[Serge Hamad]

John,

You are welcome!

Some improvement is needed in your animation though. The puzzle pieces shouldn’t intersect with each other when the animation comes to an end and some (orange) edges are still to be seen at the end of it.

If you get stuck, feel free to post any questions.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

John you are very welcome!

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi John,

Basically, you should create different layer map compositions at the same aspect ratio then EACH puzzle piece.

Best you send me the ae project with the picture and ai file. I will be glad to trouble shoot it for you. (serge at nyc-visual dot com)

Salut.
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi Steve,

Invigorator/Proanimator when importing an object assign a so called File Hard Shading Angle preset to it. It may not always give you the best results.

To set the Hard Shading Angle manually, just select your object, open the Stats menu and alter the value from “File” to (40) for instance.

Hope this helps.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Yes it’s possible if you use Invigorator/ProAnimator from Zaxwerks.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi Chris,

Here is something from the archive:
https://forums.creativecow.net/archivepost/2/320195

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi Dave,

Try disabling AE’s “Render Multiple Frames” feature in the preferences menu. It worked for me.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

Can you see a waveform of your audio in the timeline?

Do you hear your audio when you play your mov file outside of AE?

Are you sure that your audio codec is compatible with AE?

Go to Edit>Preferences>Previews to check if your Audio Duration is set correctly, it may be set to 0:00:00:00

Hope this help.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

Almost any 3D program would create the floor.

Fortunately AE has two 3rd party plug-ins that can deform a layer in 3D:

FreeForm from Digieffects & 3D Warps from Zaxwerks.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi Tommaso,

These light effects look way better when done with a 3D program butI just played with the project for a couple of min & think it may help you:

https://www.nyc-visual.com/disco_floor.zip

Basically, if you want your lights to switch on & off you need to disable the “Interpolate Palette” option for Colorama.

I added a grid using some masks on a black layer to better separate each light.

I hope this will bring you nearer.

Salut,
Serge

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