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Hi there,
The switches’ behaviors can sometimes seem unpredictable. That’s because all comp setups are different. there may be cases where you want to apply Motion Blur universally but other times you may not. But actually, the behavior of the switches is easy to fix. It all depends on how you have your preferences set up. With the default “Switches Affect Nested Comps” on, when a switch is activated in the Main comp, it will also be activated in all nested comps. If you don’t want this to happen just got to Preferences > General and deselect this option.
Hope this helps!
cheers,
Angie
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Hi there,
My recommendation is that you check out Automatic Duck. this is a third party solution that will allow you to open your FCP timeline in AE without any additional rendering. I use it all the time and it saves hours of extra work, amazing software!
hope this helps!
cheers,
Angie
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Oops! Forgot to add the last step! My last post will make the lights become less intense as the object fades out. To reverse this, so that the opposite happens, simply reverse the expression. you can do this either by adding *-1 at the end of the expression. Or by using the Linear expression to convert values e.g. to convert values between 1 and 100 to 100 and 1. The expression would be something like this;
a=thisComp.layer(“FadingLayer”).transform.opacity;
linear(a,1,100,100,1)Hope this helps!
cheers,
Angie
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Hi there,
As David says, an expression is ideal for this situation but you don’t want to attach the expressions to a null. Here’s what to do.
Open all of your light layers Intensity properties
Open the Object’s Opacity Property.
For each of the light layers, add an expression to the Intensity value.
Drag the Expression pickwhip (not the parenting pickwhip!) from the Lights Intensity property to the Object’s Opacity Property.
Once you’ve done this for all the lights, their intensity will reduce as the object fades.Hope this helps!
cheers,
Angie
Angie Taylor animation & illustration for television, film, web and devices
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Hi there,
This could be due to a bug that was in After Effects CS5 that caused syncing issues. The good news is that it’s now been fixed! 🙂
Try updating AE from within the application by going to Help > Updates to install version 10.0.1 and hopefully fix this syncing issue.
Hope this helps! 🙂
cheers,
Angie
Angie Taylor animation & illustration for television, film, web and devices
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Hi there,
Which loop expression are you using? Is it a cycle loop? Have you tried using a Pingpong loop instead? What this does is loops forwards, then backwards, then forwards etc. It may reduce the need for you to add as many keyframes and masks?
cheers,
Angie
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Hi there,
You can move the anchor point (the point which a layer scales around) using the Pan Behind Tool from the tool bar. Simply choose the Pan Behind Tool and drag the anchor point to the desired location then Scale as you normally would.
BTW The Pan Behind tool is the one between the Camera Tool and the Shape tool. It can also be used to Pan an image behind a mask, that’s where it originally got it’s name from! 🙂
Hope this helps! 🙂
cheers,
Angie
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Hi there,
You can also use this technique to create some additional time between “actions” in the timeline. This will split the layers so that you can drag each half apart, taking all the keyframes etc with it and leaving time in between the halves. I’ve used this technique several times when I’ve had very complex animation and dragging al the keyframes would have been labor-intensive.
1. Move to the beginning of the place where the space needs to be added.
2. Select all the layers you want to “add space between”.
3. Split the layers by going to Edit > Split Layer
4. Move the Time Marker ahead by the amount of time you wish to add.
5. Select the End section of each layer you want to move.
6. Either drag them so that the in point lines up with the TimeMarker or hit the [ key to move the In point to the TM.Hope this helps 🙂
cheers,
Angie
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LOL! It wasn’t really intended as a challenge but thanks for sharing! 😉
cheers,
Angie
Angie Taylor animation & illustration for television, film, web and devices
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It looks great! 🙂
cheers,
Angie
Angie Taylor animation & illustration for television, film, web and devices
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