Erik Waluska
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The group thing that Philippe suggested does work, but it’s definitely more of a workaround since the handles should show up consistently when you select the gradient fill – group or not. I’m still on CS6 so maybe this is fixed in the newer versions?
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Thanks, Flip! This was a winner for me as well.
The way I made it hold for several frames is to precomp the clip and change it’s framerate to something low like 10 and then change the precomp’s settings to preserve framerate when nested.
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That does sound pretty complicated. Sorry I can’t be of more help. Good luck with the project.
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Hey John, You might try using the “stroke” layer style on a duplicate of the part you want to have a border around, like an arm, and use that as an alpha matte for the part it is going to be in front of, like the body. Here’s an example project file:
9032_strokematteexample.aep.zip
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I would suggest breaking the ribbons into layers in Photoshop or whatever app you’re creating them in, with the front of the ribbon on one layer and the back where it curls around on another layer. Then, in AE, you could either use the Stroke effect set to “reveal original image” or just use masks. Stroke might be easier but there’s a size limit to the stroke and you’re also stuck with a round leading edge for the reveal, which might not be ideal for this.
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The Time Remapping shortcut is Ctrl(Cmd)+Alt(opt)+T. This puts keyframes on the clip that you can move to change the speed. This is great for speed ramps and other variable time effects. You can also Ctrl(Cmd)+Alt(opt)+click on the keyframes to create hold keyframes, which will freeze that frame.
The Time Reverse shortcut is Ctrl(Cmd)+Alt(opt)+R. This does what the name suggests, it reverses the layer and you’ll see a red line on the bottom of the clip.
To open the Time Stretch panel just click on the {} icon in the bottom left of the timeline panel. To Dave’s point, it can make the footage look jerky if you enter a percentage that isn’t evenly divisible by the frame rate. Using values like 200% or 50% are always safe (unless you are using an odd number framerate like 15 or something).
Whenever you Time Stretch above 100% for slow motion you can turn on Frame Blending (the double filmstrip icon in the timeline panel) to have AE create new frames in between existing frames instead of repeating frames, which can look jerky. One click and you’ll see a jagged backslash, which is half quality. Click again and it turns to a forward slash, which is full quality. The results can vary, depending on the amount and predictability of the motion in the clip, among other factors.
To see the effect when you RAM preview you have to also enable Frame Blending for the comp in the top of the timeline panel AND set the comp resolution to Full.
HTH
Erik Waluska
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Hey Leon, I don’t think that’s at all possible but you can modify the shortcut keys in AE:
Modify keyboard shortcuts
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/modify-keyboard-shortcuts.htmlPersonally, I would recommend just committing to learning the standard shortcuts because it could cause you headaches down the road if you’re doing it differently than everyone else.
HTH
Erik Waluska
EAWmedia