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[204.111.221.141]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id t31sm26304825yhp.13.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 21 Sep 2013 10:21:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <523DD59A.6040601@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:21:30 -0400 From: Bruce Wainer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Re[2]: [AE] Fractal Noise on Solid Not Sticking References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I still think you're missing a vital step - you need to have a precomp that solely consists of the solid with Fractal Noise applied. Any masking and tracking must be done *to* the precomp, not inside the precomp. Bruce On Saturday, September 21, 2013 1:09:40 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk wrote: > Brian, > > After reading yours, I thought THAT is going to be the fix. It didn't > work but I think I know the problem. It was an easy enough shot that > I manually tracked with just a mask so there are no corner pins. > > So, to recap, I took my layer, which is just a solid. This one does > NOT have the shine and that probably doesn't matter anyway. > > So, I removed my mask keyframes, along with effects applied, then > applied the effects first, then the corner pins back. It remains the > same. > > Now, I am not even sure I can make it work at all with this setup. > > Eric > > > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:17 PM, > wrote: > > I THINK you just have an effect-stacking issue here. If you apply > your Fractal Noise first, then apply the corner pins, then apply > Shine, it should all work fine. It does here, no pre-comping required. > However, if you apply the fractal noise after the geometry is > transformed, the noise is relative to the comp, not the layer. > Switch the stacking order around and see if that fixes it for you. > Brian > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" > > To: "After Effects Mail List" > > Sent: 9/21/2013 11:05:47 AM > Subject: Re: [AE] Fractal Noise on Solid Not Sticking >> And, that didn't work. I precomped my solid, then added the >> effect...no go. >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk >> > wrote: >> >> It's definitely a solid. I have a solid that I am using as a >> background, with the fractal noise on, then a separate solid >> with the Shine effect on. >> >> With regard to the "precomp it" response. It might just be >> procedural, but I had tried precomping my solid and it still >> moves. Maybe you mean before I add the noise. Hmm, let me >> try that. :) >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 10:59 AM, brian_maffitt >> > wrote: >> >> Any chance you accidentally enabled the "adjustment >> layer" button? >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" > > >> To: "After Effects Mail List" > > >> Sent: 9/21/2013 10:54:56 AM >> Subject: [AE] Fractal Noise on Solid Not Sticking >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've added a fractal noise to a solid, with Trapcode >>> Shine then added (not that this is important), and when >>> I animate the solid to move around to the scene, the >>> fractal noise remains in place which sort of ruins the >>> effect. >>> >>> Basically, I have a screen replacement for a laptop with >>> camera movement. The solid the replaces the screen and >>> is tracked for the movement. >>> >>> Any idea how to get this fractal noise to stick to the >>> solid for the same movement? Here is a still. >>> >>> http://s532.photobucket.com/user/kirkeric/media/FCScene544873.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Eric >>> >>> -- >>> *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* >>> *The Night Visitor | VFX* >>> *443.206.1347 >>> www.kirkproductions.com >>> kirkproductions@gmail.com >>> * >>> *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* >>> ** >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* >> *The Night Visitor | VFX* >> *443.206.1347 >> www.kirkproductions.com >> kirkproductions@gmail.com * >> *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* >> ** >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* >> *The Night Visitor | VFX* >> *443.206.1347 >> www.kirkproductions.com >> kirkproductions@gmail.com * >> *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* >> ** > > > > > -- > *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* > *The Night Visitor | VFX* > *443.206.1347 > www.kirkproductions.com > kirkproductions@gmail.com * > *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* > **