Brian Charles
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Made it in Illustrator, copied and pasted to a shape layer in AFX.
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*EDIT* : Dave you beat me to it, as usual.
One method is to use a track matte on the Lower Third.
I’ve approximated the reveal you’ve indicated in this sample file:
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Card Wipe simulates perspective with shading, try increasing Ambient light and decreasing Light Intensity.
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[Todd Kopriva] “If I may editorialize a little: I agree entirely with Walter’s editorializing.”
^this.
Me too.
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Layers are pasted in the order they are selected.
i.e. Select layer 1, 2, 3, 4, paste 1,2,3,4. Select 4,3,2,1, paste 4,3,2,1.
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Depending on what you’re doing:
1: Change settings under Fast Previews to Wireframe.
2: Press Caps Lock on the keyboard to prevent the Comp Viewer from refreshing until the Caps Lock is released.
3: Under Fast Preview preferences change the Adaptive Resolution Limit to 1/16.
4: Turn on Draft 3D so that lights/shadows etc are not calculated.
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Not exactly what you’re looking for but this may help.
Renders frames at markers.
https://aescripts.com/render-frame-at-markers/
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In addition to Roland’s excellent tip, here are some links with information about improving After Effects performance in general.
https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2010/03/performance-tip-dont-oversched.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/improve-performance.html
There are many potential bottlenecks and issues that can cause long slow renders. Obvious ones like large files to be read and written, hundreds of layers and effects, not enough RAM, slow media drives, etc and some not so obvious bottlenecks which are discussed in the links above.
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Depending on which version of After Effects you are using there are different options.
in both CS6 and CC native ai files can be imported and converted to Shape layers with all paths intact. From the Layer menu choose Create Shapes from Vector Layer. The individual paths can then have a stroke added which can be animated independently with Trim Paths.
In any version individual paths in Illustrator can be copied and pasted one-at-a-time on to Solid layers in After Effects. A bit tiresome but doable.
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