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Subject: Re: [AE] Morphing without paid 3rd party plugins?
From: Jack Tunnicliffe <jack@javapost.ca>
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:12:23 -0600
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I use Re:Flex and many of those other fine products from Re:Vision but =
if I was stuck to try and figure out how to do a morph without those =
tools, here's what I would try and I'll be it would work.

I don't know if you are familiar with how Re:Flex or other morphing =
applications work, but you need to help the software out with =
correspondence points and the merging of those points. To make it =
simple, you want the eyes of subject A to line up with the eyes of =
subject B and the mouth of subject A to line up with the mouth of =
subject B.=20

To do this you would line the two photos up as close as you can to begin =
with. Then for any components of the photo that do not match, use some =
sort of morphing tool to move A to meet with B and a dissolve from one =
image to the other combined with the morph. What tools do you already =
have in AE that you could use for this, well how about CC Smear, for =
instance. You can designate an area to move, adjust the radius of the =
control point, in this case the size of an eye and move it from point A =
to point B over time.=20

If a round control point doesn't work for repositioning the mouth or =
let's say the hairline, then what about mesh warp set to a very fine =
grid or Freeform? It might take you a little more work to manipulate =
these areas but it can be done.=20

Give this a try. I'm sure you'll have decent results.

Jack Tunnicliffe
Java Post Production
www.javapost.ca


On Aug 31, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Greg Balint <greg@delrazor.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone.
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> A client of mine has asked if I can do morphing.. mostly interfacial =
and possible other situations.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> ///Greg Balint
> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
> /321.514.4839
> delRAZOR.com/
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> 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.
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>> On 31/08/2012, at 9:02 PM, Peter Mock wrote:
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>>> Thank you Chris,
>>> This is a really ennoying error in AE,
>>> Aren't they able to fix this?
>>> Peter
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>>> On 31 Aug 2012, at 11:54, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> -Chris
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>>>> On 31/08/2012, at 5:34 PM, Peter Mock wrote:
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>>>>> Good Morning everyone,
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>>>>> ..... 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 ....
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> For any advice me and my client would be very grateful
>>>>> Thanks and have a wonderful day
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>=20
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