[Jim Nelson]

Wow Mark! You did it again. Awesome tutorials. They really came in handy for me today! I’m animating a tree I drew in AI using Motion and was wondering how I’d go from one to the other. I used to use PS as an intermediate and had no idea I could uncheck the fixed res box on a PS file. I thought that was just for PDFs. Heck, now I don’t have to thanks to the plugin. I learn so much with your tuts!

I still refer back to your Apple Pro Training book on Motion 4.

Thanks for all you do (free and for profit!).

[Jim Nelson]

Thanks for your reply Mark. I finally got it to work. I did anchor everything to the center and had completed my PS work on a 1280×720 canvas but, that hadn’t solved it. What did solve it (which doesn’t make sense to me) was deleting my camera and adding a new one. I got hung up on this problem several more times throughout my day and deleting the cam worked every time.

I must be selecting something that turns off that scaling function. The Z-space box in the HUD turns into a box with arrows pointing up, down, left, and right when it works and even when it does not. So, it’s all still a mystery to me but, I found an easy solution and I guess that’s all that matters!

Thanks for replying. I have your Apple PT book on Motion 4. It is awesome. I still use it all the time as reference.

[Jim Nelson]

John,

Did you ever figure this out? I’ve saved Mark’s tutorial and have gotten it to work for me three times but, every single time I go to do it I forgot how I finally got it to work. It’s so frustrating because, as mentioned above, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

BTW I am working with a 1280×720 photoshop file and a 1280×720 motion document, in Active view, and using the HUD Z-space adjustment while holding the Command key. My HUD is also set for Local Axis.

[Jim Nelson]

I’m having the same issue but with DVX footage. I’ve mixed DVX footage with ProRes captured Canon 7d footage on the same timeline though. I did pulldown removal for the DVX footage at 23.98 so you’re right, that could be the culprit. I just wish I knew why I’ve NEVER ran into this problem before.

Anyone find a solution to this yet?

[Jim Nelson]

It worked just as you promised! Thanks Mark!

[Jim Nelson]

I’ll try that. I had unchecked Gravity and played with the speed on the actual emitter but hadn’t tried them at the same time. Thanks for the reply!