[Rob Bellon]

I had the same problem. Found the fix in the Adobe forums: https://forums.adobe.com/message/4778837#4778837

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I’ve found a solution for this, at least in my case. For some reason Premiere sometimes fails to assign the audio channels.

In a sequence with red “disconnected” audio, try this:
1) Select all of the affected audio
2) Right click and select “Audio Channels”
3) Make sure the “Source Channel” drop-downs are all assigned to either a right or left channel.

For some reason, these were all assigned to “none” each time this happened to me.

[Rob Bellon]

If I’m understanding you correctly, and if all your text is in one layer (or precomped into one layer), you might be able to do this with the stroke effect:

1) With your text layer selected, draw a bunch of mask-paths with the pen tool in the same way you want your text to draw on.
2) Apply the stroke effect, make sure “All Masks,” “Draw Sequentially,” and “Reveal Original” are selected. (Going from memory, so the names might be slightly off.)
3) Animate the endpoint of the stroke effect.

Thing is, if you have a ton of text, it might be a pain to draw all that — which is maybe why you’re posting here. Or maybe you could combine this with your method and apply the stroke effect using masks from your text outlines. Won’t look as good, but it’s a quicker compromise.

I’ll keep thinking…

[Rob Bellon]

In the same way you created the expression controller for the y-axis, you can create controllers for the x and z-axes. Did you try that?

As for zooming, you can use the effect’s Radius property, the layer’s Scale property, or you can create a camera and zoom it. The only issue with zooming on a CC Sphere is that you will probably lose resolution.

My workaround for that has been to use a shape layer as my Earth. Since shape layers are vector, when you apply the CC Sphere effect and increase the radius, the resolution stays clean. That might not be possible though, depending on what your Earth image is like.

[Rob Bellon]

Hey Jim, sorry for the delay.

I hope it’s not too late, but I made the tutorial, and I think it will help. Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy to help!

Here’s the link: https://www.robbellon.com/2013/03/22/01-track-matte/

[Rob Bellon]

Thanks, I just watched the tut.

It sounds like you want to use a track matte. Did you try the second method I wrote, using a circle and the alpha inverted matte? I think that’s what you want to do. If that doesn’t work, let me know, and I’ll try to make you a tutorial real quick to show you how to do it.

Cheers,
Rob

[Rob Bellon]

It depends, do you have 2 images (one normal, one magnified)? My suggestion about the bulge effect was if you’re only using one image. In that case, you’d have your normal image, and the ‘magnified look’ would only be where the bulge effect is.

However, if you have two images, you can disregard my comment about the bulge effect. You could do something like this:

1) In your timeline, make sure your normal image is on top, magnified image below;
2) Make a circle (shape layer, or solid with a circular mask), which you will use as your track matte. It should be the same size as your lens, and it should line up with it as neatly as possible.
3) Parent the circle to the magnifying glass layer;
4) In your timeline, make sure the circle is just one above the normal (unmagnified) image in the layer order. Set the Track Matte of the image so that the circle punches through it. (Alpha Inverted Matte, I believe.)
5) At this point, you should be able to see through to your bottom (magnified) layer. Animate the magnifying glass.

Note: Make sure your magnifying glass has transparent center. If it doesn’t, you can create a circular mask where the lens is, then set it to ‘subtract.’

Hope that helps. I should mention — I haven’t seen the original tutorial you’re talking about. So if what I’m saying doesn’t relate to what you’re working on, post the link to the tutorial. I’ll watch it and hopefully better understand your situation.

[Rob Bellon]

You could use the Bulge effect.

1) Create an adjustment layer with the bulge effect on it
2) Line up the adjustment layer with the ‘lens’ of your magnifying glass, and adjust the parameters of the effect to get the look you want
3) Parent the adjustment layer to the magnifying glass
4) Animate the position of the magnifying glass

Make sure the adjustment layer and the layer with your magnifying glass are above the layers you want to be magnified.

Hope that helps. Let me know if it works.

Cheers!
-Rob

[Rob Bellon]

It looks like you trimmed your audio. The solid part is where the audio will play back, and the transparent part is the muted part of the audio. It’s there to show that the file actually extends beyond the solid part.

You can fix this by dragging the edge of the solid part out to the right edge of the transparent part. When you drag it all the way, the right side of the layer will have a small black triangle to indicate that you’re at the edge of the clip.

This could have happened if you tried to move your audio by dragging from the edges. If you want to move your audio track in the timeline, grab it from somewhere in the middle to move the whole thing. Otherwise, if you click and drag from the edge, it will trim your audio.

Does that make sense? Hope it helps.