Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #50990
From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Please update Mesh Warp!
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:04:46 -0400
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Wouldn't this limitation be addressed with the feature of adding custom points? You could start with only the four corner points and add only the internal warp points you need,. Think Adobe Illustrator's gradient mesh functionality.

B
 
same here. 

actually my FR is to make mesh warp only warp on ROI so you could reduce the area to just what you wanted to mess with. this would  reduce the need for having to create a complex grid to a simple one just to touch a particular area of an image. 

and can you say CUDA/ OCL goodness and extend it to PP as well :)

S


On Sep 30, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com> wrote:

Great example! Needless to say I use Mesh Warp frequently. My design toolkit would benefit greatly from an improved version, so there's a third-party opportunity if Adobe can't manage it!

Brian

To Brian's note about people using Mesh Warp.  Another example is this silly project I VFX suped, where text needed to be changed on the big red buttons and exactly match what was shot.  Initially I started messing around with CC Cylinder and trying to match it up, match lens distortion, focal length, etc.  CC Cylinder got complicated and didn't work well for this application.  

I got them matched perfectly in 2 minutes using Mesh Warp:


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Rob Birnholz <absolutemotion@birnholz.com> wrote:
I just used it yesterday!

+1!

Rob Birnholz
Absolute Motion Graphics, Inc.
www.absolutemotiongraphics.com
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On Sep 30, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com> wrote:

> +1 from me!
>
>
>
>> On Sep 30, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Chris Biggs <christopher.biggs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I use mesh warp a lot when I'm working. It's great because I can start with a
>> basic corner pin and add more and more control.
>> Working for Walt Disney Imagineering, I've use it on Many rides (over 50 rides and attractions)
>> including the new "Mystic Manor" at Hong Kong Disneyland
>>
>> But it is also a pain in the tokhes sometimes.
>> Below is a list of added features that I think would make it a much stronger plug-in.
>>
>> • Arrow nudge selected points (Shift Key depressed 10x)
>> • Use layer mask as warp edge
>> • Lasso Selection of points
>> • Live update when moving a spline(GPU?)
>> • Don't deselect when using the hand tool to navigating in comp window
>> • Option Command click on a point to Lose or create a spline (Like with mask points)
>> •  Allow user to add a Row or Column where needed (i.e. click on an edge and where you click is a new line)
>> • Shift Hold to force move to right angles and Shift option to for 45° increments
>> • Select whole row or column by option click on a line, Add more wIth shift key
>> • A "reset selected points only" Option
>> • When adding lines or columns to a mesh Don't break splines (or just implement • 6)
>> • Add a Photoshop "Free Transform" type selection manipulator
>> • Allow more the 31 lines
>> • a Pref window to turn on or off features (if not in the control window)
>>
>> and yes I've submitted all these to Adobe wish list
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris
>> --
>> ---------------------------------------
>> R.Christopher Biggs
>> Digital Ronin
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