Daniel Waldron
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You may want to duplicate the original nest and option+drag it onto the precomp you want to modify. However, be aware of precomps inside of precomps. Duplicating a precomposition does not automatically duplicate any nests/precomps inside that composition. In this case, the True Comp Duplicator script can come in handy.
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Duplicate the comp in the project panel like Todd suggested and make your changes. Then, to have it fit into your scene without having to manually tweak everything, duplicate a comp in the timeline and option+drag your new comp down to replace it.
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The snowflakes aren’t bad at all. A few thoughts on how to improve the animation a little:
– Instead of fading them in and then starting the animation, just start the animation above your composition so they fall down into the screen.
– Some of flakes seem to change direction suddenly. Make the change in direction a little smoother and less drastic. Perhaps look into wiggle expressions to add some random movement to them.
– Don’t ease the animation out at the end. Snowflakes don’t know where the ground is, so why would they slow down for it? 😉 Also, make sure the rotation of the flakes ends when the reach the ground.Hope that helps!
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I wouldn’t even bother extruding the text to start. It can get complicated, so maybe wait to see if you have time at the end.
I would focus on animating text with keyframes and camera tracking. For rotoscoping, I would learn how to create masks with the pen tool. Good sites for tutorials are here at the COW, VideoCopilot, and Adobe TV. Good luck!
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Her jacket is a great match with the wall so you can’t even key or matte without difficulty. Unfortunately, rotoscoping is your best option.
You could take the ellipse tool and draw a mask around your subject, then feather it to make some sort of vignette, but you’re only making things marginally better at this point.
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Try emailing Video Copilot. They’re usually pretty quick with customer support issues. You could try the forums on that site too. Andrew has a few pretty in-depth overview videos for E3D v2 as well; not sure if you had a chance to check them out yet or not.
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Is this Digits Man tutorial any help?
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Wiggle Paths is not under Effects. It can only be used with shape layers. If you have a shape layer, twirl it open in your layer panel and you’ll see an “Add” button above the blend mode. Select that and a whole list of attributes including Wiggle Paths will appear.
If you want to apply it to text, you can convert your text to a shape layer by going to Layer -> Create Shapes from Text.
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What does the AI Roughen effect do exactly? The Roughen Edges effect in After Effects may be what you are looking for.
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Final Cut Pro is not supported in Yosemite. That could easily be your issue. Unfortunately, I don’t have a solution other than to get access to a computer with FCP and and older OS.