[Lisa Simonson]

Aaaahhhh!That is a great simple solution. I always tend to take the difficult route, thanks a bunch

[Lisa Simonson]

Thank you for the info Dave! No kidding, its taking 3 times as long, lol! I am nesting 3 separate 3D comps. One is the character with animated light, the other is the open curtain with its own spot light ( mimicking the position of the characters light ) then theres the stage floor lights which I’ve created using layers, masks and transfer modes. Sheesh.
Trapcode would be the perfect solution for this scene.

[Lisa Simonson]

Thanks. I’ll definitely give it a try!

[Lisa Simonson]

Great, will do! Thanks so much for the help. That makes sense.

Lisa

[Lisa Simonson]

Thanks Dan!
I’m wondering if I did something different when I tried it?
When I animated the
intensity it made the scene either darker or hotter. I wasn’t able to get it to show the layer beneath in its original state.

I appreciate the help

[Lisa Simonson]

I went ahead and made the mask in photoshop.
A fairly simple solution 🙂

[Lisa Simonson]

My intention is to have light animated over the stars, revealing them as
the light travels past.

Thanks again for any help

[Lisa Simonson]

Oh! So hand tracking should be more frequent it seems. I was hand tracking about every 15-20 frames. Probably why it looked so jumbled. Will lower the opacity and use slight blur.

great, thanks!

[Lisa Simonson]

Thanks!

Here is a mock up I did in photoshop.

The mask isn’t that difficult. Unfortunately there is a slight curve with the dolly in. When I animate the mask its really aweful. Like a bad rotoscoping job.

[Lisa Simonson]

Thanks. I’m just now trying beam and its working out great!