Return-Path: Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4880160 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:06:50 +0200 Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=YP4dOG6x c=1 sm=0 a=kxnugH6Wy5bl5vZ3xW/I5w==:17 a=DQZvOVXRM6cA:10 a=Zq2FpVYgtBoA:10 a=3YDioRfBHe8A:10 a=bjq9PpNSDe0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=LaNeyJ9lAAAA:8 a=-JqP3bkOug0A:10 a=_Cm1LoAD0Sk75ZBnti0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=kxnugH6Wy5bl5vZ3xW/I5w==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 24.24.234.97 Received: from [24.24.234.97] ([24.24.234.97:42304] helo=[10.0.1.2]) by hrndva-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id B7/C3-12302-4B137805; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:09:24 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.4.0.080122 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:09:22 -0700 Subject: Swapping a Shape Layer for a Solid From: Lachlan Westfall To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Swapping a Shape Layer for a Solid Thread-Index: Ac2xe9GlEA6ClB1vEeK26QAfWzIHkA== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hello all, I've done a 3D flythrough of a bunch of same-sized comps holding a whole bunch of video and still content. I have about six of these in the project and they all fly differently. This was all done with Trapcode Echospace. Now the client wants all these comps to look more "3D" and have an extruded edge. I just upgraded to AE6, but have not had too much time to fiddle with it. I was hoping you could extrude a Comp or a Solid, but I guess it's only Shape Layers and Text. I've been able to easily swap solids where all the comps were, but I was wondering if there was a way to easily replace a specific sized solid, with the same sized shape layer? Or... Anyone have any other trick for making a bunch of flat 3D layers look extruded? Thanks in advance -Lachlan Westfall Quiet Earth Design