Ben Weller
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Hmm that’s not really what I’m after, the idea of precomposing the stroke and then applying a texture to that is good, but I definatly don’t want any grungy effects. What I’m looking for is a line that looks like it was drawn by a pencil, preferably with all the little imperfections that would come with a pencil line.
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Hmm that’s not really what I’m after, the idea of precomposing the stroke and then applying a texture to that is good, but I definatly don’t want any grungy effects. What I’m looking for is a line that looks like it was drawn by a pencil, preferably with all the little imperfections that would come with a pencil line.
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Hmm that’s not really what I’m after, the idea of precomposing the stroke and then applying a texture to that is good, but I definatly don’t want any grungy effects. What I’m looking for is a line that looks like it was drawn by a pencil, preferably with all the little imperfections that would come with a pencil line.
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could you possibly duplicate the layer, then put it behind the original, and give it a slight blur? this is a technique i use in photoshop a lot, although ive never used it in after effects.
although if you do find another way i would be quite interested to know, as i need to do something similar.Ben Weller
http://www.keywoundmotor.co.uk
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well i would precomp them, but the layers are that big, it wouldnt work so well. the grass layers are all cropped down as small as they can be, and ive tried moving the cloud layers back in z space already. interestingly, one thing i did come across is that if it passes a certain point in z space, and simultaneously in x space, thats when the edge disappears. if its one the other side of those points, its fine. unfortunatly the side that its fine on, is nowhere near where i need the cloud to be!
so i just stuck another cloud over the missing bit. lol.
whats this pre-rendering you mention? will it help deal with the sheer number of layers? (there wont be this many layers in the actual working versions, ill delete the stuff out of shot and what have you, this is just the way i work)Cheers guys.
Ben Weller
http://www.keywoundmotor.co.uk
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ok, so i thought maybe it was another layer affecting it, so i was going through them all switching them all on and off one by one, and i think i found it. i have about 360 layers in this composition, about 100 of which are tufts of grass. as i switched off all of the layers of grass, the cloud layer went back to normal. but when i switched them all back on again it cut the end off again.
i tried going through each piece of grass one by one, but it seems to just be random grass layers, each contributing to cutting a small piece off the layer.Why is it doing this?
The grass layers and this cloud layer are not in contact, theyre not partnered or even connected in any other way. ive even deleted the cloud layer and put it in again fresh, and it still does it. im very reluctant to delete all of the grass layers, because, as i said before, theres hundreds of them and it would take too long to put them all back.
if anyone can tell me whats going on it would be very much appreciated, this is driving me crazy, i was supposed to have it rendered out by lunchtime and im still trying to fix it now!!!
Ben Weller
http://www.keywoundmotor.co.uk
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have you tried moving the scale keyframes beyond the edge of the clip?
Ben Weller
http://www.keywoundmotor.co.uk
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mike your idea to use an audio waveform would have been genius, especially as ive got a character playing the guitar.
i say would have been, because i already spent a couple of hours doing the whole 2d to 3d thing, and to be honest i doubt the cables would be in shot for the bit where he plays the guitar.
But im definately gonna have to try that one day.Thanks again to everyone for theyre help!
Ben Weller
http://www.keywoundmotor.co.uk
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if i make the cable in 2d then turn it into 3d, to strech from one pylon to another, is there anyway i can put an anchor point on either end of the layer, to make it easier to line them up? cos its gonna be a bitch trying to do just by rotating and stretching.
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ok well for whatever reason that just completely didnt work for me. i think im just gonna have to make it in 2d and then convert it into 3d space and just line it up by hand.
thanks for all your help anyway guys.