Return-Path: Received: from mail-gg0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4802817 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:19:02 +0200 Received: by ggnf4 with SMTP id f4so330170ggn.28 for ; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:19:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=J6U0l71bZwwQZPidWojytZQDwfwtdqvQwNHslaz/LAE=; b=y0P2PeYizdWkobeAgHn/RjcXaBEXft7ZecMDFBloT74SuABvdnsZ12vkeZ2FkXiunV FKeJhv/TGiptOqjh+eug2TyWEegvhDcrd8j2DHyWkesiktdMuIX3MEe+HYu9aDZo0tZx uUQjCM74Eq55azp+ov4ooLJu5dnpk3rw/ZrNwS/7ZQJ1KDmxnYgL0bAo/QDeBEF02N8k cUy1yW8+3bmcODJhT9GZgQjBKBsbFPPgmWPYxkgkBTQVNSCWxznER73VhVHrII1a14OQ W9ocB/ryzZsIC+g3uXY20GcA6dVZBI3VtWQfjr7VgU4go1mtO37znfAxNlHgwNuVRYYa dGkA== Received: by 10.60.172.202 with SMTP id be10mr19623319oec.53.1344266346896; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:19:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.39.197 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:18:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Byron Nash Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 11:18:46 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Expressions: sampleImage on another layer? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec54a35d2171cf704c69a6629 --bcaec54a35d2171cf704c69a6629 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yeah, for this application I kept the default radius of .5. It was slow but manageable, just a few seconds per frame. I made sure to prerender and proxy the comp as soon as I got that element locked in. It seems like Trapcode or someone else would do well to implement Form style controls over Hex grids in addition to square. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Darby Edelen wrote: > 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 o= n >> > 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 >> > --bcaec54a35d2171cf704c69a6629 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yeah, for this application I kept the default radius of .5. It was slow but= manageable, just a few seconds per frame. I made sure to prerender and pro= xy the comp as soon as I got that element locked in. It seems like Trapcode= or someone else would do well to implement Form style controls over Hex gr= ids in addition to square.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Darby Edele= n <dedelen@gmail.com> wrote:

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/
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> What surprised me is that it rendered pretty quickly - about 4 seconds=
> a frame.
>
> -Chris
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> 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> 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 2= 012 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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