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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:07:37 -0700
From: Rob & Jenny <gfxguy74@gmail.com>
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CC: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Help! element 3D is killing me!
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Thanks Chris,

     I usually toss in at least 1 second of head and tail just in case 
it's needed but they changed the VO on me and forced the graphics to go 
long. That killed the time remapping solution since some keyframes 
needed to be moved around (and I wasn't about to open the can of worms 
to time remap AND try to make things hit at different times).

     The solution was to literally recreate a new element 3D layer and 
paste all the original settings over to it. Ironically, even that wasn't 
working in some cases which makes me wonder if it has something to do 
with AE's cache as well even after flushing it. Oh well, render is done 
and client has the files.

      I'm sure I'm just scratching the surface of what can happen but I 
think I'll do some more experimenting with Element before I use it for 
client projects again. Lucky for me I have Cinema 4D and if I really 
feel like it, the 3D extrusion in AE although I think Cinema would be a 
better use of my time. Be warned folks, Element is fun to play with but 
like all new toys it has a couple of rough edges to work out :). Overall 
though, it's pretty keen. I think I'll download a demo of Zax's 
Invigorator Pro and see how that runs with my setup.

     -Rob


On 10/10/2012 3:19 PM, Chris Meyer wrote:
> BTW, this is a good reminder to build handle into animations being 
> handed off, Just In Case. Although I have to admit I wouldn't have 
> normally built in 5 seconds at the end; usually I just add 2 to cover 
> transitions etc.
>
>  - Chris
>
>