Serge Hamad
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Hi Henry,
Your prefs are located in the main ProAnimator folder.
Just make sure before trashing them to have your license handy as you will have to use once you restart.
Before trashing anything you could also try to use your preset image as a layer map and see if this works. You can find your images in the environments or Zaxwerks maps folder depending on what kind of preset you are using. This trick worked for me once. I think that Invigorator had trouble loading my TGA file.
Last but not least I would generally advise you to pre-render some of the ProAnimator layers with an alpha and subtitute the movies with your ProAnimator layers.
I hope this helps.
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Hi Henry,
I had the same issue a couple of times when using several Invigorator instances. Are you doing so?
I could eliminate the problem by trashing the prefs.
Are you using presets maps?
let us know if this works for you. BTW. Make sure you are using the latest version of ProAnimator.
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Hi Ken & Ken (Couldn’t resist)
Thanks for the feedback guys! I am glad you like the training;-)
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[spmaloney] “is that a limitation of transparency maps”
Yes! But there is as always a workaround;-)
-Duplicate your transparency map in your ae project window after you are done animating it. (I assume that you are using the layer mapping technique)
-Now open this duplicated comp and reduce the transparency of your text layer.
-Blur your text to taste
-Apply the duplicate to your inner sphere as a texture map.
Done!Here is an example aep for you: https://www.nyc-visual.com/Shadow.zip
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[Reins] “Although I like doing things myself, it would be beneficial to study your settings.”
Sure! That’s why I create those aeps whenever I can.
https://www.nyc-visual.com/Bow.zipCheck first the ai file then the transparency map and do play with the mask shape.
The main bow object was created as Jon said and also similar to the film strip tutorial, a path was first drown simulating the profile of the object then outlining the stroke simply closed it.
Notice that I unchecked the front and back faces of this object in Invigorator as they are not needed.
let us know if you still have questions.
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Hi Reins,
I would follow Jon’s advise and do the whole thing in Invigorator.
I would add though a transparency map to the bow so it doesn’t always have the same width. Have a look at the example I did for you here:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/Bow.jpgIf you like the look I will send you the aep after cleaning it a bit.
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Yes. Don’t touch the main ring just arrange the rest of your objects.
It would help if I had a visual. Send me your ai and animated aep files if you want at (serge at nyc-visual dot com)
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If the main ring was not placed at the center of your artwork in IL your pivot point won’t be at the center of the ring.
Here is what you could do:
-Select all your objects and assign them to set (0)to free Set# (1)
-Select the object you want to have the pivot point placed at its center and assign it to set # (1) for instance.
Now if you moved your objects a lot, select this object click on reset and move to center. Your pivot point (Red cross) can still be offset. In this case go to the Scene Preview window and use the “Recenter Pivot” feature.-Now that your pivot point is at the center of your main object go back to the Set-Up window and add the other objects to set# (1)and place them wherever you like. By animating Set# (1)you will now see that all objects will rotate etc… based on your ring.
Does this help or did I misunderstood something?
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Hi,
Did you try to recenter the pivot point for your ring?
Also use the Stats menu to perfectly arrange your objects.
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Hi,
Please try the following:
Create a layer, apply vector paint then click on the Option menu.
Now uncheck the Stylus option that says “Use High Res. Coordinates”
Et voila! you should be ready to go.
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