From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from atl4mhob15.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.53] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5562329 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:47:03 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.211]) by atl4mhob15.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s81Bl3SA028762 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 07:47:03 -0400 Received: (qmail 6805 invoked by uid 0); 1 Sep 2014 11:47:03 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 60.225.102.245 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.68?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.102.245) by 0 with ESMTPA; 1 Sep 2014 11:47:02 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Z depth compositing with Particular Message-Id: <79C32533-237B-4C77-B96C-AD65BF4EEABB@chriszwar.com> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:47:02 +1000 To: After Effects email list Mail List Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) I=92ve just posted a new video tutorial that shows how to generate a = z-depth map from Particular (and Form) and then composite multiple = layers together. I thought it was worth sharing: = http://provideocoalition.com/czwar/story/z-depth-compositing-with-particul= ar-part-1 I know there are other articles and tutorials that show how to use the = z-buffer feature in Particular to read a z-depth map that=92s been = generated by a 3D app, but I haven=92t seen any that show how to create = one from within Particular and use it to combine multiple layers of = Particular together. =20 It=92s something I=92ve used on a few projects and it=92s a really = useful technique to know. -Chris