[Dan Thompson]

Well if the speed and blur can be achieved in a smarter way then I wouldn’t need those 9 layers at all, I would just use one since they’re all identical.

At this point my project is done except for this one bug, so if I can fix that instead of recreating everything in a new way it might not be the smartest solution but it would be the quickest one.

Anyway, I’ll open a new thread asking how can I achieve this effect in a more effiecnt way and hopefully I’ll get an answer 🙂

[Dan Thompson]

I’ll start by saying that I know pretty much nothing about AE so I’m sure there’s a better way to do what I’m doing.

My project is just a typical 3840×2160 resolution, but the effect I’m trying to achieve is quick camera movements over a great distance, enough to create a strong motion blur effect for a duration of a second or half a second.

With my zero knowledge of AE the only way I could figure out how to do it is by actually creating an absolutley giant background layer, and moving that around (with a script that a great guy from this forum wrote for me).

So I know this is ridiculous but each layer but each of these 9 layers are about 27000×15000.

And again, the size is so big to help me achieve the movement speed, travel time, and motion blur that I’m looking for.

If you know a better way of doing that, please enlighten me! 🙂

Thanks!

[Dan Thompson]

That would probably work but unfortunately I can’t do that in this project.

Each of these layers is pretty much the maximum image size AE will let me have, so I can’t create a comp that would be big enough for more than one of them.

[Dan Thompson]

Alright I got what I wanted and fixed the problem by adding a multiplier to the minVal and maxVal instead!

Thanks again 😀

[Dan Thompson]

That’s great! Thank you so much!

The only question I have now is which parameter can I edit in order to increase the minimum travel distance?

EDIT: Adding a multiplier to startVal and endVal seems to help, but it sometimes creates a “jump” right before the layer starts moving.

**Another note, I don’t need any “protection” that prevents the layer from flying out of the canvas, if that matters!

Thanks again!

[Dan Thompson]

Thanks! I’ve already found this guy’s expression for random movement, but like you said it doesn’t have the pauses.

I’ve tried for hours to add pauses but I’m failing to even get a clue on the very basics.

If anyone can still help that’ll be great 🙂