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Pretty simple tutorial in this thread addressing the issue:https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/1017437
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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As far as I know, you can’t loop the offset cause the fractal will change as you move to a different location.
You can use long slow dissolves to hide the fact you are starting the track over or just create a fractal background that is minutes long instead of 15 seconds.
Over at AEscripts.com there’s a script called The Loopmaker. Pretty quick and easy to use if you don’t want to do the work of making mulitple layers, dissolving and sequencing them.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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You could use the ease expression to limit the min and max of the zoom. Ease takes an input(in this case both channels) that has numbers from say 0 to 12 and converts them to other numbers say from 0 to 100 proportionally.
Alt click your logo layer’s scale and try this expression:
Min = [50,50];
Max = [100,100];
myMusic = thisComp.layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider");
ease(myMusic,0,30,Min,Max)The Min would be 50% scale, the Max 100%(You can change these variables)
In my example the numbers 0 and 30 represent the low and high volume of the audio I was using. Select your both channels and using the graph bottom you can quickly see what the low and high volume points are and should change those numbers accordingly.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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When you say skipping frames, is this during playback, and when you rendered what kind of file did you make? If it’s a quicktime, you can check to see if it’s skipping frames by using your arrow keys and go through the video frame by frame or just bring your rendered file back into AE and see if all the frames are there. If they are it’s most likely a playback issue with your CPU(rendered files can often be way too large to play correctly on a computer).
See this from adobe: : Why is my output file huge, and why doesn’t it play back smoothly in a media player?
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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With Red Giant plugins, if all else fails you can download them again and re-install them. I’ve had mixed success updating my AE releases and plugins, so I always keep a backup of the installers and the serials handy.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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One method would be to isolate the color channel(green) that is predominant in the hat and then use the effect Channel ->Set Matte to green channel. Adding some levels effects before and after also helps to isolate the color a little more.
You may have to use a mask/tracking afterwards to remove unwanted stuff in the alpha channel. Here’s a quick example project: 4072_creatingalpha.zip
Also, if you just want something to show up in there, place a copy of that layer on top. Put what you want to be in the yellow on bottom and change the transfer mode of the top layer to saturation.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Just want to add, Mocha does a really good job of perspective tracking, so you should be covered when your subject turns his head.. After you get the shape data into AE, you can further refine it, but Mocha will probably take care of 90% of the work.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Check out this tutorial at Imagineer on using mocha to export shape layers to AE.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Work in your comp 1080 x 1920(Comp_Vert) and when you are finished create a new 1920×1080 Comp_Horz and drag Comp_Vert into it. Now just rotate 90 degrees. Now you can send it to your encoder, DVD/Blu-Ray, hook it up to the tv and it’s good to go.
Just make sure to know how the tv’s going to be mounted, 90 degrees Clockwise or CounterClockwise and you should be fine.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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This is generally done by motion tracking a subject then using the motion tracking data to attach the text to the subject. Here’s a simple tutorial(part 1 of 2) illustrating how it can be done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjXZkmpIzU
For more complicated setups you could use cameratracker(or other plugins that solve cameras), but generally that’s not necessary. Usually you can use AE’s tracker or Mocha(3rd party software that ships with AE)
There are 100’s of tutorials for learning to use both trackers. AdobeTV has quite a few that are pretty good.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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