[Jimmy Van houdt]

The two threads in section what is a good 3D application don’t contain any content anymore..

[Jimmy Van houdt]

Check the create a custom scatter map section in here:

https://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/help.html?content=WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a9d3c597-7a8d.html

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The alpha channel determines whether or not a shattered piece exists. A white alpha channel value results in a shattered piece, and a black alpha channel value results in no piece. Using an alpha channel, you can make a tile map with holes in it or generate simple 3D models like extruded text.
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[Jimmy Van houdt]

Tx,

So should I go for 8bit or 10bit?

Jimmy

[Jimmy Van houdt]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Regarding question 3:

I’ll check the paste option once more. Must get it to work then.

Regarding question 1:

What I noticed was that when I exported standard qt from fcp that there seemed to be more artifacts than in the original footage that came from the camera. Still when compared, 13GB for 1 hour tape versus the 1GB for 5 minutes fcp default qt export, the quality should at least be equal to the imported camera footage, no? So why does it look less crisp? I don’t want to start with less quality when going into AE. And what is the diffence between the 8bit and 10 bit uncompressed exports?

So if I imported like say sorenson3 compressed footage in AE, is it decompressed before being processed, or will my actions on these video files happen on the compressed footage right away?

My concern: do I loose quality when for example exporting compressed, doing some manipulation in AE and re-importing in FCP in order to then export uncompressed from there?

Thanks again!

[Jimmy Van houdt]

Hey,

Sorry for the late reply but I had to finish some work during the weekend and just after that suffered a hard disk crash on one of my external video disks. Still trying to recover here..

I tried the linked tutorial a couple of weeks/months back and know I had some problems with it. Once tested invigorator too. That works, but seems for simple objects only or am I wrong? So what would you go for: invigorator or C4D?

Thanks for the help!

[Jimmy Van houdt]

Hi Serge,

Since you seem to use maya and I’m new to maya, I’ld like to know what is the best solution to import a maya object into AE so that I can animate around it in AE? Is there a way, or should I animate my 3D object in maya itself and import that animation into AE? I cannot find any tutorial on how to get animating 3D objects in AE compositions. So should I animate in Maya or import an object in AE and can it then be animated (for example move around this object) in there? Same goes with lights. Use maya lights or can I put light on imported 3D objects imported from maya. All pretty fuzy to me. Any help greatly appreciated!
Tx
Jimmy