[Sean Kimber]

Thanks for the suggestion. When and if I have the funds, I’ll definitely check them out. I guess in the meantime, I should probably learn Blender. 🙂

[Sean Kimber]

That’s not a bad idea. I’ll give it a shot. To be honest, I know After Effects isn’t designed as a 3D program per se, but I was surprised I had so much difficulty with such a simple task! Thanks for your help.

[Sean Kimber]

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I am working in After Effects CS3 (probably should have mentioned that in my original post), so I don’t have access to Free Form. Any other suggestions?

[Sean Kimber]

Just wondering if anyone had any solutions to this problem. I’m still having troubles. Thank you.

[Sean Kimber]

Thanks for the suggestion. I was very hopeful with this, but unfortunately, no dice. I still only get video and not audio when I play mpegs. What a frustrating problem!

[Sean Kimber]

I’m actually relieved to hear that someone else is having the same problem. When I called Apple, they had no idea that the problem existed. I also couldn’t find anything online. I hope someone has a more reasonable solution, though.

[Sean Kimber]

I forgot to mention that I am using a Mac OS X Version 10.5.8. I do have the quicktime mpeg2 component installed. It’s version 6.4.1. Thanks!

[Sean Kimber]

Actually, you were correct. I was hoping to use a pre-made graphic and have it follow a mask path. I was hoping to do this using an expression or something of that nature, but I’m not sure if such a thing would exist. The one thing I can’t do is purchase a third party plug-in. Thank you both for your suggestions, though!

[Sean Kimber]

It’s also doing something strange where, if I try to use the subtract selection tool, it actually takes out a chunk of the image, rather than a chunk of the selection. I’m working in PS CS2. I’ve tried resetting the settings to the default but that didn’t work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Sean Kimber]

Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up figuring it out before reading this. I copied and pasted the expression below. It worked exactly as I wanted. Thanks for the help!

x= wiggle(thisComp.layer("Null 1").effect("Slider Control")("Slider"),10);
[x[0],x[0]]