After Effects CC 2014 change color?

The new interface is based on blue, in some parts.
The color changes in some way?
I use Windows.

No. Search the forum and the internet. This has been discussed ad nauseum.
Mylenium

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Why is Dynamic Link between Premiere Pro CC 2014 and After Effects CC 2014 not syncing audio changes?

When I try to use a Dyamic Link between something I've cut in Premiere and a composition in After Effects, if it is simply an audio level change it will not update in AE. Only if I alter the Video track does it then take the changes reflected. Any suggestions as to what is causing this?
Running Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 and After Effects CC 2014.

As Dave alludes, AfterEffects is all about the visual changes ... or at least, mostly. For changes to the audio outside of PrPro's internal controls, highly suggested you use Audition instead. It is all about the sound ... and yes, will update PrPro when used correctly.
Neil

No Refreshed Interface Design in After Effects CC 2014

Sort of an odd question, but how do you change the interface design in After Effects CC 2014 to be the new "Refreshed Interface Design"? Like with the blue text color, borders, and different look panels (as seen in the first image linked). I updated to Adobe After Effects CC 2014 yesterday, and for some reason, my interface design has not changed at all. Is there somewhere in preferences where I can change this? I would appreciate any help, thanks.
What it is supposed to look like:
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/whats-new/_jcr_content/main-pars/image_1.img.pn g/ae-interface.png
What my After Effects looks like:
http://puu.sh/dfYbm/aa366e60fd.png

Your second image shows After Effects CC 2014 (13.0). The new UI comes with After Effects CC 2014 (13.1).
I'm curious about how, exactly, you installed the software, since you should have gotten After Effects CC 2014 (13.1.1) if you installed from the Creative Cloud service.

Bridge CC no compatible with the new After Effects CC 2014 ?

Hi, I'm updating the Adobe suite (CC 2014) .but After Effects CC 2014 no longer works with the old Bridge CC (there is no update of Bridge). Since "browse presets" in After Effects when choosing a preset (dissolves etc) there is an error message:
"After Effects error: can not import file" Entries lum.-marq.calque.ffx "unsupportedfiletype or extension (0 :: 1). With all presets.
I tried on other computers with other adobe updated it makes such licenses except with the old version of adobe after effects (after CC effects) I tried too to change language of Bridge and After effects (beharps this is a langage compatibility problem) but the problem is the same.
So I think the new version after effects CC 2014 is not compatible with the presets adobe bridge CC ??
How can I do? I have to go through the old version of after to apply a preset Bridge? I can not even download it in cloud creativ ... there is only the new version of after effects...

You need to ask in Community: Premiere Pro | Adobe Community but do not expect Adobe to discuss future plans
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform for bug reports or feature requests
This forum is about the Cloud as a delivery process, not about using individual programs
If you start at the Forums Index https://forums.adobe.com/welcome
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says All communities) to open the drop down list and scroll
Also, this is an OPEN forum, not Adobe support... please do not post personal information

After Effects CC 2014 crashing on startup

I downloaded the trial version of After Effects. By downloading it, it activated a 30-day trial. However, every time I try to start up the program, it gives me an error and crashes. I read on the forums issues about fonts and OpenGL, but it doesn't even give me detailed information on the crash. Anybody able to give me a bit of an assist on this? I use Adobe Design and Web Premium CS6 on my PC. I primarily use Sony Vegas for my video work, however I was sent a file on AE and rather than get in contact with the client to have them resend it in .veg, I figured I could download the trial and open it there. No such luck. I've finished the work, but now this AE issue is just bugging me. I am interested in trying it, but if I can't get into the trial, it really curbs my interest in the program.
What exact version of After Effects? Include the minor version number---e.g., After Effects CC (12.2.1) or After Effects CS6 (11.0.4). Do not just say "After Effects with the latest updates" or "After Effects CC"; give the specific version number.
     After Effects CC 2014.2 (13.2)    (Creative Cloud says it is up to date, so I'm assuming it is 13.2)
Have you installed the recent updates? (If not, you should. They fix a lot of problems.)
     Yes. Creative Cloud says After Effects is up to date.
What operating system? This should include specific minor version numbers, like "Mac OSX v10.6.8"---not just "Mac".
     Windows 7 Ultimate
If you are getting error message(s), what is the full text of the error message(s)?
     After Effects error: Crash in progress. Last logged message was: <5640> <GPUManager> <2> Sniffer Result Code: 3
     After Effects can't continue: sorry, After Effects has crashed. For After Effects Help and Support, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_support. If you still can't resolve      the issue, please contact Adobe Technical Support (2).
     ( 0 :: 42 )
     [[Note that the last logged message number changes every time i try to open the program. <5696> <3564> <10968> <10884> and so on]]
What were you doing when the problem occurred? What is the exact sequence of steps that you are taking?
     Happens whenever I open After Effects via Shortcut, Start Menu, Program Files, or through Creative Cloud
Has this ever worked before? If this worked before by doesn't work now, what has changed on your computer in the intervening time?
     Has never worked in the four days I have had the trial active
Tell us about your computer hardware. Include CPU type and number of processor cores, amount of RAM installed, GPU, number and sizes of connected monitors, number of disk drives, and how any external drives are connected.
     Windows 7 Ultimate
     ASUS Z87 Plus
     INTEL I7-4770K @ 3.50GHz
     NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
     4x 4GB 2rx8 pc3-10600u
     2TB SATA III 7200 RPM 3.5" HARD DRIVE
     Coolmax Zu-800B 800 WATT PLUS POWER SUPPLY
     Corsair h100i Liquid Cooling
     No disk drives
     23" ASUS PB238Q Monitor
     No External Drives
     (Originally built as a gaming PC, it has instead turned into my primary work PC)
What versions of drivers for your graphics hardware do you have installed (including CUDA driver and driver for display adapter)?
     NVidia GeForce 320.49
Do you have any third-party I/O hardware (e.g., AJA, Matrox, Blackmagic, MOTU)?
     None
What kind(s) of source footage? When telling about your source footage, tell us about the codecs, not just the container types. For example, "H.264 in a .mov container", not just "QuickTime".
     N/A
Do you have QuickTime installed. (You should.) If so, what version? The answer should be specific, such as "QuickTime 7.6.2".
     QuickTime 7.7.6
What other software are you running?
     None at the time of running AE
Do you have any third-party effects or codecs installed?
     Not to my knowledge
Are you using OpenGL features in After Effects?
     N/A
Does the problem only happen with your final output, RAM preview, or both?
     N/A
Are you using Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing?
     N/A
Are you using the ray-traced 3D renderer?
     N/A
If the problem is with output, give your exact output settings (both render setting and output module settings). Screenshots help.
     N/A

