Return-Path: Received: from gateway04.websitewelcome.com ([69.93.35.10] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4868706 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:16:23 +0200 Received: by gateway04.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id C766F3B5B04B0; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:18:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by gateway04.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB38E3B5B048F for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:18:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [199.21.106.94] (port=59253 helo=[192.168.0.5]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TM4bo-0002ix-Qp for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:18:33 -0500 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E752E724-3D37-4437-A436-32C4F904C908" Subject: Re: [AE] Help! element 3D is killing me! Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:18:31 -0600 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <1BA7077D-2C73-414C-8BF2-2095337C1061@crishdesign.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.5]) [199.21.106.94]:59253 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== --Apple-Mail=_E752E724-3D37-4437-A436-32C4F904C908 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Although the preferred solution is fixing whatever is wrong with Element = (which I don't have), one last-ditch idea might be nesting your "final" = comp into a new comp, and stretching this layer (right-click on a = Timeline column header like Switches and select Stretch) to fill your = extra five seconds. AE will "sample" the nested comp as if it was merely = a different frame rate (i.e. more often per second of the original = comp), which will hopefully give you the desired result - unless you = have any video layers in that nested comp, which will now also play back = slower (I guess you could try frame blending those, but now you're = getting further out on a limb). - Chris On Oct 10, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Rob & Jenny wrote: > Has anyone else encountered this? >=20 > I'm working on a commercial and the editor extended the scene 5 = seconds from the original time. This scene has several element layers in = it and before I had to extend the camera movement, everything locked = nicely to the camera as it should. Now that I've adjusted the camera = move for the longer clip, element no longer tracks with the scene. >=20 > Here's what I've done to attempt fixing this with no success: >=20 > deleting the camera and pasting a new camera in with the new keyframes > deleting the caches (image and disc cache) > restarting the computer >=20 > The only thing I can do to fix this is to literally start from scratch = and paste items from the old element layer to the new one. What's odd = about this approach is that even with the same information as the old = element layer, I still have to adjust things to place them approximately = where the old one is. Shouldn't the same data have the same result? >=20 > Here's the computer specs >=20 > Intel 980x i7 > 24GB DDR 1333 RAM > Nvidia 580GTX 1.5 GB video card > After Effects CS 6 (most recent version) > Windows 7 Pro (Service Pack 1) >=20 > Most recent drivers have been downloaded. >=20 > Any help would be much appreciated. I would hate to have to recreate = this whole project. >=20 > I'm about 3 more error messages from opening up my bottle of = Bushmills. >=20 > -Rob --Apple-Mail=_E752E724-3D37-4437-A436-32C4F904C908 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Although the preferred solution is fixing whatever is wrong with Element (which I don't have), one last-ditch idea might be nesting your "final" comp into a new comp, and stretching this layer (right-click on a Timeline column header like Switches and select Stretch) to fill your extra five seconds. AE will "sample" the nested comp as if it was merely a different frame rate (i.e. more often per second of the original comp), which will hopefully give you the desired result - unless you have any video layers in that nested comp, which will now also play back slower (I guess you could try frame blending those, but now you're getting further out on a limb).

 - Chris


On Oct 10, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Rob & Jenny wrote:

Has anyone else encountered this?

I'm working on a commercial and the editor extended the scene 5 seconds from the original time. This scene has several element layers in it and before I had to extend the camera movement, everything locked nicely to the camera as it should. Now that I've adjusted the camera move for the longer clip, element no longer tracks with the scene.

Here's what I've done to attempt fixing this with no success:

deleting the camera and pasting a new camera in with the new keyframes
deleting the caches (image and disc cache)
restarting the computer

The only thing I can do to fix this is to literally start from scratch and paste items from the old element layer to the new one. What's odd about this approach is that even with the same information as the old element layer, I still have to adjust things to place them approximately where the old one is. Shouldn't the same data have the same result?

Here's the computer specs

Intel 980x i7
24GB DDR 1333 RAM
Nvidia 580GTX 1.5 GB video card
After Effects CS 6 (most recent version)
Windows 7 Pro (Service Pack 1)

Most recent drivers have been downloaded.

Any help would be much appreciated. I would hate to have to recreate this whole project.

I'm about 3 more error messages from opening up my bottle of Bushmills.

        -Rob

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