Serge Hamad
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Susan, Your globe was assigned to set # 5 and your tracking layer to Set # 1.
Just reassign your object in the Set-Up window to set # 1 and you are ready to go!
Best.
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Feel free to send me your project (without media files)
(serge at nyc-visual dot com)Salut.
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Hi Susan,
There are two thinks that come to my mind:
1- You still didn’t apply a texture to your sphere. It’s hard to see any changes when your globe has a simple plain color.
2- You didn’t refresh your Invigorator layer after linking it to the 3D layer. You need to click the Draft/Best quality switch twice
(after each animation) to do so.Does this help?
Salut.
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Hi Jardine,
Here are two tips if you are not keen on doing it in Maya for any reasons.
If you cut your cylinder in half in Maya and render the front and back separately, you would then be able to place your footage in between the two cylinder renders. No need to switch your layers to 3D, a simple sandwich stack order will do.
Here is an example:https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hamad_serge/sci_fi4.php
Another way of doing all this would be to use InvigoratorPro to import your object into AE, Map your footage to a 3D plane that you place into the object & you are done.
Hope this may help;-)
Salut.
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Hi Henk,
The Creative Cow series “Zaxwerks-Invigorator-Training” does that in detail.
There is also a lot of info at the Zaxwerks forum on how to create many different things. Just make a search.
Salut.
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Hi Paul,
I would advise you to google for spherical mapping. Mainly your map should always have a 2:1 aspect ratio. To avoid the north & south pinch you need to use the Polar coordinates distortion effect when creating your map. Creating geometrically complex spherical maps is not an easy task, it takes time and patience;-)
You can visit my site and check the InvigoMany-Sport for some examples.
E-Mail me if you like the Baseball object and I will send it to you for free.
The project was meant for Invigorator but you could also use CC-Sphere if you like. Opening the texture, transparency & bump-mapping compositions will show you exactly how these maps were created right inside of After effects.Salut.
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Hi David,
If you use the AE camera and the Track 3D Layer feature you should be able to merge both 3D worlds quite nicely.
Another alternative would be to use Invigorator’s 3D world only. Your after effects layers would then be mapped to several Invigorator 3D plane objects. You may need to assign each plane to a different set to be able to individually animate your planes.
Use the Absolute Color when mapping your AE layers to avoid highlights and precomp them of course if you are applying any effects etc…
Does this help?
Salut.
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Hi,
I would follow Edward’s tip to work with the layer mapping technique. To make things easier here is one of the tricks I teach in my training DVD.
– Create a composition that is 3000 X 100 for instance add a solid layer and apply the Checkerboard effect to it.
– Now use this comp as a texture map for the edge of your object. You will then see if the checkerboard is stretched or has perfect squares.
– If the pattern is stretched Alter the height of your layer map composition until you get perfect little checkerboard squares. Once you get it right, you would then only need to create a bump map or what ever map at the same aspect ratio. With a little practice you will be able to make this adjustments in less then a min.
Salut.
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You are welcome!
If you are not familiar with custom edges, check out my tutorial on this. Just remember that in the newest versions of Invigorator you need to save your custom edges to another location rather then the one stated in the tutorial.
Salut.
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Hi Ernie,
I believe the UV coordinates were not exported with your object.
I didn’t have a 3D program on my laptop to introduce some. But as the object is very simple I created it for you using custom edges including mapping at the right aspect ratio for each part of the rocket.
I would advise you to check on the Custom Edge file to learn how you could do it yourself next time.
Looks like this:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/Ernie.jpgProject:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/Ernie.zipSalut.
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