[Mike Clasby]

You need do parent each object individually to the null. That should work.

[Mike Clasby]

Did you parent the objects to a Null layer and then rotate the null?

[Mike Clasby]

Did you parent the objects to a Null layer and then rotate the null?

[Mike Clasby]

This isn’t bad:

Adjustment Layer
Echo
-0.010
Number of Echoes 300 (Comp 10 secs at 29.97)

Vector Blur
CL
Amount 9, wiggle(10,3) (Gives a nice soft Stroke with a bright hard line inner core, that fluctuates)

White Solid 10×10 Oval Mask
Fill for Color if you don’t want pure white
Animate position
Motion Blur On for layer and Comp

Precomp the above and put on top of scene/characters

[Mike Clasby]

Methinks you want Transition>Radial Wipe to reveal a Red Solid layer below (or whatever Red type layer you have in mind). Just set the center and Animate the Transition Completed (%) to match the second hand. You may need masks to make the Revealing red face fit the stopwatch.

[Mike Clasby]

This is a longshot but is there a field problem, or maybe the last part (an expression to make sure the corners of the text fall exactly on a pexel value)? This from an earlier post from Filip:

Filip Vandueren
Date: Jul 12, 2006 at 4:32:42 pm
Subject: Re: Rolling Credits have me stumped….

Square vs. Anamorph should only affect the horizontal scaling, not a problem with a vertical scroll.

Q: Did you render the animation out without using Fields ?

Using Fields, it will look crappy on the monitor, but much smoother on a video. (if you choose the correct field-order !)
If you’re not outputting to film or the web (other media than TV or DVD), absolutely render with fields.

I always add a gaussian or fast blur of less than a pixel (0.25 – 0.5) to any text layer.

Also, many people add an expression to the position after setting the keyframes so the text will always fall exactly on a pixel value and no differences in anti-aliasing of text occur from frame to frame.

the expresssion is:

[value[0], Math.floor(value[1])]

Sometimes this gives better results:

[value[0], Math.floor(value[1])] + [0,0.5]

do some short test-renders with each of these tips, and decide what works best for you.

[Mike Clasby]

This is a longshot but is there a field problem, or maybe the last part (an expression to make sure the corners of the text fall exactly on a pexel value)? This from an earlier post from Filip:

Filip Vandueren
Date: Jul 12, 2006 at 4:32:42 pm
Subject: Re: Rolling Credits have me stumped….

Square vs. Anamorph should only affect the horizontal scaling, not a problem with a vertical scroll.

Q: Did you render the animation out without using Fields ?

Using Fields, it will look crappy on the monitor, but much smoother on a video. (if you choose the correct field-order !)
If you’re not outputting to film or the web (other media than TV or DVD), absolutely render with fields.

I always add a gaussian or fast blur of less than a pixel (0.25 – 0.5) to any text layer.

Also, many people add an expression to the position after setting the keyframes so the text will always fall exactly on a pixel value and no differences in anti-aliasing of text occur from frame to frame.

the expresssion is:

[value[0], Math.floor(value[1])]

Sometimes this gives better results:

[value[0], Math.floor(value[1])] + [0,0.5]

do some short test-renders with each of these tips, and decide what works best for you.

[Mike Clasby]

Thanks.

[Mike Clasby]

Thanks.

[Mike Clasby]

Wiggle Y Only:

[value[0],wiggle(1,100)[1]]

Wiggle X Only:

[wiggle(5,30)[0],value[1]]

Wiggle X and Y seperately:

[wiggle(5,30)[0],wiggle(1,100)[1]]

You can tie any of the above to sliders, highlight the “1” in the first expression and pickwhip to a slider stopwatch (after you use, Effect>Expression Controls>Slider Control, then name it “Y Frequency”), then the slider controls that number (Frequency 1st number, amplitude 2nd number).