Simon Bonner
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Hi Sjur,
You might want to check out this tutorial: https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/virtual_3d_photos/
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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The ‘stretching’ of the Bg and the car surface?
You might want to try adding the liquify effect and animating the amount of distortion. Or use some kind of animating displacement map? For liquify, see videocopilot.net tutorial on ‘demon face’, and for displacement mapping, see the AE podcast here at CC.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Hi David,
You might consider importing a smaller graphic from photoshop and using the motion tile effect on it to expand it out in X and Y space.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Hi Dylan,
For those who haven’t seen the film, me included, it might be better if you describe exactly what you’re trying to achieve.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Hi Gabriel,
You need to hit the tilde key (~), with your cursor over the panel you want to maximise.
If you’re not using a US keyboard, you might want to check out my quick tutorial, below.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Hi Jonathan,
You might find it easier to ditch the mask and use a radial transition effect instead. You can find it under the transition section of the effects menu. Set the wipe center at the middle of the rainbow, set the start angle to 90 (or -90) degrees, then animate the transition complete value. Should get you the effect you want.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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So you just want the lens flare with no background, so you can drop it over a cut?
Apply the lens flare to a black solid and set the transfer mode to screen. Render. Then import the footage and add to your final comp and set it’s transfer mode to screen. This will get rid of the black pixels, making it look like you have rendered with a alpha channel.
Someone might have an idea of how you can render a lens flare without the bg colour, but this method works fine.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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AE doesn’t play in real time. Is that the problem you’re having? It can be a real pain when you’re a newcomer to the programme but you get used to working around it. Ram preview a section by hitting the spacebar and then hit the spacebar again after a few moments to watch the ram preview in real time.
Or is is that you have the frames-per-second of the comp or image sequence set at too higg/low a level? Try raising or lowering those values.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Hi Sarah,
Well, first you will need to get to grips with the AE user interface. Check out the beginner’s tutorials at videocopilot.net to get yourself up to speed.
To make the movie, go to file, import, import files. In the dialogue, select the first image. Make sure the checkbox in the bottom left (jpg sequence) is checked. Hit ok.
You should now have the images imported and visible in the project panel as an image sequence. Select the sequence and bring up the menu for it (I use a pc so have to right click to get this menu – not sure what you do on a mac), and choose interpret footage, main. Set the frame rate to match the speed you want your images to run at. American NTSC is 29.97 and European PAL is 25, but you may have recorded at a slower frame rate (something about 10-15 might look good). Hit ok.
Drag the sequence over the ‘make new composition’ icon on the bottom of the project panel. Select the comp in the project panel and hit ctrl+k. Hit the advanced tab. Check the box to preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue. Hit ok.
Hit ctrl+n to make a new composition. Name final. In the dialogue, choose the preset you’re making a video for. NTSC dv widescreen is for US tv, etc. Hit ok.
Drag the sequence composition into the final comp. Select the layer in the timeline panel. Hit S. Scale the footage down so it fits the comp size. (it might look squashed – hit the ‘toggle pixel aspect ratio button’ in the bottom right of the composition panel).
If the frames jump about, you may be able to use the motion tracker set to Stabilize Motion to smooth that out.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Yes, Bill was right when he said to take care of pixel motion. There are different ways AE can interpolate the new frames when you time remap. It can either duplicate frames, which isn’t very processor-intensive but looks pants, it can blend intermediate frames together, or it can use pixel motion, which involves all kinds of maths an idiot like me will never be able to get to grips with. Duplication is fine while you’re working, but you should switch to pixel motion for the final render.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx