[Eric Chard]

Been there.

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[Eric Chard]

CS3!!! Well, eff me with a pruning hook! Damn, jumping from 7 to CC seems like maybe not the best strategy!!!, LOL.

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[Eric Chard]

ARGHGHGHG!!! (ala’ Linus) #redface

First time I’ve heard of this tool, oyyyyy.

THANKS Joseph: btw, i’ve found your blog quite helpful!

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[Eric Chard]

fabulous, Erik!! Perfect! (Who knew it’d be the Complexity setting!?)

Mucho gracias!

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[Eric Chard]

Double check that the precomp layer is also 3D.

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[Eric Chard]

When I did that recently, it was because I had forgotten to “COPY ATTRIBUTES TO PRECOMP” or whatever it is.

Best thing is to back up in History until they reappear and try again.

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[Eric Chard]

That’s a very good point: for instance, to make repeating, oh, sine-ish waves, or any arbitrary curve, Shape Layers would be the way to go.

A month ago, I hadn’t even heard of them! Oy. #redface

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[Eric Chard]

Doyle, we must have crossposted- the CHECKERBOARD effect I posted is far simpler.

It’s worth noting that for this specific application, to work with PIXEL DISPLACEMENT the checkerboarded layer needs to be pre-comped, because PIXEL DISPLACEMENT looks at the original layer, without any effects, to do its thing: IOW, it only sees a solid, not a checkerboard. Once it’s properly pre-comped, this is not a problem.

Thanks.

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[Eric Chard]

Got it:
use CHECKERBOARD + BLUR to create procedural horizontal lines
then PIXEL DISPLACEMENT on h. only.

Trivial once I figure out that DISPLACEMENT Layers must be precomped, as the effect ignores the, errrr, effect of other effects.

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[Eric Chard]

The answer is to use the CHECKERBOARD effect in Width & Height Sliders mode.

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