[Serge Hamad]

Hi Tyler,

Forget about your set Z Rotation. Here is what I would do:
– Animate the Y rotation and the X rotation.
– Move in your timeline to around 90 degrees for the X rotation axis so you see through your cylinder.
– Using the Camera tumble tool + Shift turn your camera to the left or right so your cylinder lays horizontally.

You should be set.
here is an example:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/Invi_Rotation.sit

Looks like this;
https://www.nyc-visual.com/Invi_Rotation.mov

Let us know if have more questions.

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi try this:

Vx0 = 0; // initial x velocity (pixels/second)

Instead of: Vx0 = 100; // initial x velocity (pixels/second)

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi try this:

Vx0 = 0; // initial x velocity (pixels/second)

Instead of: Vx0 = 100; // initial x velocity (pixels/second)

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

Apply the following expression to your Start and End parameters:

loopOut(“cycle”,1);

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

Apply the following expression to your Start and End parameters:

loopOut(“cycle”,1);

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

The Smear plug-in from http://www.petewarden.com can do that. Any Tinderbox plug-in with the Source Crop set to repeat would do the trick.
The Effect>Channel>Minimax can also produce your effect. here is an example at the beginning of the animation:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/minimax.mov

I would also advise you to use the effects on a masked adjustment layer to alter only the necessary parts of your clip or graphic.

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

Try: Layer>Auto-Trace then apply your stroke.

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

OK, then the precomp method I explained should do just fine.

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

I don’t have Particular on this machine but I don’t think that an Obscuration layer would produce the same effect then the wall feature in Particle Playground. If I recall right it was only meant to intersect your particles with a 3D layer.

Depending on your animation and the look you are after you may want to simply apply CC Sphere to your particle layer and switch its “Render” to “Outside”. Play with the lighting.
Or simply precompose your particle layer including all attributes, then apply a feathered mask to your precomp. But as I said it all depends on what you are after.

Maybe someone more familiar with Particular will answer your question here or at the Trapcode forum.

Salut.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

If you are using Particle Playground, draw a circular mask on your layer and assign it as a “Boundary” in the “Wall” menu of your Particle Playground effect.

Salut.
Serge