Return-Path: Received: from mail-lb0-f176.google.com ([209.85.217.176] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5060978 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 05 May 2013 02:27:40 +0200 Received: by mail-lb0-f176.google.com with SMTP id v20so2459188lbc.7 for ; Sat, 04 May 2013 17:36:22 -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=HPaQNcxwW5ByyvQhW58qWdqlgRX0wPvTpFwsiICQtbU=; b=m2LuD1PgKFX01ezf5OlJyHztT4cXo1wqvv4VUcGGnlSL/ko6g/jxT1F+lkmaKx/b+k I1GPLb98BhbNK5TyZx/CTg+jlrCfJi+q2ODYSHEuQjUCpE9vxcTSe2ACO0GY8uVrAKr8 W7hkTZSA9/3amJfn/Fvvb29pVuk04zSL6MmkaRICoF4O7nVqSzW1F9x70NtdSv39BNaH 5oTYuyjAvYCQJSlKjl+JtqFoeQb8ihKR3jOeBHW74j5YqSwn1SNGmhZh0KN+PImRSIci 5VFA2xI9ZXjRFCObfjTM0qSUdl0w3EsTqzcCq4OHkKP43E7oRKJZv4GNji7L0m1D4Vci 3kVw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.134.70 with SMTP id pi6mr6064431lbb.72.1367714181944; Sat, 04 May 2013 17:36:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.34.137 with HTTP; Sat, 4 May 2013 17:36:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 20:36:21 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Posterize a ramp From: Teddy Gage To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b3a8ac0f81cea04dbedc528 --047d7b3a8ac0f81cea04dbedc528 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If i understand you correctly, i think youre overthinking it. Just put a grid as a matte above each bar graph blocking out the discrete units. I dont see why you couldnt do this with audio to keyframe data. Or trapcode soundkeys On Saturday, May 4, 2013, adam mercado wrote: > I need to create a VU style meter with 6 discrete levels. > I looked at the Audio Spectrum and Audio Waveform effects, but neither of > those come close. > I searched Goole and found a few examples that use the Audio Amplitude > assistant, but that just wiggles the matte which creates thin slivers of > meter instead of discrete chunks. > Is there a way to posterise to absolute values the scale/volume or > whatever property would be needed to control the visibility of the matted > layer? > > *Adam Mercado* > Influxx Media Production > Fullerton, CA > > Moving Images. For Business > *714=B0928=B09896* > http://www.influxx.com > http://www.twitter.com/influxx > http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx > http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive > http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx > > > > > > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --047d7b3a8ac0f81cea04dbedc528 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If i understand you correctly, i think youre overthinking it. Just put a gr= id as a matte above each bar graph blocking out the discrete units.=A0 I dont see why you couldnt do this with audio to keyframe data. Or= trapcode soundkeys

On Saturday, May 4, 2013, adam mercado wrote:
I need to create a VU style meter with 6 discrete levels.=A0
I looked a= t the Audio Spectrum and Audio Waveform effects, but neither of those come = close.
I searched Goole and found a few examples that use the Aud= io Amplitude assistant, but that just wiggles the matte which creates thin = slivers of meter instead of discrete chunks.=A0
Is there a way to posterise to absolute values the scale/volume or wha= tever property would be needed to control the visibility of the matted laye= r?

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Fullerton,= CA

Moving Images. For Business
714= =B0928=B09896



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