Do you have Service Pack 1 for Windows 7? It's listed in the system requirements for CC 2014. If you don't have SP1, AE won't run.
That GPU sniffer error message is usually what happens. This should be a simple fix! Of course, you should always take the normal precautions when updating an OS, but still...

After effects CC 2014 transparency properties of pre comps, collapse transformation on, no longer keyframeable???!!!

Hey there,
lately I'm using After effects CC 2014. Now I had to make the experience, after optimizing (collapse transformation) the pre comp, the global property transparency is no longer working.
I can make keyframes but the pre comp acts like my easy ease keyframes are hold keyframes. Btw if the collapse transformation button is unchecked it works fine but than i don't have the optimization features. It's a catch 22. Sure, I can go into my pre comp and set the keyframes there, but this is pretty annoying and seriously not the way to work.
So is that a bug in CC 2014?
Help is needed.
Computer specs:
Mac osX 10.9.4
2 x 2,4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB
Thanks for any advice
Gwen

Layer styles render in a different order so lots of things can get fouled up with you use them. They are still usable in complex situations, you just have to apply them in the right place in your composite. I've never found a situation where I needed a Layer Style and another effect that I have not been able to work around the limitation.
There are other things that change the render order. After Effects only does one thing at a time. The basic render order is listed right in the timeline view. Here's a sample.
Basic effect with Layer Style turned off:
First Mask 1 is applied to the layer, then Mask 2 is subtracted creating the hole
Then Fast Blur is applied, then Bevil Edges to create the button with the soft edges
Then the Transform controls take over and the anchor point is evaluated, the position reported, then the scale, then the rotation, and finally the opacity
Then the Layer Style is applied.
In my button design I want to apply a stroke to the button so that I looks like this but with the soft base and a stroke on the inside hole:
But, as you can see I had to turn off the Fast Blur to get the stroke to work because the Layer Style Stroke is calculated from the alpha channel, which fast blur has made 76 pixels wide so with Fast Blur on I get this:
The solution to my problem is to pre-compose and add the layer style to the pre-comp, then use an adjustment layer with masks for the fast blur to get what I wanted in the first place:
So here's what AE is doing with the final project.
The background layer is rendered
The pre comp is added to the mix
Inside the pre-comp the layer is rendered
Mask 1 is added to give rounded corners
Mask 2 is subtracted to punch the hole
Layer styles are applied to add the stroke
Back in the main comp the pre-comp is rendered
Bevel Edges is applied to the pre-comp using the alpha chanel
Now the adjustment layer is added to the mix
Mask 1 is added and this limits the area in the underlying layers where effects applied to the adjustment layer will work
Mask 2 is subtracted from the adjustment layer poking a hole in the effects
The fast Blur is added blurring only the bottom edge of the button
There you have it. An in depth tutorial on the rendering order in AE and how to use nesting and pre-comps to reorder effects to get what you want.

After Effects CC (2014) MacPro Performance??

