Eric Lease
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Try upping the thickness of the line, then thin it back out with the Simple Choker effect. To get a line that is thickness 0.2, start with a line of thickness 1, apply Simple Choker at 0.65, then duplicate the layer to increase the brightness.
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You’re right, it falls apart. You can alter multiple scale key frames, but they scale absolutely, not proportionally. I should have checked my test comp better. Could still be done by duplicating the layer and parenting it to itself, etc., but that’s not exactly a simple solution. I guess if you had a really complicated motion path with a heavily tweaked acceleration graph, my method might be quicker (since you wouldn’t have to rebuild all of that pesky graph info), but yours is certainly better for most stuff. Wonder if AE7 will solve the problem by letting you scale values in the new graph editor.
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You’re right, it falls apart. You can alter multiple scale key frames, but they scale absolutely, not proportionally. I should have checked my test comp better. Could still be done by duplicating the layer and parenting it to itself, etc., but that’s not exactly a simple solution. I guess if you had a really complicated motion path with a heavily tweaked acceleration graph, my method might be quicker (since you wouldn’t have to rebuild all of that pesky graph info), but yours is certainly better for most stuff. Wonder if AE7 will solve the problem by letting you scale values in the new graph editor.
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How about this (much simpler than what I said before):
Go to first scale keyframe (or first frame if there are none). Note value of scale.
Parent to null.
Scale null.
Unparent from null.
Select all scale keyframes.
Drag scale value back to original (scrub, using command or alt to fine-tune).
All scale keyframes should scale proportionally, leaving you with just a scaled motion path.Whaddya think?
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How about this (much simpler than what I said before):
Go to first scale keyframe (or first frame if there are none). Note value of scale.
Parent to null.
Scale null.
Unparent from null.
Select all scale keyframes.
Drag scale value back to original (scrub, using command or alt to fine-tune).
All scale keyframes should scale proportionally, leaving you with just a scaled motion path.Whaddya think?
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Cool tutorial on using masks for paths (and vice versa), but for scaling, wouldn’t it be easier to parent to a null layer, then scale the null?
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Cool tutorial on using masks for paths (and vice versa), but for scaling, wouldn’t it be easier to parent to a null layer, then scale the null?