[Nico Jones]

Hi Adam,

I think scaling down would be my best bet…but somehow combined with an overall ‘shrinking’ effect.

I’m trying to give the impression that 25 multicoloured squares are compressing down into 4. I can fudge it by bringing in a separate cloner object near the end of the transition…but if there was a way to turn 25 cubes into 4 seamlessly, that’s what I’d prefer.

Thanks

Nico J BB

[Nico Jones]

*** Never mind – figured it out!

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[Nico Jones]

Perhaps this?

https://www.realflow.com/

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[Nico Jones]

Yes, Invigorator will allow you to rotate the 3D object. You can rotate the object directly, or rotate around it with the AE cameras.

Like John said though, you’ll obviously get better results if you use a proper 3D program. I starting using invigorator because we needed a simple 3D effect, and I never had time to learn Cinema 4D. You can push it to do some cool stuff, but it’s a pain in the rear sometimes. The 3D car in towards the end of this vid I made was animated through Invigorator.

https://vimeo.com/5015901

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[Nico Jones]

If you have the Invigorator plugin you can import .3DS and .obj files.

Your options once they’re in there are somewhat limited though. They’ll exist in 3D space and react to your cameras but they’ll break the 3D render chain and you can’t really modify them very much.

https://www.zaxwerks.com

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[Nico Jones]

Yep, do what Bartek says.

Basically, do whatever you need to to get to grips with it, as once your compositions start to get more complex you’ll come to rely on it to keep things manageable.

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[Nico Jones]

Nope, that was exactly what I was after!

Thanks alot – definitely gonna be using that one again!

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[Nico Jones]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for that,

I’ve applied it to a solid’s opacity but it doesn’t seem to react to any change in the opacity of the layer either below or above it. Is there an obvious step I’ve missed out?

Thanks,

Nico

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[Nico Jones]

Additional…

It’s an ISRC code that I’ve been given. Can I embed this into my output from Final Cut? I can’t seem to find any concrete information on this on the web…and the various companies I’ve spoken to aren’t very helpful…

THanks,

Nico

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[Nico Jones]

Of course…simple stuff. Thought I’d positioned them correctly in the first place…clearly not!

Thanks.

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