[Peter Mcauley]

Hey Peter,

I was able to use the MP4 clip that you sent after all … I brought it into Vegas, then rendered out to AVI. The reason that I wanted to do this is so that I could filter the clip in After Effects, which would help determine whether the problem was isolated to one host or across all hosts.

When I have more into on this I’ll post another message … hopefully today, if not, then tomorrow morning.

Thanks,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi Peter,

I’d be happy to take a look at this for you. Can you please convert the mp4 file into another format, such as AVI and then post a link to the file? I’ll then download it and see if we can reproduce the issue in house.

Thanks,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi Stewart,

So once you have completed the motion tracking, you disable the “Track on the Fly” button, and then to set the “Apply” pop-up in the motion tracking group to “Light Source.”

I hope this helps,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Wow … that was a really nice comment. Thanks!

We’re always working to generate more tutorials on our product and I’ll take your suggestion for this and see what we can do to generate a more in-depth 3d graphics tutorial in the coming months. Thanks for mentioning that.

Cheers,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Absolutely! Here’s a link to a screenshot and feature description for the graph editor:

https://www.borisfx.com/red/Upgrade-Reasons.php

If you need any help in understanding how to use it please let me know and I’ll write that up for you.

Cheers,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi Jeppe,

So … without actually seeing your file, I’m not quite sure where you went wrong but here are some pointers that may help:

• In order to have objects that interact in 3D, you need to place them into a 3D Container and the render option for the container must be set to 3D Model.

• You have complete control over each object in the container and all objects in the container can interact – this is how you make the ring spin around the name … both the ring and the name are in the same 3D Container. You can also animate the position of the 3D Container and move all objects in the Container as a single unit.

• The reflectivity for each object is set using each individual objects material properties. To change it, select the object from within the 3D Container and click on the Materials tab in the Control panel. Then set the Specular to 40, Shininess to 100 and Reflectivity to 15 and set the Diffuse parameter to about 60 and Ambient to 40.

• You can also use the reflection map feature – this is set on each individual object within the 3D container. Select the object, click on the Reflection Map button and twirl open the object to reveal the sub-track titled Environment map. Set the media in this sub-track to the reflected source map – you can use any still image file or video clip, perhaps a sunset shot or something with a clear horizon/sky.

• Select the 3D Container and go to the lights tab – set the lights to either Spot or Point. Intensity at about 150 – but you should lower that if you enable more than 1 light

I hope this helps,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi,

The vector trace tool was designed to operate on a single frame in a clip and does not auto-interpolate the generated splines frame by frame. You would have to do this manually.

Good idea for RED 6 though!

Thanks,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi Marcus,

The issue at hand, which of course you are already aware of, is that the particular filters you mention all rely upon the host native spline masks from After Effects to work. I’m glad that you have once again raised this issue – I’ll find the log in our database relating to this report / request and see what we can do to elevate the status. Although I can’t offer a hard promise to you as to exactly when this feature will be made available in RED I can tell you that it will be discussed and that the length of time it will take to make this available will depend on the level of difficulty of the task.

Thanks again for mentioning this.

Cheers,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi,

It might be that the empty event is not passing any pixel data into the filter and tricking the filter into thinking that there is nothing underneath. You might want to try applying the filter directly to a media layer instead of an empty event to see if this resolves the issue.

The filters that you mention are all OpenGL rendering and this might be related to the fact that they seem to work better in that host when applied directly to a video clip.

Cheers,

Peter.

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi,

I quickly checked and couldn’t reproduce that with .psd files that I created … it might have something to do with the .psd and the way the text layer is getting it’s color.

If you are willing to send me the file (peterm@borisfx.com) I can take a look it it to see if I can understand what the cause of the problem is. Otherwise, I’d suggest that you get in touch with someone in our support dept. You can reach them via email at support@borisfx.com.

Cheers,

Peter.