Return-Path: Received: from p3plwbeout04-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.224] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5061002 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Sun, 05 May 2013 04:18:06 +0200 Received: from localhost ([72.167.218.245]) by p3plwbeout04-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with bizsmtp id Y2Sm1l0035JG3DC012SmXq; Sat, 04 May 2013 19:26:46 -0700 X-SID: Y2Sm1l0035JG3DC01 Received: (qmail 25194 invoked by uid 99); 5 May 2013 02:26:45 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-IP: 75.83.121.31 User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 5.6.38 Message-Id: <20130504192644.89259f98f291d771214680e8971719cb.750d4c30c6.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> From: "Robert W. Walker" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: RE: [AE] Posterize a ramp Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 19:26:44 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 The matte grid won't do what he wants - I think - because he wants to=0Aqua= ntize the values so that each segment is either on or off, not=0Apartially = illuminated. Sounds like something Dan Ebberts could cook up,=0Abut way be= yond my ability to execute with expressions.=0A=0AHopefully one of the mast= er expressionists on the list can chime in.=0A=0ARobert W. Walker=0ALos Ang= eles=0A=0A=0A> -------- Original Message --------=0A> Subject: Re: [AE] Pos= terize a ramp=0A> From: Teddy Gage =0A> Date: Sat, May= 04, 2013 8:36 pm=0A> To: "After Effects Mail List" =0A> =0A> =0A> If i understand you correctly, i think youre overthinking = it. Just put a=0A> grid as a matte above each bar graph blocking out the di= screte units. I=0A> dont see why you couldnt do this with audio to keyfram= e data. Or trapcode=0A> soundkeys=0A> =0A> On Saturday, May 4, 2013, adam m= ercado wrote:=0A> =0A> > I need to create a VU style meter with 6 discrete = levels.=0A> > I looked at the Audio Spectrum and Audio Waveform effects, bu= t neither of=0A> > those come close.=0A> > I searched Goole and found a few= examples that use the Audio Amplitude=0A> > assistant, but that just wiggl= es the matte which creates thin slivers of=0A> > meter instead of discrete = chunks.=0A> > Is there a way to posterise to absolute values the scale/volu= me or=0A> > whatever property would be needed to control the visibility of = the matted=0A> > layer?=0A> >=0A> > *Adam Mercado*=0A> > Influxx Media Prod= uction=0A> > Fullerton, CA=0A> >=0A> > Moving Images. For Business=0A> > *7= 14=C2=B0928=C2=B09896*=0A> > http://www.influxx.com=0A> > http://www.twitte= r.com/influxx=0A> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx=0A> > http://influxx= .tumblr.com/archive=0A> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx=0A> >=0A> >= =0A> >=0A> >=0A> >=0A> >=0A> =0A> -- =0A> Animator & Editor=0A> www.teddyga= ge.com=0A> Brooklyn