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From: "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.com>
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Subject: RE: [AE] creating mini cosmos and asset management tips
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:06:52 -0500
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Yes, I second Particular as a great solution for this. I'm using it on my
IMAX film and it handles lots of assets really elegantly. I just did an
engineering test (not a visual look) to see how far Particular can be
pushed. This is low-rez still frame created from 25 million random instances
of 400 Hubble photographs:

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/431724_10150668599984973
_156493489972_10965266_1621345664_n.jpg

Note that I've found it's best to apply any effects etc. to assets
hardboiled or inside the Precomp for best performance and results when using
layers as particles.

stephen van vuuren
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A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a
progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the
meaning, all that comes later.
-Stanley Kubrick


-----Original Message-----
From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of
Phil Spitler
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [AE] creating mini cosmos and asset management tips

Trapcode Particular is your friend on this one.

Set up each galaxy as a different Particular layer.

Your assets can be single frames in a preComp then in Particular choose
"random still frame" in the layer options.

This will make each particle a random frame from the preComp. Very easy to
switch out.

This would be where I would start.

Phil


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On Feb 21, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Rachel Max wrote:

> Hello Brainiacs,
> 
> I seek your wise counsel...
> 
> I am making a cosmos of sorts which I will fly through.  The camera will
explore different galaxies in the cosmos and these galaxies will be
compromised of various assets and words - not stars.
> 
> Each galaxy will have different assets.  In some programs you can direct a
script to populate a result by viewing a folder full of assets and
randomizing - I'm not sure this is possible in AE.
> 
> I'm looking for any tips, scripts, plug-ins that will allow any easy asset
replacement for say 600 assets per galaxy or any tips on building a cosmos
with assets and not stars.
> 
> Thanks much,
> Rachel
> 
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