[Mark Walczak]

Dan,

I believe I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

Thank you so much – you’ve saved me a precious hour of messing around with Java. I hope to learn it more in-depth soon!

Best,

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

For the sake of longevity, it would be best to get CS4 if you can. However, I have been using CS3 ever since CS4 was released and haven’t had any problems. If however, you’re only using AE for titles and simple motion graphics (not compositing), go with CS3.

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Thanks for pointing that out, Todd. I was referring to the kronos manual in the post that you quoted. While Kevin’s advice was extremely helpful, it required a little tuning beyond his recommendation, hence why I was looking for a little more direction from the kronos documentation.

Thanks everyone for all of your help!

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

The Kronos manual was helpful, but it talked in broad terms about the software; it never really said, “to achieve RSMB-like effects, do this” (which was expected). It was, however, good to learn more about its potential. I’m sure with some more tweaking, I’ll be able to get something half-decent.

I’m still open to ideas, though, if anyone else wants to chime in.

PS – for anyone else viewing this forum, the Kronos manual can be found under “User Guide” here: https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/pkg_overview.aspx?ui=B9D69803-AA9A-4772-B784-38A280234576

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Hey Kevin,
Perhaps you can answer this question:

When inputting my motion vectors to the “Warp Layer” attribute of the Timewarp effect, the vectors are having an influence, but they are also showing up in the RGB channels of the final output image. I have the Timewarp effect applied to the beauty pass of a 3D render, but the RGB of the beauty pass is being overrode by the vectors pass for some strange reason…

Thoughts?

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Wow, this looks really interesting!

I’ll be sure to check it out!

Any other thoughts, anyone?

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Don’t know if this will help at all, but it may be useful to have Caps Lock enabled if you don’t need to draw whatever you are working with, for the mere purposes of making simple tweaks and saving…

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Hey y’all,

I found a work-around to this problem by automating a Photoshop process that saved all of my .ai files as .psd files. This allowed me to import using the media box, and thus circumvent my problem.

I’m still open to a “real” solution to my issue, though….

Thoughts?

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Thanks for the tip! Fortunately, I was able to find the radians-to-degrees command, which seemed to do the trick. Thanks for all of your help!

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com

[Mark Walczak]

Thanks everyone!

Dan, that site looks amazing.

I’m still, however having some issues getting it all to work. Perhaps I’ll post the scene if I can.

Thanks again!

What makes you explode?
http://www.explosivegraffix.com