Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.213.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4791901 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:54:37 +0200 Received: by yhr47 with SMTP id 47so5426226yhr.28 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:58:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=G6lWSCr5WxuZbVxkDKKR5pF8c1nW56rbzbV9a/Uugnk=; b=QeFYNg/pO570loGfrumXrRP5IwqI12pYoc4LrrqsgnmE/Os5er49JSr4W+IM8TWV4X bx3GDA8uwNBpXfz3Jjl8QIH6YYQf2xQ8rHCjD+te6iiVQX+g1U/N4qF6ri68Js/78lrG tUHbYIR4pXjmfCHy+hyveFA0+ZiQH2t+Qw83a1+I8NhFt+5R7cKIvImHPXZ/DkHc9m34 B0cat/s3CtOc7qoH2gDjrPhbmHRSnGUHAZiNi0ISJ9C+3HCpRhXtuxk0gKN6E5e3y6Us M7vRZpFN/Wx7dBdoWcVs1zV3aZiNsrzN7YlT7vkaiWdSJQ8tzHvZTwik3RpWqnkVGxYA 8mFg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.170.65 with SMTP id ak1mr461074igc.43.1343696326486; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:58:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.165.228 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:58:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.165.228 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:58:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:58:46 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Expressions: sampleImage on another layer? From: Darby Edelen To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f23595b39e90a04c615ae96 --e89a8f23595b39e90a04c615ae96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable sampleImage() also kills Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously, so I almost always convert those expressions to keyframes once my animation is locked. On Jul 30, 2012 4:06 PM, "Todd Kopriva" wrote: > From my experience, the real performance killer with sampleImage comes > when you're sampling with a large radius. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On > > Behalf Of Chris Zwar > > Sent: 30July2012 15:55 > > To: After Effects Mail List > > Subject: Re: [AE] Expressions: sampleImage on another layer? > > > > FWIW, I've used the sample image expression on over 1900 layers in a > > single comp. > > Details are here: > > > > http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/motiongraphicsvizfx/story/an_a_t > > o_z_of_building_projections_-_part_2/ > > > > What surprised me is that it rendered pretty quickly - about 4 seconds > > a frame. > > > > -Chris > > > > On 31/07/2012, at 3:08 AM, Byron Nash wrote: > > > > > > Awesome, I did not know you could do that. Thanks for the tip > > Mylenium! > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM, mylenium@mylenium.de > > wrote: > > > > > > > > It's the same like adressing any other remote property on > > another layer: > > > > > > > > layer_name_here.sampleImage() > > > > > > > > Mylenium > > > > > > > > [Pour Myl=E8ne, ange sur terre] > > ----------------------------------------- > > www.mylenium.de > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Byron Nash hat am 30. Juli 2012 um > > 17:51 geschrieben: > > > > > > > > I am building a grid of layers with various > controls > > on them. I'd like to drive some of the parameters with another layer's > > luminance and sampleImage. It's not practical to put that many > > sampleImage expressions on my effector layer since I have over 200 > > layers. Is there a way to put the sampleImage on the grid layer that > > references the luminance layer for the sampleImage point? > > > > > > > > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --e89a8f23595b39e90a04c615ae96 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

sampleImage() also kills Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously, so I alm= ost always convert those expressions to keyframes once my animation is lock= ed.

On Jul 30, 2012 4:06 PM, "Todd Kopriva"= ; <kopriva@adobe.com> wrote:=
From my experience, the real performance killer with sampleImage comes when= you're sampling with a large radius.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On
> Behalf Of Chris Zwar
> Sent: 30July2012 15:55
> To: After Effects Mail List
> Subject: Re: [AE] Expressions: sampleImage on another layer?
>
> FWIW, I've used the sample image expression on over 1900 layers in= a
> single comp.
> Details are here:
>
> http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/moti= ongraphicsvizfx/story/an_a_t
> o_z_of_building_projections_-_part_2/
>
> What surprised me is that it rendered pretty quickly - about 4 seconds=
> a frame.
>
> -Chris
>
> On 31/07/2012, at 3:08 AM, Byron Nash wrote:
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 Awesome, I did not know you could do that. Thanks for the = tip
> Mylenium!
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM, mylenium@mylenium.de
> <mylenium@mylenium.de&g= t; wrote:
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 It's the same like adressing any other= remote property on
> another layer:
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 layer_name_here.sampleImage()
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Mylenium
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 [Pour Myl=E8ne, ange sur terre]
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -----------------------------------------<= br> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 www.mylenium.de <http://www.mylenium.de/>
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> hat am 30. Juli 2012 um
> 17:51 geschrieben:
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I am building a grid of la= yers with various controls
> on them. I'd like to drive some of the parameters with another lay= er's
> luminance and sampleImage. It's not practical to put that many
> sampleImage expressions on my effector layer since I have over 200
> layers. Is there a way to put the sampleImage on the grid layer that > references the luminance layer for the sampleImage point?
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