Serge Hamad
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Hi Erik,
The InvigoMany Sport series is sold out for the second round.
Hard copies are not available for the moment but you might still get one at Amazon.com Just search for “Zaxwerks Invigorator Training”
Salut.
SergePS: In case Amazon is also sold out, feel free to e-mail me at (serge at nyc-visual dot com)and I will make a download available for you.
Salut.
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As Roland suggested before, the Trapcode plug might be what you want.
Another alternative would be to use the beam effect with an adequate blending mode.
Salut.
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Hi Brent,
“Keyframing”The “Mask Opacity” parameter should do the trick.
Salut.
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I don’t know of a plug-in for PS. But if you simply change your layer mode to Screen. you will get the same result 😉
Salut.
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Shatter can also apply a second layer as a texture in the back.
Forces must of course be set to (0). The cool thing with Shatter is that you can also give a depth to your layer so it doesn’t totally disappear when oriented to 90 degrees.
Salut.
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Hi Frank,
Deleting your AE’s prefs file should do the trick. The “At least 2 frames…” warning used to happen a lot in version 7.0, less in CS3 & CS4. And deleting the prefs always helped us.
Just try it and let us know.
Salut.
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Here you go:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/old-tv.zipI corrected the screen as well as the body quickly.
You must use the Layer mapping technique to add your image or clip to the comp named “tv-screen-map” right on top of the UV map.
Salut.
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[Anthony Surrell] “I’m just wondering if maybe there is something about the model that’s my problem.”
Yes! Your model was poorly build. The UV mapping was not created so you can easily map an image on the screen & did you notice that you have a huge gap between the screen frame and the main body? You can see inside of the TV! I hope you didn’t buy this model.
Anyway, I could try to correct this for you in Maya when I get home.
If you are animating several Media Objects, make sure to visit my site.
I have a new InvigoMany product that may help.Salut.
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Hi Martin,
Here is a simple but very effective trick to place 3D layers around a circle:
1- Create a comp that is wide enough so your images can be neatly positioned. Don’t worry for now about your output size.
2- create a 3D layer at the same size then your comp, rotate it in the X axis by 90 degrees & switch to top view.
3- Using the Ellipse Tool & starting from the center, draw a circle that fills your comp .
4- Apply the Vegas Effect to your layer, tell it to use the Mask/Path for the stroke and assign Mask 1 as a path. As you need (7) images, just alter the Segments value to (7)then reduce the Length parameter to something like (0.120)to get seven little dots.
These dots are now perfectly evenly surrounding your circle!5- Import your images switch them to 3D and move each of them using the Z & X arrows in top view so the green Y axis gizmo touches the Vegas segments.
6- Change now your comp size to whatever resolution you need to work with.
As to animating the whole thing:
1- Create a 3D null object, parent all images to it.
2- Create a camera layer and adjust its Z axis position to taste so you see all your images in camera view.
3- Animate the null object y rotation to rotate your carousel. Select all your images and animate their Y rotation axis at the exact same time then the null object but in opposite direction. (For example if your null is rotating by 180 degrees make sure your images are rotating by -180 degrees)Forget about the Orient towards Camera stuff in this project.
For the blur, just enable your camera Depth of Field and adjust the camera Options to taste.
Salut.
SergeNew! InvigoMany-Media is available here: https://www.nyc-visual.com
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When you import or create an object, Invigorator automatically assigns it to set1. Unless you change the prefs in the User Prefs menu.
To know in what set your object resides, just select it in the Set-Up window and you will see a set # right to the object listing menu.
Salut 😉
SergeNEW! InvigoMany-Media is available here: https://www.nyc-visual.com
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