[John Cuevas]

Some Camera Rig tutorials:

Creative Cow series, details the reasons why pretty good:
https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Animating-a-Camera-1/1

https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Animating-a-Camera-2/1

https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Animating-a-Camera-3/1

Maltaannon tutorial(less about the problems, more about the solution):

https://maltaannon.com/articles/after-effects/simple-camera-rig/

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

numDecimals = 2;
commas = true;
dollarSign = true;
beginCount = 0
endCount = 5.03
dur = 4;

t = time – inPoint;
s = linear (t, 0, dur, beginCount, endCount).toFixed(numDecimals);

suffix = “”;
if (s[0] == “-“){
prefix = “-“;
s = s.substr(1);
}
if(dollarSign) suffix += “%)”;

if (commas){
decimals = “”;
if (numDecimals > 0){
decimals = s.substr(-(numDecimals + 1));
s = s.substr(0,s.length – (numDecimals + 1));
}
outStr = s.substr(-s.length, (s.length-1)%3 +1);
for (i = Math.floor((s.length-1)/3); i > 0; i–){
outStr += “,” + s.substr(-i*3,3);
}
“(” + outStr + decimals + suffix ;
}else{
“(” + s + suffix;
}

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Zaswerks 3d warps can do it.
https://zaxwerks.com/3dwarps/index.shtml

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

AE is looking for a plugin – “3d serpentine” – You can install the trial and continue with your project.

https://zaxwerks.com/3dserpentine/index.shtml

You will need to buy it though if you want to use it without the watermarks.

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Believe it’s an issue until you target 2 layers. Give that a try.

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

I agree with Brian that a track matte is probably the easiest way to do this, but you can also use the Pan behind tool

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7dada.html

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7cfda.html

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

I’m looking at those two stills and don’t see what you are seeing that is terrible?

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

When I clicked your link I got: We’re sorry, but you do not have access to this page. That’s all we know.

You can post pictures to the cow, it’s the third to last icon in the reply dialogue.

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

You might want to take a look at this tutorial using Freeform to create a waterbox, you probably could adapt it to your needs:

https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/create-a-water-box-using-shapeshifterae/

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Exactly what do you mean breaks up? Is this a visual problem or is it a playback issue with stops and starts? Lossless creates really large files that even today, most computers just can’t playback smoothly.

If it’s a visual issue do a screen grab and post it here so we can take a look.

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.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.