[Anthony Owens]

Thanks for the response!
Despite how fresh that tutorial is it doesn’t really help solve my problem (unfortunately). Here’s a vid I made to better illustrate what my issue is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBV_MCjFBdg
As you can see, there is no shattering, just the end product of the shatter. I’ve tested on different files and can use the Shatter effect no problem in them, it just seems like for this project it doesn’t want to work. On top of splitting the layer and applying the effect to the top layer I’ve also tried duplicating the layer and applying the effect but still have the same problem.
Any advice is appreciated.

[Anthony Owens]

Hey man thanks for responding again.
Yeah, controlling the scope of the effect isn’t really my problem, it’s having the effect actually happen which is. I’ve recorded what’s happening and the vid can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBV_MCjFBdg
As you can see the effect has already passed before the wall is even active rendering the effect useless and weird.
I’ve since tried duplicating the layer rather than splitting it then applying the effect but still to no avail.
Again, any help is appreciated!

[Anthony Owens]

If I can I don’t know how, this is my first time using AE so I wouldn’t really know how to adapt a tutorial.
I already have my image and the only tutorial there that creates a body of sea water uses methods that will change the way my water looks which I don’t want. Again, my knowledge of the programe is non-existant so I’m likely wrong.
Anyway, thanks for the response!

[Anthony Owens]

Hey, thanks for the response!
Yeah, I think the “explosion” has already happened before the image is even visible. I’ve looked through the settings and can’t seem to find a way if choosing when the “explosion” should happen so I tried splitting the image on the timeline and applying the effect at the time I wanted, but still no joy. Here’s a screencap just in case I’m missing something obvious or whatever.

Again, any help is massively appreciated and thanks for responding again!