[Randy Mcwilson]

Here is what I came up with. Not perfect, but it has possibilities. It is easy to customize where the Force field intersects the ground by manipulating 2 masks, on clearly labeled layers. The comps are labeled as well.

https://defendyourfaith.com/After-Effects/Force-field.aep

Hope this is of some use!
-Randy

[Randy Mcwilson]

Here is what I came up with. Not perfect, but it has possibilities. It is easy to customize where the Force field intersects the ground by manipulating 2 masks, on clearly labeled layers. The comps are labeled as well.

https://defendyourfaith.com/After-Effects/Force-field.aep

Hope this is of some use!
-Randy

[Randy Mcwilson]

Here is a link to an After Effects CS3 Energy ball project.

It is not like Street Fighter, but may be of use to some.

Small file:
https://defendyourfaith.com/After-Effects/Energy-ball-project.zip

-Randy

[Randy Mcwilson]

Thanks. Im working on it now. How do I make the top only show the front, and the bottom sphere only show the back?
Randy

[Randy Mcwilson]

Good gaming cards are not necessarily good rendering cards for After Effects. Visit the Adobe site and look at the list of recommended video cards.

https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/opengl.html

Among the most popular (but the not the least expensive) are the Quadro Pro cards (nVidia).

Randy

[Randy Mcwilson]

Dv AVI, original footage all shot on dv. 29.97

What do you mean by a single clip?

Thanks

[Randy Mcwilson]

Thanks to all. I used the stroke method instead, but I see now that it was a problem with using 2 layers, even though they were duplicates of each other.

THANKS

[Randy Mcwilson]

Just found a way

d = toWorld(anchorPoint) – thisComp.activeCamera.toWorld([0,0,0]);
distance=length(d);
linear(distance, 0, MaxDist, [maxScale,maxScale,maxScale], [0,0,0]);

Where MaxDist=distance in pixels to begin scaling

maxScale=largest percentage to scale item

works great

[Randy Mcwilson]

Dan:

You are amazing. Could you possibly do a small operand-by-operand explanation. It works beautifully

Randy

[Randy Mcwilson]

Ive discovered a way to fix damaged or corrupted project files.(they are XML files)

Send me a copy of the damaged file at rmcwilson@yahoo.com

If it is over 10megabytes, then upload it somewhere and send me a link.

Ill see what I can do.