[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Bill.

The floor cannot be an Invig layer. You’ll have to recreate your floor as a 3D AE layer.

Do you understand the difference? They’ll both look 3D in After Effects, but only the 3D AE layer can receive the Reflector effect properly.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Bill.

I see. The Invig 3D Floors cannot handle reflections. Reflector can only be applied to 3D AE Layers. It’s an effect for After Effects, not the Invig.

Can you make your Invig floor an AE 3D layer instead?

Let us know if you have more questions.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Alex.

I’d suggest you scale down your logo in Illustrator *before* importing it into ProAnimator.
Your logo is probably really large in the ProAnimator world.

You can scale it in ProAnimator, but your best bet is to make it small before importing it.

Let us know if you still have questions.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Bill.

Make sure you’ve applied Reflector to the 3D floor layer – not the 2D Invig layer.

If you’d like, send me your project and I’ll take a look.

Send files to: matt@zaxwerks.com

Thanks.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Chris.

Make sure that the layer with Invig Pro is in Draft Mode. Layers in CS3 default to Best Mode – which causes the Invig to render a high quality version. This will be slower than a Draft Mode rendering.

For the final output, Best Mode is what you want (this will happen automatically, in most cases).
When you’re editing your project, you’ll likely want to put your Invig Pro layer in Draft Mode.

Let us know if you have any more questions.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Donovan.

The Move Tool in Easy Mode shows you the direction and distance of movement.

If you have the Right Arrow clicked with a distance of 35, the object(s) will be placed 35 units to the right.

If you then click the Up Arrow, the object(s) will change location to be 35 units up. It doesn’t get changed to 35 units to the right and then 35 units up. The numbers don’t combine.

You’ll likely have to use Advanced mode to handle what you want.

Let us know if you have any more questions.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Anime.

You can send me the file. I’d be happy to take a look.

Send files to: matt@zaxwerks.com

Thanks.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

HI Suli.

You’ll need to import the objects and then apply materials in ProAnimator.
The textures and some/most colors aren’t imported.

Let us know if you have any more questions.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Seth.

Great to hear.

We’d love to see screen shots of Reflector (and our other software) in use.

Send us some when you have a chance: matt@zaxwerks.com

Thanks.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.

[Matt Rhodes]

Hi Seth.

You need to apply the Reflector Plug-in to the floor.

The Reflector Plug-in makes the layer it’s applied to a reflective surface.

Let us know if you have more questions.

Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc.