[Mose]

another thought:

is there a way to create a path from the plane ball so I can align to the path in particular or assign a stroke?

[Mose]

Perfect, your Amazing! That makes alot of sense now that I see my mistake.

Last hurdle now is trying to get the particle stream to orient with the camera, I think orientation or rotation was being controlled before by parenting the light to the plane layer, now they are following from the tail, but not rotating.

Thanks again!

[Mose]

“unless what you really mean is that you want to position the light on a layer that’s inside the parented precomp.”

Yes this might be what I need!

[Mose]

Thanks Dan!

the parented layer is actually a pre-comp.

So I should have said that I need help linking a light to a parented pre-comps 3d position.

I tried modifiying your suggestion to

L = thisComp.layer(“Plane red ball”);
L.toWorld(L.anchorpoint)

It tracks but the alignment is off.

Basicly, I’m trying to create a Indiana Jones Map
and this is what I have done:

Create a path, attach a solid and orient along path.
Parent a pre-comp’d Plane layer (which tracks perfectly).

My issue comes when I try and parent a light to use as a emitter for particular.The alignment shifts. I need the alignment perfect as it needs to leave a trail from the tail of the plane.

I know I’m doing something wrong but can’t figure it out since my plane layer is perfect.

Here is just the project with plane with track file if you can have a quick look: 1.2mb

https://finalphasedvd.com/download/Jones%20Map%20Track%20Help.zip

Any ideas?

Thanks again!

[Mose]

Thanks Dan!

But it’s not working, the parented layer is actually a pre-comp.

So I should have said that I need help linking a light to a parented pre-comps 3d position.

Any ideas?

Thanks again!

[Mose]

Good suggestion. A few more steps but I can see that working as a 2nd option. Thanks.

[Mose]

The trouble comes when the “tab stops” created in word don’t translate into premiere. Premiere just sees the tab without stops, so I get these big gaps between the columns when I copy and paste. Only solution I’ve found is to use Courier font on a flat-text document and stretch the aspect ratio and width. But Courier is pretty skiny for video, even at 12pt I’m barley just fitting title safe.

[Mose]

Thanks for the replys, I’ve been doing more research and asking more questions and one of them has been about upgrading. I know it would require both the drives and controller card, but would the robotic software need it …maybe not?

Some venders are saying certain lesser know (to me anyways) manufactuers like CopyPro, Condre, R-Quest, and Teac..(anybody use any of these?) are upgradeable.

I’ve downloaded manuals for Rimgae, Primera, and Microboards and am likeing the Rimage 2000i the best. I’ve talked with a couple people who have Bravo II’s and they like them, but have had issues with the arms stopping over night.

So if anyone has anymore insight or knows of any other forums for DVD business (I also go to videohelp and CDfreaks) please let me know.

Thanks again and sorry for the long post!

-mOSe