Return-Path: Received: from mail-vb0-f48.google.com ([209.85.212.48] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5015546 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:20:05 +0100 Received: by mail-vb0-f48.google.com with SMTP id fc21so4974710vbb.35 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:27:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=n1/zYQxs3KHIxJ6Sn7YFUy63g5ptPJir3V4Z4Zdweoc=; b=fJhR/kaDZlBFSh5m8pG3Nso1kIoWj1/6cLOGdHgNoDXEXi9NtQDz0Ymv2xxqHJKAyA nYM6aLtvYgC8iuitAT+fguUDFm/WqRGkUlt6CBd1RSvp4quKgeR5YYS54Lu6R56xMKQh uqszSVmAoXS7rOumJHoCOAvjM9hE+nDzUeZPgrVQ54T8DceoUiVWMIt/gHFln75Nj6vJ 9nPMHKoVSbE99MSkhaNy1s8ec4I7N9WuBY4D0pNFdtVc4grc5q/u2mymjLAlxaZ/UI3U 1Q1ef+3VUcPsfxn5Nq4/sauEvymUR1Joazwk5JI40oquN8/BA+VwQWe38Wyc9PjZs/5n yJ7A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.156.8 with SMTP id u8mr22120163vcw.24.1364362051143; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:27:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.92.169 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:27:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:27:31 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Luma matte problem From: Darby Edelen To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043c817a67519404d8e14ba1 --f46d043c817a67519404d8e14ba1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Are you saying you want the lens flare to only appear inside the logo? I might use the Preserve Transparency layer switch for that, but the details of your comp may demand another solution. In other cases using an Alpha Track Matte or Set Matte with a pre-comp of your logo animation would probably work. If that's not what you're after can you please try to explain it again and spell out in detail what it is you currently have versus what you'd like to have. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:47 PM, D wrote: > Hi, > > I have a logo resolve with its accompanying logotype and a light flare on > add mode moving across it. Logotype fades up from 0 opacity and starts > blurred, ending sharp. I want to render with an alpha channel and retain > the flare effect on the logo/logotype but lose the flare from outside the > object. I=92m making my own luma matte and trying to matte in the flare b= ut > it seems to strangle the edges when the type is blurred. Any suggestions = on > the correct way to do this? > > Cheers. > --f46d043c817a67519404d8e14ba1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Are you saying you want the lens flare to only appear= inside the logo?=A0 I might use the Preserve Transparency layer switch for= that, but the details of your comp may demand another solution.=A0 In othe= r cases using an Alpha Track Matte or Set Matte with a pre-comp of your log= o animation would probably work.

If that's not what you're after can you please try to exp= lain it again and spell out in detail what it is you currently have versus = what you'd like to have.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:47 PM, D <dow.hanson@gmail.com>= wrote:

Hi,

I have a logo resolve with its= accompanying logotype and a light flare on add mode moving across it. Logo= type fades up from 0 opacity and starts blurred, ending sharp. I want to re= nder with an alpha channel and retain the flare effect on the logo/logotype= but lose the flare from outside the object. I=92m making my own luma matte= and trying to matte in the flare but it seems to strangle the edges when t= he type is blurred. Any suggestions on the correct way to do this?

Cheers.

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