Return-Path: Received: from saturn.borisfx.com ([64.119.142.219] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4831537 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:40:25 +0200 X-Footer: Ym9yaXNmeC5jb20= Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by saturn.borisfx.com (Kerio Connect 7.4.0) for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:41:32 -0400 From: "Peter McAuley" Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_=5BAE=5D_Morphing_without_paid_3rd_party_plug?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?ins=3F?= To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20120831144132.14383100@saturn.borisfx.com> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:41:32 -0400 X-Mailer: Kerio Connect 7.4.0 WebMail X-User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_4) AppleWebKit/534.57.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.7 Safari/534.57.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------7714b5cb621d9c75fa9661b71644ea34" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -------------7714b5cb621d9c75fa9661b71644ea34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Greg, If all you need to do is morph the images and are on a limited budget, y= ou might want to consider the BCC Morph Unit, which is basically a packa= ge of 3 of the warp filters from the full Boris Continuum Complete produ= ct - the product retails for $199. The Morph Unit includes BCC Warp, BCC= Morph and BCC Video Morph. Each of these filters performs the image war= p or morph using the built-in spline mask tools in After Effects. The fi= lters are OGL hardware accelerated and perform really well. You can down= load the software here: http://www.borisfx.com/units/Morph.php If at a later stage you decided that you wanted to upgrade the Unit to t= he full product, the purchase price of the Unit is discounted from the p= rice of the full product. I hope this helps, Peter. =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F =20 From: Teddy Gage [mailto:teddygage@gmail.com] To: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] Sent: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:26:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [AE] Morphing without paid 3rd party plugins=3F Your instincts are pretty correct greg. While possible to use free form = pro or distort -> reshape, your results are probably not going to be gre= at even with many hours of effort. I'd stay away from pixel motion frame= blending... in my experience it's pretty crap for something as complica= ted as a facial morph. If the client can't afford it, maybe suggest an a= lternative effect. Otherwise you may be banging your head against the wa= ll =20 On Aug 31, 2012 10:00 AM, "Greg Balint" wrote: Hey everyone. =20 A client of mine has asked if I can do morphing.. mostly interfacial a= nd possible other situations. =20 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. =20 I've looked around, and the only 2 other options I've found, is to exp= loit 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 profil= e images, not head-on images. =20 So I'm wondering if anyone has been able to achieve classic morphing b= etween 2 front-looking faces within AE's native plugins at all. =20 Thanks in advance, =20 ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ =20 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 1= 5 years that it's happened to me, so even if it's something that Adobe c= an fix then it's probably pretty low on their priorities. =20 On 31/08/2012, at 9:02 PM, Peter Mock wrote: =20 Thank you Chris, This is a really ennoying error in AE, Aren't they able to fix this=3F Peter =20 On 31 Aug 2012, at 11:54, Chris Zwar wrote: =20 Hi, =20 This happens when the total number of characters in the file path exce= eds 255 characters. It usually happens when you have lots of folders ne= sted inside each other, but can also happen if your directories and file= s 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 numbe= r of folders that are nested inside each other. =20 -Chris =20 On 31/08/2012, at 5:34 PM, Peter Mock wrote: =20 Good Morning everyone, =20 ..... at least it is morning here in London :-) I am dealing with a fast project that has grown like a fungus in all d= irections 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 wh= ich 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=5FRetail=5FJ01=5F1-5.psd" is too = long" I used a lot of multilayered psd compositions .... =20 What does that mean and how can I resolve that =3F=3F..... I have thou= sands of files that need backing up and need to separate them from the ones which are= not used in the project. =20 For any advice me and my client would be very grateful Thanks and have a wonderful day Peter =20 +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to =20 =20 +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to =20 =20 +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to =20 =20 =20 =20 +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to =20 -------------7714b5cb621d9c75fa9661b71644ea34 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Greg,

If all you need to do is morph th= e images and are on a limited budget, you might want to consider the BCC= Morph Unit, which is basically a package of 3 of the warp filters from = the full Boris Continuum Complete product - the product retails for $199= . The Morph Unit includes BCC Warp, BCC Morph and BCC Video Morph. Each = of these filters performs the image warp or morph using the built-in spl= ine mask tools in After Effects. The filters are OGL hardware accelerate= d and perform really well. You can download the software here:

http://www.borisfx.com/units/Morph.php

If at a later stage you decided that you wanted to upgrade the U= nit to the full product, the purchase price of the Unit is discounted fr= om the price of the full product.

I hope this h= elps,

Peter.


From: Teddy Gage [mailto:teddygage= @gmail.com]
To: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-= motion.tv]
Sent: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:26:00 -0500
Subject= : Re: [AE] Morphing without paid 3rd party plugins=3F

Your= instincts are pretty correct greg. While possible to use free form pro = or distort -> reshape, your results are probably not going to be grea= t even with many hours of effort. I'd stay away from pixel motion frame = blending... in my experience it's pretty crap for something as complicat= ed as a facial morph. If the client can't afford it, maybe suggest an al= ternative effect. Otherwise you may be banging your head against the wal= l

On Aug 31, 2012 10:00 AM, "Greg Balint" <= ;greg@delrazor.com> wrote:
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, th= e client's budget won't really lend itself to purchasing a $600 plugin f= or this project.

I've looked around, and the only 2 other options I've found, is to explo= it the Pixel Motion Frame Blending between a timestretched sequence of i= mages 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 bet= ween 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. &n= bsp;It's a pretty rare problem to run into - I can think of 3 times in a= bout 15 years that it's happened to me, so even if it's something that A= dobe 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=3F
Peter

On 31 Aug 2012, at 11:54, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:

Hi,

This happens when the total number of characters in the file path exceed= s 255 characters.  It usually happens when you have lots of folders= nested inside each other, but can also happen if your directories and f= iles have very long names.  The solution is to either re-name the o= ffending file with a shorter name, or if it happens a lot, then reduce t= he 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 dir= ections
during the last months and i am in the process of backing it up and i ha= ve to
do it very well since it is 130 GB big including all surplus assets whic= h i dont
need anymore!
After reducing the project to its bare essentials I initiated 'collect f= iles' and
received the following erroe message in AE CS5, AE CS5.5 and AE CS6:
After Effects error: File path "2min=5FRetail=5FJ01=5F1-5.psd" is too lo= ng"
I used a lot of multilayered psd compositions ....

What does that mean and how can I resolve that =3F=3F..... I have thousa= nds of files
that need backing up and need to separate them from the ones which are n= ot
used in the project.

For any advice me and my client would be very grateful
Thanks and have a wonderful day
Peter

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