Jeremy Allen
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hmmmm, not really sure what’s going on there. You should be able to select the Effect name, copy and paste it onto another layer from the Effects control pallette. You should also be able to click on any value in the effect parameters and copy and paste that as well.
I’m not sure about any setting that would disable that, so I can’t help you there, sorry.
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[Ron Lindeboom] “I have also seen the same question get asked with the subject answered not one or two threads below the new inquiry. That too is noise…”
I agree, and that annoys me too. But you know what? That new thread is gonna come up in the search engine just the same. And at the very least, we could post a link to where that question has been answered, instead of just saying it has already been answered. Otherwise, people will read a search result that gets them no closer to the answer. My main point is that you should either genuinely answer a question or not respond at all.
[Ron Lindeboom] telling people that the search engine is useless and that they shouldn’t bother is more noise — in my opinion.”
I never told anyone not to bother with the search engine. What I’m trying to say is the usefulness of the search engine relies entirely on the relevance of the answers. The more responses that don’t answer a question, the less useful it becomes. In an effort to adhere to that philosophy, I will politely step out of this conversation now. Sorry if I offended you, or the search engine.
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[Ron Lindeboom] “Wow, Jeremy, I find things all the time that I am looking for. I use the search engine and while it is far from the best one I’ve ever seen, I rarely walk away stumped for an answer when I am looking for one….”
Ron, I’m really surprised by your response. I wasn’t attacking your precious search engine. It was more a comment about having to wade through a bunch of useless, snide remarks, of which I’ve seen many here. As a proponent of “More Signal, Less Noise”, I thought you would agree.
In my opinion, when someone takes the time to reply, but doesn’t actually try to answer the question, it just creates more noise.
Yes, people post in the wrong forums. Can we ever stop that? No. What we can do is at least try to answer the question so when people actually do use the search engine, they might find an answer more quickly. Just trying to do my part to improve the signal.
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[Joey Foreman] “Jeremy, you went way beyond what the poster was asking. He was asking how to move a mask on a layer.”
Sorry, it was late and I misread the post. I thought he was trying to move the layer without moving the mask.
And yet, still no real answer from you. The way I see it, you’re either trying to help, or you are wasting space and people’s time. At least I tried.
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[Joey Foreman] “For a stumper like that you should post in AE Basics, or you could take a peek in the manual.”
While I agree that it’s a basic question and I’m pretty sure I just saw this same question within the last few days, I still think it deserves a proper answer. The search engine on this site is practically useless because you end up wasting time reading tons of dead-end answers like yours.
To answer the question, you can’t move a layer independently of the mask. You have to create a “track matte”, which basically means using the shape of a layer as the mask for the layer below it.
Create a new solid layer and make a mask like you normally would. Place this solid layer above the layer you want to mask.
Go to the layer you want to mask and select one of the options under “TrkMat”. I won’t go into the details of each track matte option, as I think you’ll quickly figure it out when switching between options.
Hope this helps..
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[Dave LaRonde] “However, you can add the SAME effect — only with inverse settings — to the layer in question.”
Dave, can you expand on this a little bit? I’ve had the same problem with Adj layers in the past, but I like the idea of your solution… How do you apply effects with inverse settings?
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I hate to say it, but I think you’re kinda screwed. That is just the opposite of what he should’ve done (crank up the shutter to reduce motion blur).. It’s pretty much impossible to unblur footage with good results.
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I think Matthew is on the right track. If you can, use Particular. He’s also right that you’ll have to roto the ghost, but it seems you were already planning on that.
You can use the ghost layer as your particle emitter. Then you can use the colors from the ghost layer for the particle colors. With a little patience, you can make a nice transition from the ghost footage to the particles dissipating. Once you get it working, it’s just a matter of tweaking the particles to get what you want, ie smoke, mist, sand, whatever…
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Aarohon Rabinowitz did a couple tutorials on turning video into a cartoon look. Not exactly the same look as what you posted, but it might get you close. You can search his name in the AE tuts section..
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well, here’s a little help. He’s not really tracking anything to other footage, but he still gives some tips on planning and shooting green…
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/oneil_bill/shooting_3d.php
I hate to give the stock answer, but a quick google search of green screen shooting tips, or shooting green screen for motion tracking should get you going..
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