Advanced Lightning


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Advanced Lightning
by Jim Ives on Jul 30, 2008 at 4:51:33 am

Hi Everyone!
Can anyone tell me why the advanced lightning dosen't animate? I do a ram preview and it dosen't "dance around" like the regular lightning effect. I even render part of the video and it still just sits there!

Thanks!
James Ives

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Re: Advanced Lightning
by Dave LaRonde on Jul 30, 2008 at 3:45:33 pm

In order for Advanced Lightning to animate, you have to create keyframes for various properties AND change their values over time, which creates keyframes elsewhere in the timeline.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Advanced Lightning
by Jim Ives on Jul 30, 2008 at 7:22:08 pm

Ok thanks I'll play with it and see if I can get it to work the way I want it too.

Thanks for the tip!

Jim

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Re: Advanced Lightning
by Dave LaRonde on Jul 30, 2008 at 8:29:32 pm

Good luck: using Advanced Lightning can be VERY tricky. Expect some challenges.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Advanced Lightning
by Christian Wheel on Jul 30, 2008 at 8:43:10 pm

For what it's worth, I *HIGHLY* recommend FXHome's PowerPlug plugin over the built-in AE lightning effects.

http://fxhome.com/powerplug/

----- Christian Wheel -----
Radio Host, 104.3 MyFM, Los Angeles
Audio Production & Imaging
MS Visual Studio Developer
After Effects Enthusiast

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Re: Advanced Lightning
by Jim Ives on Jul 30, 2008 at 9:18:15 pm

Wow I never knew about these plug ins. Thanks!

Jim

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