From: "Chris Zwar" <chris@chriszwar.com>
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Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:08:26 +0000
Subject: Re:  [AE] Generate Z-depth pass in AE
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Yes, I don't have it in front of me so forgive any errors in the fine det=
ail, but basically make your particles white, 100% opacity, and then set =
the visibility controls so they begin fading immediately from the camera-=
 I think you set the 'far fade start' to 1, and the 'far vanish' to whate=
ver value you need, eg 10000.
Once again you need two versions of the comp - your 'main' comp and the d=
epth version.

-Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: jarret langmeire [mailto:langmeire@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 12:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [AE] Generate Z-depth pass in AE

Have you ever come across a solution that will generate a depth map for
particles generated in Particular?

On 4 December 2012 12:27, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:
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>> Particular can obscure particles based on a Z depth map.  It can only
>> obscure 1 3D After Effects layer.
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