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sara_qq
06-04-2004, 04:32 PM
is there any tutorial how to render animations and then use the z depth in after effects?

i render as rla, chech zdepth in render globals but then...


also...what i really want to use is fluids but i dont know if i render some clouds for example and then in AE add some elements like text, they will appear smoothly from the clouds.

thanks in advance.
sara_qq
06-07-2004, 11:38 AM
anyone?
garodesign
06-08-2004, 04:43 PM
thats a good question...i hope someone answers it !!!!!!!!!

I would like to add to this question...
How do you only select certain things within ur scene to render instaed of the rest of the scene??
hensleyb
06-16-2004, 06:32 PM
You are on the right track with the RLA file. Import it into AE and apply the 3D channel Extract filter to it. Set the 3D channel to Z depth. I had to drop the Black and white points way down. I used 1.0 for the black point and 0 for white. Then I applied the levels fitler to help control the forground denstiy. For more info check out Creating Motion Gaphics Volume 2: Advanced Techniques by Chris and Trish Meyer. I hope this helps.
Bpanting
06-16-2004, 06:43 PM
How do you only select certain things within ur scene to render instaed of the rest of the scene??

Put the objects you want on a seperate render layer. That way you can choose the layers you want to render.
lazzhar
06-16-2004, 09:08 PM
This doesnt help?
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/ae_zdepth/
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