[Malcolm Desoto]

actually, changing the type seems to work. I can change it to direction fading and see the effect, but not under the ‘natural’ type. Weird…

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

Windows XP
Dual 2.8
4GB RAM
After Effects 7

okay, I’ll turn off multiprocessing.I’m trying to prerender the elements that I can, but it’s a complex 3D project and some of the prerenders end up getting knocked out of 3D space or just not interacting with the rest of the comp correctly.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

Well, couldn’t figure it out. I know all about precomping layers and using adjustment layers to avoid intersecting and collapsing the comps. Nothing I did seemed to work. I thought that maybe it was a vector paint effect that was messing things up, but that doesn’t seem to be it either.

I ended up just splicing the two comps together instead of having them overlap. There’s a moment where the camera goes through the wall and in that moment, I spliced them together.

Super lame work around, but I need to get this done and am not sure what else to do.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

GUH! I didn’t know that short cut applied to cameras; just solids!!

stupid, stupid.

Thanks!

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

no, no. I’m quite sure that you can :p I just can’t seem to find that option.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

ohhhhhhhh! I had no idea! That’s incredibly helpful.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

Ha. This thread has been encouraging.

I guess I’ll just have to do a test shoot and see if it works.

Having her in the ocean is definitely not an option. I live in the north west which means that our actress would probably succumb to hypothermia before she actually drowned.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

I’ve also thought about sinking a large blue tarp to the bottom of the swimming pool and trying to key out the water.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

thanks for the link!

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein

[Malcolm Desoto]

Light spill!

That’s the term I was looking for.

Thanks dude.

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein