[Jim Dodson]

Is there any way to use this with 1 (or 2) decimal places (prefer one decimal place.)
So I can start at $39 and go down to $3.5 (it’ll say $3.5 Million — but i think I can add the “million”)

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Oh the ecstasy!!!!

Works perfectly — thank you!!!!!

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Thanks Darby & Todd —

Yes indeed– even after I “solved” the problem, when I moved layers around in the stacking order (like above some text set to “3d” and layer styles added, the problem came back… Thanks for being pointed to that link Todd…

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Nope — I just removed every 2D layer — It feels like a genuine bug in After Effects…

I looked in the “TOP” view and the movie layer is clearly “behind” the back wall…. Yet the back wall refuses to obscure the distant layer….

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Here’s my workaround…

I made a duplicate layer of the back wall — pushed it back a tad in z space then — replaced that duplicate wall jpeg with my movie (holding down option as I dragged it in)…

That new layer is properly obscured by the wall layer —

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

GENIUS!!!

Thank you!!

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

** Nice Workaround**

From Project window, I dragged my COMP to the make new comp button. — Called this comp
“Frame Spyer” (just for fun)

Then UN-checked “Synchronize time of all related items” in Preferences.

Then I clicked on my viewer — pressed CMND OPTION SHIFT “n” to split the viwer and lock the 1st one.

Now I can park my current time indicator on any frame I want (in the Frame spyer comp) then click over to my actual comp — make changes and watch on the “Frame Spyer” window how my changes affect that frame…

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Dan —

Using Keylight I was able to pull a seemingly toatally accedptable key…

I color picked the pink then twirled open “screen matte” and set clip black to 17.5 and clip white to 38.6

I think I was able to upload the matte here:
55_picture5.png.zip

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Hmmm… that’s an awful lot of tracking points…

What happened to the “two good points that never leave the frame idea??

Anyway,

You’ll want to use a separate application of “Keylight” just for the pink.

Color pick it — then change the “replace method” to “source” — (twirl down “screen matte” to find this menu option)…

If that doesn’t work — watch Ahron Rabinowitz’ “Super Tight Junk Mattes” —

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/junk_mattes.php

Once you have a super tight junk matte — you can key out the trackers without influencing the actor(s)…. Or you may not even have to since you have super tight junk mattes….

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

[Jim Dodson]

Dan-

With respect to your question about motion tracking the camera’s “zooming”.

You will need to check “position” and “rotation” and “scale” in the motion tracker window, then when you shoot your greenscreen give yourself 2 separate tracking marks separated as far apart from each other as possible… but make sure that neither tracking mark ever leaves frame or is obscured by your foreground or your actors…

good luck!

Jim Dodson

8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX