From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from atl4mhob09.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.47] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5555988 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 03:24:25 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.209]) by atl4mhob09.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7O1OPl4025507 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:24:25 -0400 Received: (qmail 14789 invoked by uid 0); 24 Aug 2014 01:24:25 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 60.225.102.245 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.9?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.102.245) by 0 with ESMTPA; 24 Aug 2014 01:24:24 -0000 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E2698F10-9FA6-4D6C-92FF-A2312D5AEF8B" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Scale makes layers disappear behind other layers Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:24:28 +1000 References: To: After Effects email list Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) --Apple-Mail=_E2698F10-9FA6-4D6C-92FF-A2312D5AEF8B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Can only think to check the anchor point z value is 0, and that you=92re = only scaling the x & y axis. If the z value for the anchor point is not = 0, and you=92re scaling the z axis, then everything will shift in z = space and your layers won=92t be where you think they are. -Chris On 24 Aug 2014, at 9:40 am, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: > Okay, I admit not a normal setup, but I have a 3 Precomps 20,000 x = 8000 precomp with 4 tiled bitmap layers (my usual workflow due to AE=92s = frame buffer limitations) set to 3D for collapse transformations. In my = main comp, with camera parented to null. Precomps are arranged in = Z-space for multiplane photoanimation but when I scale them to match = original photograph =96 at certain seemingly arbitrary scale percentages = they vanish behind a layer that is thousands of pixel behind the layer = being scaled. > =20 > I=92ve setup similar comps many hundreds of times and not observed = this before =96 checked does it in CC and CC 2014. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick --Apple-Mail=_E2698F10-9FA6-4D6C-92FF-A2312D5AEF8B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Can = only think to check the anchor point z value is 0, and that you=92re = only scaling the x & y axis.  If the z value for the anchor = point is not 0, and you=92re scaling the z axis, then everything will = shift in z space and your layers won=92t be where you think they = are.

-Chris

On 24 = Aug 2014, at 9:40 am, Stephen van Vuuren <AE-List@media-motion.tv> = wrote:

Okay, I admit not a = normal setup, but I have a 3 Precomps 20,000 x 8000 precomp with 4 tiled = bitmap layers (my usual workflow due to AE=92s frame buffer limitations) = set to 3D for collapse transformations. In my main comp, with camera = parented to null. Precomps are arranged in Z-space for multiplane = photoanimation but when I scale them to match original photograph =96 at = certain seemingly arbitrary scale percentages they vanish behind a layer = that is thousands of pixel behind the layer being = scaled.
 
I=92ve = setup similar comps many hundreds of times and not observed this before = =96 checked does it in CC and CC 2014.
 
stephen van = vuuren
336.202.4777
 
 
A film is = =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It should be a = progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the = emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
=96Stanley = Kubrick

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