Return-Path: Received: from m1plsmtpa01-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.174] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4831446 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:58:24 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.100] ([173.247.4.230]) by m1plsmtpa01-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with id tRzG1j00C4xm87901RzGRA; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:59:17 -0700 Message-ID: <5040C346.9000303@delrazor.com> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:59:34 -0400 From: Greg Balint Organization: delRAZOR User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120824 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Morphing without paid 3rd party plugins? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey everyone. A client of mine has asked if I can do morphing.. mostly interfacial and possible other situations. I've looked around, and although RE:Flex seems to be the best option, the client's budget won't really lend itself to purchasing a $600 plugin for this project. I've looked around, and the only 2 other options I've found, is to exploit the Pixel Motion Frame Blending between a timestretched sequence of images to get it to blend together, or to use Distort > Reshape, but I think that will only work if my from and to frames are more like profile images, not head-on images. So I'm wondering if anyone has been able to achieve classic morphing between 2 front-looking faces within AE's native plugins at all. Thanks in advance, ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ On 8/31/2012 9:16 AM, Chris Zwar wrote: > AFAIK it's an OS limitation. It's the same on Macs and Windows. It's a pretty rare problem to run into - I can think of 3 times in about 15 years that it's happened to me, so even if it's something that Adobe can fix then it's probably pretty low on their priorities. > > On 31/08/2012, at 9:02 PM, Peter Mock wrote: > >> Thank you Chris, >> This is a really ennoying error in AE, >> Aren't they able to fix this? >> Peter >> >> On 31 Aug 2012, at 11:54, Chris Zwar wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This happens when the total number of characters in the file path exceeds 255 characters. It usually happens when you have lots of folders nested inside each other, but can also happen if your directories and files have very long names. The solution is to either re-name the offending file with a shorter name, or if it happens a lot, then reduce the number of folders that are nested inside each other. >>> >>> -Chris >>> >>> On 31/08/2012, at 5:34 PM, Peter Mock wrote: >>> >>>> Good Morning everyone, >>>> >>>> ..... at least it is morning here in London :-) >>>> I am dealing with a fast project that has grown like a fungus in all directions >>>> during the last months and i am in the process of backing it up and i have to >>>> do it very well since it is 130 GB big including all surplus assets which i dont >>>> need anymore! >>>> After reducing the project to its bare essentials I initiated 'collect files' and >>>> received the following erroe message in AE CS5, AE CS5.5 and AE CS6: >>>> After Effects error: File path "2min_Retail_J01_1-5.psd" is too long" >>>> I used a lot of multilayered psd compositions .... >>>> >>>> What does that mean and how can I resolve that ??..... I have thousands of files >>>> that need backing up and need to separate them from the ones which are not >>>> used in the project. >>>> >>>> For any advice me and my client would be very grateful >>>> Thanks and have a wonderful day >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> +---End of message---+ >>>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>>> >>> >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > >