[Ken Davis]

Thanks, Darby. Yes, I continuously rastorize, and toggling does not seem to effect the render time.

The creation of instances is probably the solution. What I plan to do is duplicate the Illustrator file, then reduce the document size, then import it as merged layers.

Otta work.

thanks

[Ken Davis]

Thanks. But, zooming will not work. The camera begins at a location comparable to an airliner then comes down to the altitude of a low flying helicoptor. We start on a map view then come down to the helicopter view, then we dissolve to the arial.

My problem is navigating at the helicoptor level, because we are so close to the target object, the map, we are so close that the smallest of position changes made to the camera has the effect of moving it a couple of blocks.

So, I need the map to get big, really big. My latest is scaling the map way the hell up to 13,000 x 13,000 in Illustrator. I get a faster render speed than I did when I scaled up in after effects. But, it is still too slow and getting the animation and the arial footage to match is tedious.

Has anyone tried this technique.

[Ken Davis]

Thanks, Mr. Moldyboot,

This plug in was modified in 2000. Does it sound like I downloaded the correct plug-in?

I put it directly into the Plug-in folder, and did the search, that was a good tip. I never think of the search feature. But, alas, not even that made it show up.

I gotta get a frame to the boss, so for now, I will just use a Lum key. Nasty business, the luminance key. Ick!

I miss the UnMult mode pulldown.

Thanks

[Ken Davis]

I have tried putting into the root level of Plug ins in AE. Mind you, there are no filters at this level, all plug-ins are in folders. I should have mentioned that I am running Mac OX 10

Within the Plug-ins folder, I have tried the following folders,

Trapcode
Knoll AE
Keylight
Standard
GridIron X-Factor
Cycore FX 1.0
3D Flag – AE
DE CineLook 1.5 Broadcast
Professional

My question is where do I place the Plug-in, then how do I apply it? Is it an effect or a mode?

Thanks
Ken

[Ken Davis]

I downloaded the plug-in but can not access it in AE. I quit out of AE, put the plug-in into the Knoll Light effects folder within plugins, then launched my project and can not find the effect in the Effect pull-down.

Bottom line is, I don’t know where to install the Plug-in or how to use it.

thanks
Ken