Return-Path: Received: from icp-osb-irony-out7.external.iinet.net.au ([203.59.1.224] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5400452 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:25:33 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiICAPQ4GlM6BjM8/2dsb2JhbAANTRaCLH+Ee6Z1jTqIXIEtgxkBAQEDAX4LCw0LLiE2BhMZh0wDCRWtfJsFDYcFF4xEgh6DJIEUBJRXgX4Bgx+FQIVxiQk X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,610,1389715200"; d="scan'208,217";a="498565377" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.1.1.5]) ([58.6.51.60]) by icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2014 05:26:05 +0800 From: Robert Davidson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D2F8D370-240F-4C34-A252-681C499D412B" Message-Id: <0C8A12DA-368D-42D2-BB2D-8D12E314D627@ozemail.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: [AE] How do I quickly rearrange a Sure Target 2 camera layout? Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 08:26:04 +1100 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) --Apple-Mail=_D2F8D370-240F-4C34-A252-681C499D412B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi Teddy, If I=92m understanding correctly=85.couldn=92t you just rename all the = targets (and option/drag to replace them), so that the order of = appearance is how the client wants it? Cheers, Rob On 8 Mar 2014, at 5:00 am, Teddy Gage wrote: > EDIT: > >instead of smoothly animation from where target 35 is in 3d space = over to where target 35 is, so the target order is VERY important.=20 >=20 > Meant to say: "instead of smoothly animating from where target 25 is = in 3d space over to where target 35 is, so the target order is VERY = important."=20 >=20 >=20 > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Teddy Gage = wrote: > So this may be a bit complicated to explain, but I will do my = best. I am coming to the end of a project where I did the whole layout = using Sure Target 2.0 (free plugin available from video copilot, it's a = life saver) in conjunction with Simple Camera Rig (plugin from = aescripts.com, but not really relevent to this), it has about 35 targets = (representing camera move positions) that are represented by 3D nulls. = You then plug these nulls into the plugin script and it automates camera = moves between targets with predefined settings. It makes a lot of issues = of working with AE's camera much faster. However, now the client has = asked for a section of the piece moved to the beginning of the video and = this really f***s up the whole layout.=20 >=20 > Because these targets are laid out in sequence numbered 1-35, in order = to retime the whole thing I'd either have to move every keyframe = denoting which target to hit, or rebuild the entire ordered number = sequence of targets. This is because if you set a keyframe for the = camera to animate between targets 25-35, it will hit every target in = sequence between those numbers, instead of smoothly animation from where = target 35 is in 3d space over to where target 35 is, so the target order = is VERY important.=20 >=20 > At this point I am thinking of simply cheating the middle section to = the beginning with a second camera in a precomp, while keeping the = overall target sequence order intact.=20 >=20 > To anyone not familiar with this plugin this may all sound like = nonsense, but would anyone familiar with Sure Target be able to offer = another idea? My brain is pretty fried on this one.=20 > -TG >=20 > --=20 > _____________________________ > VFX & Motion Graphic Artist > teddygage dot com >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > _____________________________ > VFX & Motion Graphic Artist > teddygage dot com Robert Davidson Multimedia Specialist 0419 211175 robdav@ozemail.com.au http://members.ozemail.com.au/~robdav/SiteRD/Welcome.html --Apple-Mail=_D2F8D370-240F-4C34-A252-681C499D412B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Hi = Teddy,
If I=92m understanding correctly=85.couldn=92t you just = rename all the targets (and option/drag to replace them), so that the = order of appearance is how the client wants it?
Cheers, = Rob


On 8 Mar 2014, at = 5:00 am, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> = wrote:

EDIT:
 >instead = of smoothly animation from where target 35 is in 3d space over to where = target 35 is, so the target order is VERY important. 

Meant to = say:  "instead of = smoothly animating from where target 25 is in 3d space over to where = target 35 is, so the target order is VERY important." 


On = Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
  =   So this may be a bit complicated to explain, but I will do my = best. I am coming to the end of a project where I did the whole layout = using Sure Target 2.0 (free plugin available from video copilot, it's a = life saver) in conjunction with Simple Camera Rig (plugin from aescripts.com, but = not really relevent to this), it has about 35 targets (representing = camera move positions) that are represented by 3D nulls. You then plug = these nulls into the plugin script and it automates camera moves between = targets with predefined settings. It makes a lot of issues of working = with AE's camera much faster. However, now the client has asked for a = section of the piece moved to the beginning of the video and this really = f***s up the whole layout. 

Because these targets are laid out in sequence numbered = 1-35, in order to retime the whole thing I'd either have to move every = keyframe denoting which target to hit, or rebuild the entire ordered = number sequence of targets. This is because if you set a keyframe for = the camera to animate between targets 25-35, it will hit every target in = sequence between those numbers, instead of smoothly animation from where = target 35 is in 3d space over to where target 35 is, so the target order = is VERY important. 

At this point I am thinking of simply cheating the = middle section to the beginning with a second camera in a precomp, while = keeping the overall target sequence order = intact. 

To anyone not familiar with this plugin this may all sound like = nonsense, but would anyone familiar with Sure Target be able to offer = another idea? My brain is pretty fried on this one. 
-TG

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