Simon Ubsdell
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If you are able to use FCP X here is a free effect that should be able to do everything you want (and a bit more):
https://tokyo-uk.com/fcpxeffects/pipfree.html
You will need to have FxFactory and you can download the effect from there.
Hope that helps.
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Create a Clone of the entire group that encloses the two transition layers and make sure it’s placed above the first group (it should be by default).
Then apply your blur filter and whatever mask you want to this clone layer and you’ll get the result you are asking for.
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[Chris Northcross] “Just did a triple check and it appears that the empty layer was the culprit. Went back to the project where I was experiencing difficulties, inserted a color solid inside the group and changed the source object in the link behavior to the color solid and everything began working the way I expected it to. I don’t think that’s documented, but seems like good info to know.”
That was indeed your problem. You can’t apply filters to empty groups – unless there’s something in the group it won’t work because there’s nothing to apply the filter to. A group isn’t the same as a layer.
Hope that makes sense.
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Not quite sure what you’re doing wrong as this should work just fine. Although you might find it easier to use a more basic control such a Poke or something rather than the Fairly elaborate Kaleidotile filter.
Anyway, here’s a sample Generator project with the filter linked up as you described.
Hope that helps:
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[Stephen Smith] “It is not about the program but what the artist can do with the program.”
Quite so 😉
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Here’s Oliver’s post in full:
I had a chance to run a test. I took 6 ProResLT 1080p/23.98 clips and put them on a :10 timeline. Clips were scaled to 25%, spread around the screen in an irregular pattern and rotated on the Z axis. I applied a native (not third party) filter to each clip. These included glow, bulge distortion, gaussian blur, sepia, posterization and bad TV. I did a test this way and also with the whole group rotated in XYZ as a flat plane. I did this on the Group in Motion and using a null layer in AE.
I saw the same things you saw in terms of scrubbing through the timeline. Motion was more or less real-time. It got a bit choppier with the XYZ rotation. Interestingly, Motion would get choppier when the playback looped back to the start of the sequence and then played a second or third time. I rendered out to ProRes with and without the rotation of the whole, but that did not affect render times.
Plain vanilla renders. No lighting, motion blur or reflection effects. Render results were about :10 for Motion and 6 min. for After Effects.
Looks like I be working harder at liking Motion 😉
Simon Ubsdell
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ATI 5870
BTW I copied his test and got the same results
That’s 40 x slower – not a typo!
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[Craig Alan] “I’d just like to add that the Alex4D Trim plug-in was another godsend. In X, you can, trim, crop or Ken Burns, but you can’t combine these. This free plug in enables you to crop, AND Ken Burns. I salute you Alex.
I would love this plug-in. Been clicking on every link i can find on his site. What exactly is the address where I can download this plug-in?”
Here it is:
https://alex4d.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/trim-fcpx-effect/
Simon Ubsdell
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