[Steve76]

And while you’re using a Null Object for the Cam, try another one for the point of interest (POI). You can connect the POI of the Cam to the Null Object by using the expression pick whip. That way you can move the POI Null Object around in 3d space and the Cam will always point directly to it.

There’s a good tutorial on Cam basics by Rick Gerard

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=2&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/gerard_rick/AEWeekly1/index.html

That should get you going! And don’t forget to use the Focus feature of the Cam. That really gives you some extra life into your scene!

Cheers

Steve

[Steve76]

If you have about 6 hours to spare, check out the tutorial by jaysen. Hell of a lot of work to do, but the result is great. And yes, it’s the write-on effect.

Cheers,

Steve

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=2&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/hansen_jaysen/growing/index.html

[Steve76]

Thanks Andrew! Next time I need to mosh up Darth Vader I know where to get the gear! And I really hope that Dating Thing works out…actually, for that split second I saw her there, she didn’t seem to look that bad…

Cheers and keep up the great work!

Steve

[Steve76]

OK. I tried changing the flare type, but it still crashes. I found out though, that when I place the Cam far back and use the Zoom to closen in again, AE doesn’t crash anymore. I guess it had something to do with the Cam turning around the light source itself or something. Anyway, thanks for the help and keep up the good work!

Cheers

Steve

[Steve76]

Yep, I’m on a MAC G5 using AE 6.5. Seems to be the bug that made your life hard back then. Any solutions to the problem?

I guess rendering out the lenseflare layer on it’s own won’t take that long a time. But then again, if I could get everything out the first time around, that would be great.

I made the volumetric lights according to Peter Torpey’s Tutorial using the Beam effect along with a Flare. Works great! Just for the Render crashing when the Cam gets too close to the light or so.

Oh, and great Tutorials, Aharon! Got all I know about AE from you and the COW!

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve76]

Thanks for the help! Worked fine and Streamclip seams to be a great utility!

[Steve76]

Just to let you know: I figured out what the problem was. Adding the volumetric-lights script to the lights in my comp added a funny square textobjet in the expressions-lines at every line-break. I cut those out and whoops everything worked brilliantly. Thanks for the hint once again! I actually understand more about expressions now!!

cheers

[Steve76]

Just to let you know: I figured out what the problem was. Adding the volumetric-lights script to the lights in my comp added a funny square textobjet in the expressions-lines at every line-break. I cut those out and whoops everything worked brilliantly. Thanks for the hint once again! I actually understand more about expressions now!!

cheers

[Steve76]

Great Stuff! Thanks for the really quick help! Got the spotlightbeams kicking and really like the way things are looking now!

Cheers

[Steve76]

Great Stuff! Thanks for the really quick help! Got the spotlightbeams kicking and really like the way things are looking now!

Cheers