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Paddy Uglow replied to the discussion Random tile grid - can I do this in a better way? in the forum Adobe After Effects

Thu, 26 May 2022 15:56:12 +0000

Reply to Random tile grid - can I do this in a better way?

Thanks – I ended up getting something close by using Particle World with quad polygons with rotation turned off and a long duration (random placement rather than a grid layout), though they’re a bit flickery (it looks like the squares are jumping in front and behind of each other.). I think I set the Z dimensions all to 0 so it shouldn’t be…

Paddy Uglow started the discussion Random tile grid - can I do this in a better way? in the forum Adobe After Effects

Thu, 26 May 2022 07:39:56 +0000

Random tile grid - can I do this in a better way?

Hi all,

I’ve just had to create an animation where different coloured squares scale up from zero size at random positions until they form a full grid of squares. No squares can appear on top of others.

My method was to create the zero to 100% square animation as a composition, add that as a layer in a new composition (with an expression to randomise…

Paddy Uglow replied to the discussion Please help: black lines after render in the forum Adobe After Effects

Thu, 26 May 2022 07:18:14 +0000

Reply to Please help: black lines after render

Have you tried an export via the Render Queue instead of Media Encoder? It would be interesting to see if a lossless export (or an image sequence) displayed the same lines.

Paddy Uglow replied to the discussion Keeping my cat sat on the matte in the forum Adobe After Effects

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:54:22 +0000

Reply to Keeping my cat sat on the matte

Partly answering my own question – if I put my PNG or .AI file into a new composition, and do all the movement/scaling/etc in there before importing it into my comp that has the Set Matte in, then the mask stays put while the imported comp goes through its merry motions. BUT if I try to move the imported comp, the matte moves as before.

So is the…

Paddy Uglow started the discussion Keeping my cat sat on the matte in the forum Adobe After Effects

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:36:32 +0000

Keeping my cat sat on the matte

Hi,

I haven’t posted on the Cow for years – glad to see it’s still here!

I’ve been using Set Matte to use a single shape layer as a non-moving mask for several other layers.

It works like a dream on shape layers and text layers, but if I import .pngs or Illustrator files as layers and try to do the same thing, those layers move and scale the mask as…