[Matthew Rivlin]

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=2&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/displacement3/index.html

that wont bring the text in and out, but will give a great bit of realism.

with some well shot water, a good still of sand and some well done key frames, you should be able to do this without to much trouble.

[Matthew Rivlin]

hey thanks

i knew that existed, just didnt realize it was free

[Matthew Rivlin]

i wish i was just being lazy, but when i go there and select xmult for mac, it downloads supresor.

thanks for the help, but im still looking for the mac version if anyone can help me out.

matthew

[Matthew Rivlin]

ctrl+shift+left and right arrows moves that way 10 frames at a time.

i find that trick useful often.

[Matthew Rivlin]

hey thanks for the reply.

however i have a few questions still

in reading about layermaps, it says you can take any layer in any comp in the project (they dont show up however when i throw a PS gradient in another comp. there are no special effects so it shouldnt need to be pre comped from what i understand)

also you said add it as a reflection map, so i put in under the reflectivity slider in the setup menu. is that right?

if my layer i want is a still gradient but on the 3d model i want it to pan from left to right, do i need to animate it in the copisition before i add it, or will the off set slider take care of that for me.

thanks for your help, and i hope i can figure this out soon.

teaching youself is tons of fun!!!!!

matthew

[Matthew Rivlin]

ok, i figured it all out. sorry for posting something so often written about.

after spending the past few hours though i now have a new question.

i have made a 3d logo slightly rotate (using the orbit cam effect) and now i wanna add a gradient that flashes across from one corner to the next. i know many ways to do this with flat 2d graphics, but with 3d being new to me and not knowing the ins and outs of invig, is there a good way to do this. should i do it via invig or AE?

thanks again