[Chris Brett]

Hi Rob

— should be able to set this up no problem — AE camera is fine for this—-

—- sounds like the z space setup in your comp may need setting up differently

— suggestions …

1 ) make sure the emitter is behind the camera in z space.

2 ) animate the camera in z space

3 ) sometimes AE is weird and occaisionaly it makes a difference which order the layers are in — if its not thee already try moving the particle layer below the camera layer…

4 ) some particles probably are being born just in front of camera – if this looks rubbish try redrawing the transparency over life curve to make them fade in more beautifully

———————- good luck ——chris —

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[Chris Brett]

— agree Paddy — did actually wonder if it really mattered that the wheels did not turn ?? – chris

[Chris Brett]

— move the anchor point at the top of the transform list ?

— might be confusing as expect the point is centre of frame the wheel is on ( which is masked out )

— might be worth getting a closeup still of a single wheel which is then carefully positioned in the centre of the screen before making final adjustment to anchor point to make sure it rotates evenly – then scale track etc

————————- all the best —-chris

[Chris Brett]

— probably there is a key frame that is hard to see without zooming in on the timeline —- try zooming right in and you will probably see it hiding next to one of the others – half hidden behind it …

——————————- chris —–

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[Chris Brett]

– thanks Simon — much appreciated —-chris —

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[Chris Brett]

== also — dont forget to put your artists hat on — in some comps very small discrepancies in light and/or perspective give the game away ……….

————————————–chris–

[Chris Brett]

Ae only renders frames between the markers on the timeline so if these markers are together you will only get one frame.

I would say Ae is pretty good one the whole and well worth learning though IMO some areas are not so good – most notably the motion controls ……..

………….. just my tuppence worth.

Chris

[Chris Brett]

— obviously cc elements so that comp works — but sort key first then cc downstream —c—

[Chris Brett]

Hi — my point originally is that it is best to get the rushes with maximum picture information ( grading loses information )

—- unless you have been asked to grade it would be inclined to ask the director how he wants to handle this —- match grain yes but grade along with FX work not so sure …… it depends…..

— last time I did anything like this the Fx was graded along with the rest of the edit at the finishing stage….

———————– chris —

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[Chris Brett]

—- I have heard that colour correcting can cause problems with keying ………………

————————— chris —