[André Macedo]

Hi Filip,

thank you,

i followed your suggestion,
i scaled the ellipses layer scale property (the “main” layers transform attribute in other words), instead of the size parameter property of the ellipse – and then parented the image scale property to the ellipse´s layer scale property — again my image blows up in scale – its like the parenting doesnt care about my image size (wich is downscaled inside the circle).

thank you filip

[André Macedo]

Hi Filip,

Yeah, ill animate the anchor point, my motions are simple enough, this 1st method will work.
Thank you for following up, and once again clarifying this to me.

André M

[André Macedo]

Hi Filip,

i tried your suggestion on creating a null object – giving properties such as opacity and scale – worked GREAT. Great time savior way to approach. Thank you.

I also tried with the “position” property, but naturally it grabbed the value of the position of the anchor point of the null “leader” layer, attaching my icon to the null layer directly.
like so,
thisComp.layer(“leader”).position.valueAtTime(time-thisLayer.startTime);

So how should i approach the grab of the position value of my null layer as i do with the other properties?

Thank you again !

[André Macedo]

Ei Filip!

Yes! I will try giving properties to a “leader” Null Object. Thank You very much !!!

[André Macedo]

Hi Filip !
Thank you for responding.

I think your first suggestion is the one i am aiming for:
Apply behaviors to the properties of 1 “leader” layer, then attach the properties of the “follower” layers accordingly to this 1st “leader” layer — And then Offset my “follower” layers in my timeline, expecting them to behave as the “leader” layer properties.

I hope i understood correctly – i will try this out.
Thank you again Filip *

[André Macedo]

Hi Andy,

Thank you for reading and taking the time to answer my question.
I would say your suggestion would work – i didn´t mention before the icons would be starting/fading-in at different times in my timeline – but i guess it doesnt matter and your suggestion works in this scenario aswell.

Before i only gave a “fading-in” example as an eventual re-edit frame behaviour, but of course your suggestion would work with all other available properties, such as scaling.

In my head i was thinking more in the following way:
An independent layer with a null object where i could add properties to. And apply the null object properties to my several layers that contain the icons. That way i would only re-edit properties in the case of need in my null object layer. Could this be another possible approach ?

I just say Null object because i tried before posting my question giving properties to a null object and pickwipping them, but it didnt go as expected.

I will try your suggestion! Thank you *

[André Macedo]

Hi Cassius,

I just tried out what your suggestion and it woks indeed, smart workaround – i was waaayyyy overthinking ☺ How its a matter of choosing the right videos *
Again thank you, André

[André Macedo]

Thank you Eric !
Its for a personal project – nothing to worry about 😉

[André Macedo]

Thank You Cassius, thank you for taking the time to answer.

I think that would do the trick. But i am looking for a more agile way to do this. Maybe using a couple of scripts i don´t know about. – So that the workflow is just faster.

I am imagining using the script to something like,

Script 1) Cutting footage in small clips.
Cut video A, in micro clips each with the same specific number of frames, then do the same to video B.
Let’s say the first frame of video A is A1, first frame of video B is B1; second frame of video A is A2, and so on;

Script 2) Sequence clips from both videos (maybe this part can be done manually relatively fast)
Then sequence like so:
A1B1A2B2A3B3A4B4…AnBn

André

[André Macedo]

Hi Brian –

Regarding emitting particles from a stroke – I was successfull with the mr. john cuevas guidance, wich i am posting here, with the AE example plus what he wrote me at the time.

Make a precomp of your vector, add a stroke and then set your particular layer to use the precomp as a layer emitter.
Take a look at this example and see if it helps you out. 5792_layeremitter.aep.zip (the file i have attached – go to the “FINAL” tab inside this AE project)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/503161/amigos/ae%20friend/5792_layeremitter.aep.zip

I Hope this helps.
André