[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Red Giant Holomatrix has “Bad reception” controls.

Or you can achieve this look with a displacement map:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkqC9uI8Nc

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[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

“Export as comps”? I’m not understanding what you trying to do: What file format are you trying to export as?

I would likely suggest Media Encoder, but unsure of what you’re trying to accomplish.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

You want to have all your particles already emitted when you enter the first frame.

Two ways to accomplish this:

1) Set the birth rate to the desired number per second for one second, then to zero after one second. Trim layer to start after one second, move back one second.

2) Use the “Prerun” option to create the particles before the first frame

Then you want the particle life to be at least as long as the layer/comp.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

There are several selection tools in Photoshop; which one are you referring to: The marquee tool, the lasso tool, the magic wand, the “marching ants” selection borders, something else?

What program are you using to make the animations with?

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

The photo is so far out of focus the only thing you can do is to make it tiny (25% of current size), sharpen and fix it up the best you can, and use it for web. You’re never going to recover the faces, so the only thing you can do is to make it appear sharp by shrinking it and letting imagination do the rest. Something like the attached (Note: you need to download the image to your computer to see it at actual size).

2rb.png

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

You are correct in assuming that a gradient from blue to 100% with no other color will look somewhat washed out at the black end, and also throughout the gradient.

A rich black, however, is NOT 100% of each color. It is impossible to print that color with offset (too much total ink on the plates) and can be challenging even digitally.

A rich cool black is 70C 35M 40Y 100K. A gradient between that and your blue should yield a nice result.

Also, a gradient with your blue at one end and your blue + 100% black at the other end would also work well. It will a rich “blue black.”

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

I’d do it in Particular. That way you can get some variation into it.

If variation is not needed, you could do it with a shape layer with trim paths by drawing the exact path, then blur it, and then fade it with a gradient track matte if necessary.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

With 20 layers, if you only need to do this once, it would be easier to use a 3D null at the center of the sphere with the footage layers originally in the same position (offset from null by radius amount on Z axis), parented to the null and rotated into place, then disconnected, and next one connected and rotated, etc. You can reset null rotation between each to make it easier to see what to rotate.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

The linear expression function should work well here:

linear(pickwhip soundkeys output here, 0, 100, 100, 20)

If the maximum output of Soundkeys is something else than 100, change the first “100” accordingly.

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

Add another slider (to the camera itself in below example) that changes the value from a to b:

c = effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
f = linear(c, 0, 100, a,b)
(f = focus)

This code goes below your existing code.

Then you can animate the slider control to change the value smoothly.