[Graham Quince]

Can you post a link to one of the tutorials you’re following. I’m not sure what you mean by grey bar.

[Graham Quince]

Hi

Your link points to your videos on your YouTube channel. Which one were you wanting to share?

[Graham Quince]

Have you got a flat version of your image, without any 3D?

If so, make your layer 3D, then set the comp to use Cinema4D render. Then expand the properties and you’ll see Geometry options. In there is an Extrusion property which you can animate.

[Graham Quince]

I’ve not used RSMB, have you contacted Revision FX for support?

[Graham Quince]

Do you have Sapphire installed on your machine or is this a comp from someone else you’ve imported?

Boris says the solution is to reinstall them:

https://borisfx.com/faq/sapphire-autodesk-can-not-load/

[Graham Quince]

This expression should work, I think:

var fadeTime = 3; // in seconds
var soundLevel = 0;
var noVolume = -96;
var level = noVolume;
if (time < inPoint + fadeTime){
level = linear(time,inPoint,inPoint + fadeTime,noVolume,soundLevel)
}else if (time < outPoint - fadeTime){
level = soundLevel
}else{
level = linear(time,outPoint - fadeTime,outPoint,soundLevel,noVolume)
}
[level,level]

[Graham Quince]

It really depends on what you’re trying to view. After Effects is not like video editors, which play back using the original files. Instead AE stores each frame into the computer’s RAM and plays back from there. It used to be really obvious this was happening because you couldn’t preview anything until AE had gone frame by frame. These days it’s can do this on the fly, but it still puts your PC under pressure.

It might be worth clearing your cache out too.

In terms of freezing, it’s hard to says what the cause is, but if Chrome is freezing too, then it might be down to the GPU. Try using Mercury Software Only in the Project Settings (Found in the File menu). Something I find myself saying often is that while AE can use a graphics card, GPUs were built for gaming and they are optimised to ensure smooth, live gameplay. This optimisation sometimes brings them into conflict with software that wants every frame perfect no matter how long it takes.

[Graham Quince]

I’ve not had that problem myself.

When you drag the file into the timeline, which camera are you using in the Cineware effect?

To be honest it sounds like C4D has failed to install properly. Have you opened it recently and gone through the (annoying) login process?

[Graham Quince]

Tracking in AE with amateur footage is always tough. I learned the hardway back in SD days. Take a look at the mask tracker and see if that gives you a better result.

There was a tutorial here years ago which suggested that tracking in reverse gave a better result too. You might also want to look at the tracker’s options as the default luminance track might not give you the best result.

Finally check out the Smoother to smooth out the keyframes when you’re done.

[Graham Quince]

There are a few tricks you can employ here, but the simplest is the Liquify tool.

You can use the twirl brushes over the whole image, then animate the Distortion percentage.

I had an old text-based tutorial here at the COW, but I think it might have been lost in the shuffle. But I also touch on this in a tutorial about animating a still texture map of Jupiter.

Here’s the link keyed up to the right point: https://youtu.be/ARGI0BiD_5I?t=122

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