Jeff Dobrow
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Render as a sequence of 32-bit .PNG files with alhpa.
Flash WILL load these fine, make them a seperate movie clip and viola! Keyable cool anim in Flash…..
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Wow. Lotsa eye candy goin’ on in there! It is nicely done, however I, personally, find it very busy and somewhat disjointed. It feels way to long as well, but I am assuming that is not your decision.
Again,….nicely polished,…..just too repetitive and busy for my tastes.
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The correct interpretation of ‘any’ alpha, is the ‘type’ of alpha the file has.
Again, simply try premult and then straight. If neither works, then guess what? You have no alpha in your Flash file and you need to be looking at “How do I output a Flash file with an alpha”,…and not at “How do I interpret a Flash file alpha”.
In the old days, Flash could not output an alpha,…..so you need to make sure it can do that now.
BTW – are you bringing in an swf file? OR are you rendering the Flash movie to a sequence of bitmap frames or a Qtime anim? Huge difference. -
Well, the ‘correct’ interpretation varies depending on what TYPE of alpha was exported with the image (or animation).
AE allows for 3 options: no alpha, premuliplied alpha and straight alpha.
On import to AE,….under the ‘interpret footage’ dialog you can select either premult or straight.
A .tga can be either. An SWF? That is a bit more complex,….not even sure .swf supports transparency….at one time it did not,…it might now.
Import your .tga, place it in a timline over another layer or colored bg and then try interpreting it as straight or premultiplied. If NEITHER option gives you a clean key then please post and describe what you are seeing? Perhaps the image does not even contain an alpha?…..
More detail would help……….
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When you bring them back in they are being interpreted correctly, yes?
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nope.
Plugins and other short-cuts will do OK,…but they will still not have that true, growing feel.
Kind of like roto work,….there is no shortcut, and c’mon,…just put in 1 all-nighter and you can pull it off beautifully!
Good luck
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AE is ‘stronger’ and better suited to motion graphic animation…and not quite as strong for VFX compositing (this statement reflects its strengths and weaknesses in features)
Combustion is ‘stronger’ in VFX compositing, and less fluid for mograph animation.
Comustion is, after all,…a less robust version of Flint, Flame and Inferno. It CAN do mograph,…but it’s tools are more optimized for VFX.
They are both great tools! Just a bit apples and oranges.
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Congratz! That is great news man! Bet you were sweatin’ bullets…..but now it’s over,…and the ‘real’ work begins…….
Good luck! And keep posting your WIP’s……
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Simply create a particular layer….
1) set particle life to 4 sec (adjust to suit once done)
2) Choose glow sphere as part. type, 0 feather, size to 1, uniform direction
3) Size over life set to diagnol upper left to lower right linear line preset
4) Opacity over life set to quick lower left to upper mid to lower right pseude-pyramid preset
5) Set Physics time factor to 2.5 (adjust to suit once done)
6) ‘Velocity’ AND ‘Velocity Random’ AND ‘Velocity from motion’ set to 0NO aux particles.
All other settings default.
ALL random settings to 0%NOW simply animate emmiter (or track it) and nice flowing line will follow in beautiful fashion…..
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OH,..ok….you are simply using a bezier type mask on a QT with NO other layers in scene. Then you are rendering to a fileformat that supports alpha with a proper codec. RGB+alpha, straight…and it is not working?….SOunds like a codec/file format issue. It has to be,…as what you are trying to do should be so blindingly simple.
Try it on a solid…no QT,….render a frame or 2 as a 32-bit .tga with rgb+alpha/straight. Bring back into AE,…drop in timeline, see how it looks (remember to interpret as straight alpha). If it works then I would suspect the codec/fileformat setup or configuration.