The second assertion adds a scaler allowing the effect to remain uniform if the scale of the text is subsequently adjusted.
#Geektyper plain update#
– After Effects CC 2014.2 (13.2): what’s new and changed in this update Returns a JavaScript object with four attributes: The values returned are calculated before effects and layer styles are applied. The sourceRectAtTime() method from the After Effects scripting API is now accessible in expressions as a read-only layer object attribute. You can now read the rectangle bounds of a layer’s content, including the corrected bounds of a text layer, for any time in a composition. The first line works with the recently added sourceRectAtTime() method, introduced in After Effects CC version 12.2. The results were terrible! No matter what I tried, the key was ineffective, and applying a feather didn’t help.Īdding expressions to the position property of the text layer
#Geektyper plain mp4#
I recorded typing on numerous background options, including a plain black background.Īfter importing the mp4 recording into After Effects, I attempted to key out the background.
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I recorded screen activity in GeekTyper and HackerTyper utilising liteCam HD. We had all presumed that producing the effect would be a straight forward matter of screen recording the code generation software in action, and then (chroma) keying out the background. It was to reflect the code being generated on the screen (in the footage) by the hacker. – My main effect – creating a typing code overlayĪll group members had agreed early on that we wanted to include a typing code effect to be placed over some of our recorded footage. An adjustment layer at the bottom of the layer stacking order has no visible result. Any effects applied to an adjustment layer affect all layers below it in the layer stacking order. However, an effect can exist independently if you create an adjustment layer for it. When you apply an effect to a layer, the effect applies only to that layer and no others. I needed to bring all of the layers across and place them in correct (stacking) relation to the footage the effects were applied to. The learning experience came when I tried to do the same with Piyumi’s security camera effect.Īs the composition contained adjustment layers, I couldn’t just add in the whole composition. As everyone had the most recent mp4 video export to work with, the effects also lined up perfectly when brought in to my timeline.įor the titles (credits) integration was as simple as adding the composition to the top layer of the main composition. Working from the same composition settings, I didn’t encounter any issues importing group member files.
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Some compositions were simply able to be dropped into the main composition as one layer, while others had to be broken down and integrated layer-by-layer in the correct order.
#Geektyper plain how to#
It is teaching me how to import and integrate various effects into the main composition. Managing the master file for the group is proving a great learning experience. My blog entry covers two of the tasks I am undertaking – management of the After Effects master file and generating my main effect. This week my group is continuing work on the compositing phase of our major assignment.