Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob06.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.44] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5018797 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:46:50 +0100 Received: from mail.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.211]) by atl4mhob06.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r2TLsMrf006381 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:54:22 -0400 Received: (qmail 7368 invoked by uid 0); 29 Mar 2013 21:54:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.7?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.197.206) by 0 with ESMTPA; 29 Mar 2013 21:54:22 -0000 From: Chris Zwar Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_89A5E664-BF64-41A6-987C-802540FD2DFE" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Replace PSD footage easily? Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:54:19 +1100 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" , "Anders Sundstedt" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) --Apple-Mail=_89A5E664-BF64-41A6-987C-802540FD2DFE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On 27/03/2013, at 1:48 AM, Anders Sundstedt = wrote: > One example is when the puppet mesh generated by the alpha does not = have to change, I may for example just have made sure to keep the new = PSD version layers within that puppet mesh, so all I want to do is swap = all layers in a comp at the same time rather than one by one. I like the puppet tool but I wouldn't want to trust it when swapping the = layer sources. Have you tried Duik? It's free and awesome. I haven't used it for a = few years and can only assume it keeps getting better. The results are = slightly different to the puppet tool - no smooth deformations - but it = is much easier to swap elements in and out: http://duduf.net/?page_id=3D151 Worth a look. -Chris= --Apple-Mail=_89A5E664-BF64-41A6-987C-802540FD2DFE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
On 27/03/2013, at 1:48 AM, Anders Sundstedt <sundstedt@hotmail.com> wrote:
One example is when the puppet mesh generated by the alpha does not have to change, I may for example just have made sure to keep the new PSD version layers within that puppet mesh, so all I want to do is swap all layers in a comp at the same time rather than one by one.

I like the puppet tool but I wouldn't want to trust it when swapping the layer sources.

Have you tried Duik?  It's free and awesome.  I haven't used it for a few years and can only assume it keeps getting better.  The results are slightly different to the puppet tool - no smooth deformations - but it is much easier to swap elements in and out:


Worth a look.


-Chris
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