Brian Charles
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Wouldn’t a Luma Matte work? Can you use one of the ink bleeds as a matte?
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There are many methods to pan and zoom in an After Effects Composition. When animating layers remember that the position of the layer is calculated from the layer’s anchor point. Sometimes it is necessary to animate the anchor point rather than the position property.
Another method is to use 3D layers and animate a camera.
Here are links to 2 tutorials, one for each method:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/dallos_matt/pan_zoom/index.html
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/energetic_titles/
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Could the pattern be due to the number of samples per frame setting for motion blur? Increasing or decreasing the number of samples may help or adjusting the shutter angle.
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Some of the required techniques are demonstrated in a series of 3 tutorials on aetuts.
See https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/create-an-animated-homage-to-bruce-lee-day-1/
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I’m not sure what’s happening in your case but if 3D layers are too close together (ie on the same plane) AE’s 3D render engine doesn’t accurately render them. Its possible that if you move the floor a few pixels lower it may resolve the issue.
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Select the layer press AA on the keyboard to reveal the layer properties and turn Accepts Lights off.
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You may also want to look at Andrew Kramer’s preset SurTarget.Here are links to the tutorials.
https://www.videocopilot.net/presets/energetic_titles/
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/presets_and_more/
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RoRk is correct, the Beam Effect will work.
To help you set it up in perspective create 2 solid layers, apply Grid and adjust settings to taste.
Make 3D and rotate 90 degrees in the X axis and pull one up and the other down. Use the grid lines to align the animation of the Beams. Each beam will be a separate layer.
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– Is there a way to make possible for the Shatter fx text to cast shadow ? (I’m using here the first light of comp.)
If you Pre Compose the shatter layer and make the PreComp 3D it will cast shadows. You’ll need a light in both Comps. With a little expression trickery you can have the light in the Shatter Comp use the settings from the Master Comp.
None of these solutions is ideal, they’re just work-arounds. Even Zax won’t cast shadows properly on AFX layers, you need to create another plane in Zax to accept the shadow.
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Radio Waves. Make the profile sine or bell. Make the layer 3D and rotate into position. Add a bevel alpha to create more depth. Set the lifespan to 2 sec and the expansion to 2 or 3.