[Nikolya Gousteau]

Well, I have CS 5.5, version of AE is 10.5.0.253. I’ll try to get the update, thank you for your response, Dan!

Nikolya

[Nikolya Gousteau]

When the flag follows the pole, the orientation of the flag depends on the velocity of the pole. To achieve this with expression, you can use the expression attached below for the Orientation property.

Maybe this is only a small part of what you need, but hope it helps.

Here is a link to the project file:
4551_flag.aep.zip

nextPosition=position.valueAtTime(time+thisComp.frameDuration);
v=nextPosition-position; // velocity
lookAt(position,position-v)

[Nikolya Gousteau]

Thank you, Dan, it works as I needed! (Though the installation is a bit complicated…)

[Nikolya Gousteau]

Thank you a lot, Erik! Echo does almost exactly what I wanted!

[Nikolya Gousteau]

Well, I don’t encounter such problem. It looks as if some footage was moved and became offline. Could you describe more precisely what did you do or attach a simple sample project where this happens?

[Nikolya Gousteau]

That’s OK, at least now I understand better how CC Sphere works.

I’ve also experimented with camera, and came to conclusion that CC Sphere doesn’t treat the perspective the same way as After Effects.
I tried 15 mm camera and 200 mm camera, and CC Sphere doesn’t seem to be effected by this feature. But the solid layer is dramatically effected by it. Here is an illustration:

link

It appears that only 200 mm camera gives good result compatible with CC Sphere.

P.S. A link to the project file: 4212_solutiondiscussionfinal.aep.zip

[Nikolya Gousteau]

Nesting sequences in Premiere is helpful, because when you paste the main sequence into AE, you get a composition with nested compositions inside of it. In the result, there are considerably less layers in AE (no more endless 2D stairways!).

As for Photo Filter effect, I haven’t used it yet, so I don’t know if there is a substitute in Premiere…

[Nikolya Gousteau]

Hi Rok,

Concerning workflow in Premiere, do you use nested sequences?

Concerning integration with AE, maybe this tutorial will be useful: link.

Concerning color correction, there are some tools inside Premiere, like “Fast color corrector”, “Three-way color corrector” and “RGB Curves”, and in some cases there may be no need in doing color correction in AE at all…

Best regards

[Nikolya Gousteau]

It appears that I’ve just solved the problem 2)

In the expression for Null position I wrote
temp = thisComp.layer("CC Sphere Layer").effect("CC Sphere")("Offset");
[temp[0], temp[1], 0]
instead of
temp = thisComp.layer("CC Sphere Layer").effect("CC Sphere")("Offset");
[temp[0], temp[1], temp[1]]

The question 1) remains.

[Nikolya Gousteau]

It appears that I’ve just solved the problem 2)

In the expression for Null position I wrote
temp = thisComp.layer("CC Sphere Layer").effect("CC Sphere")("Offset");
[temp[0], temp[1], 0]
instead of
temp = thisComp.layer("CC Sphere Layer").effect("CC Sphere")("Offset");
[temp[0], temp[1], temp[1]]

The question 1) remains.