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Hi Mathew. You are confusing two different things. An alpha channel works as you describe it, but a Track Matte is an entirely different concept. It creates its own alpha depending on the setting you select – you can use an existing alpha (as in your case) or luma (lightness/brightness). In your case you wouldn’t have to have an alpha background in your tiff, you could have a solid black background and use a luma matte to get the same effect you are getting now.
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Hi Erik, play with the Life Span – it’s a balancing act of when the circles hit the outer edge of your comp.
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Hi Steve. There is a tutorial from Mocha themselves in this link, probably a good place to start.
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Hi Juan. Are you aware that you have Local, World or View axis modes as the three icons above your viewing window?
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You’re welcome. Glad it worked out for you.
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Hi Sean. What I was suggesting was a way to automate the entire process:
With your Audio Spectrum layer selected go to the top the screen and select Layer>Auto-trace.
A pop-up box will appear select Time Span = Work Area
Make sure the Preview box at the bottom is checked
Then play with the Options area (I used the Red Channel with Corner Roundness at 0% – the Audio Spectrum I used was standard with some added thickness and 0% softness). You will see a preview of how the masks are looking.
Check the Apply to new layer box and OK.
It will take a short time to create a new layer with moving masks which mimic the spectrum.It would only take a couple of minutes to try this and it may save you headaches and hours?
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Hi, all you need do is click the little chain link image beside the scale numbers and this will separate them. Click it again if you want to lock them to a ratio ie 100% to 30%, then when you change one or drag it will remain constant.
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PS, a lot of people seem to use Duik for this sort of thing (free):
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Hi Sean. Using Layer>Auto-trace will give you masks, if that is any good?
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Sorry Kevin, I don’t know anything about character rigging – though I would imagine matching pivot points would be a very basic necessity?
Someone with experience might chime in.
In the meanwhile I would:
View/Show Rulers
Drag from the top and side of the ruler to create crosshairs on the target Anchor Point (zoom in)
Move the other layer to line up its Anchor Point with the crosshairs (it may even snap?)
This should be faster.