Child Tracking Part 2
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In this video tutorial, Creative COW contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to use the track a child expression to create an interesting title sequence in Adobe After Effects. |
Comments | | | | Both Part 1 & 2 were awesome tutorials Carl; I find I have been gravitating to these fundamental tutorials far more than shattering glass and explosions; these two alone will help me better understand camera tracking too. Great work! | | | | |
| | | | wow this tutorial is great im just new to after effects and ive been looking at a lot of theses tutorials on the website, just used this tutorial to create a intro to a video for my church, thanks a lot man, great work :) | | | | |
| | | | This was great Carl, I like the way you first teached us the theory and than showed in a real life example.
Thanks!
Gyorfi
www.bluefx.net | | | | |
| | | | Taken from Adobe mask attributes and methods expression reference:
You can link Mask Path properties to other path properties (paths in a shape layer and brush strokes), but the properties are not accessible for direct numerical manipulation through expressions. | | | | |
| | | | Hmm...
When mask paths get animated, there must just be an array/s with the coordinates. All you would have to do is know the structure of the array and insert the toWorld code in the right spot.
I'd guess it's simple, but I don't know the syntax. | | | | |
| | | | For general animation, you can animate the position of any vertex by keyframing the mask path property of a mask on a solid, or by keyframing the path parameter of a shape layer.
Unfortunately, I am not aware of a way to link an expression to the position of an individual vertex on a shape layer. | | | | |
| | | | Nice - as soon as I wrote that last night I went and tried it with beam!
But now my curiosity is peaked - are there any other shapes that can have vertices animated individually?
And thanks for the tutorials, Carl. Great series.
Kevin | | | | |
| | | | Kevin -
I didn't use a shape layer - instead I "cheated" and used the beam effect. | | | | |
| | | | Awesome tutorial, sir.
I'm trying to figure out how the sweet demo graphic at the beginning was made. The point showing two planets connected by a straight line as they both orbit the sun.
I would track both planets to either end of an open path, but what parameter of the shape is that?
Anybody?
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| | | | Excellent tutorial! Very good looking title build. | | | | |
| | | | Chris, Frank,
Thanks for the comments. It's always fun putting these together. I'm glad you're enjoying the tutorials.
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| | | | Carl, awesome tutorial. Loving your stuff. You give a really practical and stylistic application for these techniques. | | | | |
| | | | Great tutorial and a really nice animation.
I havent seen part 1 already, so thats the next thing I am going to do...
Than you very much and please show sus more of this stuff ;) | | | | |
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