on the AE banner at the top and you will find a multitude of AE resources and free tutorials.

And you click on my head there should be some stuff to get you started, not to mention the AE podcast.

Andrew Kramer

[Andrew Kramer]

I’m working on something like this right now. This helps.

[Andrew Kramer]

What’s this Hi-def you speak of? Sounds interesting.

[Andrew Kramer]

Nice tutorial Aharon.

You intrigued me with the apparent mystery of the layer control function.

I may have figured out a few different uses. One specifically that helps me tremendously.

In a nutshell the Layer Control function is a dynamic way to link expressions to a specific layer that is chosen in the list of the layer control drop-down. When using expressions it’s the difference between hard-coding a layers name and dynamically accessing one.

So say I have an expression based on the rotation of a specific layer, I could call on this layer by directly typing in the layer string like so:

thisComp.layer(“Black Solid 1”).rotation

But if I use a layer control, I can create a targetLayer variable by using the pickWhip to select the layer control effect:

targetLayer = effect(“Layer Control”)(“Layer”);

So to call on the rotation of a layer that is currently selected I could type this:

targetLayer = effect(“Layer Control”)(“Layer”);
targetLayer.rotation

This is especially useful when you need to call on the direct parameter (such as the position, rotation, etc, or any associated parameter) of a specific layer. Saving time the needed to change the layer name in the script everytime you decide to reference another layer. Now you can simply select the layer you want from the drop down and the rest of you expression will update.

Admittedly, you could create your own variable that is called targetLayer and reference this in the underlying script and simply change it once as needed to the direct name of a layer… But if you are using a script across multiple parameters this variable would have to be defined every time and changed through out. So using this function, you can copy/paste this same script, and paste it across your entire composition to any parameter and change the targetLayer with one simple drop down of the layer control effect.

I’m excited about this find, and I thank you for bringing it up.

Oh, the reason it has helped me is…
I have a few expressions that I have saved as effect presets. One in particular needs to be applied to a layer with a specific name because it analyzes the position to create a springy effect. So to make it work, I have to create a layer named “spring”(case sensitive too) then apply the preset to it, easy enough, but annoying.

Now I’ve saved the preset with a layer control function, with the drop-down set to layer one, then when I add the preset to my comp it automatically creates a new layer that happens to be on top or in the first position as pre-designated in my preset. This way the name of the layer is irrelevant and yet magically it does what I want. And once applied to a layer, the drop-down of the layer control effect stays set to whatever layer was in the first position. So if I move that layer to the bottom or put new layers on top the script doesn’t select the wrong layer.

Cheers!!

Andrew Kramer
https://www.videocopilot.net

[Andrew Kramer]

You better believe it! Just kidding.

[Andrew Kramer]

I’ll try to be more careful with my jokes…

[Andrew Kramer]

What was the name??!!! TOTAL RECALL

I love that movie.

[Andrew Kramer]

Have you tried using the Ramp effect with colorama? Use the controls of the Ramp effect to position and change from the gradient to radial or linear and then use the colorama to remap the black and white ramp to any color you want. It works well with control over keyframing and the like.

I know you aren’t looking for help but for others reading…

Andrew Kramer