I just installed the new After Effects CC (2014) on my 2013 MP with 2 D700s. I am not noticing any significant difference from the previous version of AE. GPUs are still showing as 2GB of VRAM (see below). I dropped in a 5K (5120x2700) R3D clip into a 1080p comp, scaled to width and tried to move the playhead, let alone play and it is extremely sluggish (media is on a G-Raid). Even at "low" debayer and 1/4 res I seem to max out at 20fps without ram previewing. Mercury Transmit is off, both "Viewer Quality" options are set to "Faster". Even with a 1080p ProResHQ file I can't get realtime playback without ram previewing.
What I can do to fix this?
"GPU Information"
Fast Draft:
Available
Texture Memory:
818.00 MB
Ray-tracing:
CPU
(GPU not available - incompatible device or CUDA driver)
OpenGL
Vendor:
ATI Technologies Inc.
Device:
AMD Radeon HD - FirePro D700 OpenGL Engine
Version:
2.1 ATI-1.20.11
Total Memory:
2.00 GB
Shader Model:
CUDA
Driver Version:
1.0 (5.0 or later required)
Devices:
Current Usable Memory:
Maximum Usable Memory:
System Details:
MacPro 5,1
3.5GHz 6-core
32GB Ram
AMD D700 GPUs
OS X 10.9.2
Single, 1920x1080 display connected.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Tim,
Thank you for the replies.
Is this to say that to simply play a quicktime video file (no effects or adjustments made) in After Effects the expected behaviour is that it must be RAM previewed?
This is how After Effects currently works. It hasn't changed in many years. You can initiate playback without RAM Preview (press spacebar), but the playback speed will depend on how fast the frames can be cached to memory for playback, and will very likely not be real-time except for the simplest of comps.
This is exactly the change that I am looking for. In my opinion, "the simplest of comps" would be things like "a comp with a QT file and no effects/adjustments", "an Illustrator file moving in the example of a credit roll". Hopefully this will all be improved upon in future releases. I am looking forward to seeing them.
As per the After Effects blog post a few months ago about future improvements all that I (and I am confident that the majority of users will agree) would like to see is for After Effects to be significantly faster (think the improvement to the "search" feature in Premiere).
We also want to make After Effects faster. As I mentioned, we are currently focused on performance-related improvements to After Effects. The blog post you referenced was written while we were in the middle of developing the After Effects CC 2014 (13.0) release, and beginning to think about our next release. A side note here: performance in After Effects includes both rendering performance and interactive performance; that is, how fast After Effects allows you to work.
I will anxiously await these updates. As a note: I feel that interactive performance is a higher priority than rendering performance.
During the CC2014 release presentation on video there were multiple references to "not waiting for renders", except this is exactly what you have to do when working in After Effects.
Can you be more specific about what context you saw this in? Can you provide a link? "Not waiting for renders" is a fairly generic statement, so context is important. It may have been used in connection with the new text templates feature in After Effects CC 2014, which allows faster workflows between Premiere Pro and After Effects, or with Dynamic Link in general. Otherwise, I need to know how that phrase was used in order to understand your perception of it.
Yes, the context was always in relation to either dynamic linking with PPro, or Direct linking betweens PPro and SpeedGrade. However, the overall impression I got was that Adobe's goal with the video applications was to improve the interactive performance so that users can focus more on being creative and less on waiting for the software.
Could you please also address the issue of After Effects still recognizing the MacPro GPUs as having 2GB of memory instead of 12GB?
We have a bug open on this and are investigating.
Thank you. I was really hoping that the 2014 release would fix this, but understand that it is likely quite complicated and there are many other improvements/bug fixes that the team is working on. Are there any updates on when this expected? Is this effecting performance or just simply the readout in After Effects' GPU information.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to address all of these concerns and am looking forward to the continued updates to the entire CC video suite.

After Effects CC 2014 - removal of H.264, MPEG-2, WMV, FLV, F4V, and SWF exporters - WHY !?

While reading the features of AfterEffects CC2014, I noticed the following:
"removal of H.264, MPEG-2, WMV, FLV, F4V, and SWF exporters from After Effects"
THAT IS IS REDICULOUS!!
NO FLV !?!?
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT USERS TO IMPORT INTO FLASH ??
IF no FLV export is available under After Effects CC 2014, there is NO WAY to EMBED an flv into flash !! (Linking is NOT always what is wanted!!)
NO H264 !?!?!
HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY ?!!?!?
YOU BREAK WORKFLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS REDICULOUS!!!
Any chance of restoring such features so that it makes updating to it worthwhile ?

To date I've primarily been a Photoshop user and have dealt with years of mystifying UX and workflow changes, features that are useless to me added, and critical ones taken away (I'm looking at you Bridge, you worthless piece of garbage). Then, to add insult to injury, Adobe forum mods telling me I'm doing it wrong and should be jumping through more hoops to achieve the same results. Now, with AE becoming a bigger part of my work, I am sad to find, that the same culture of disconnected arrogance and myopia prevails on the AE dev team.
"Oh um user, you really want to be going through AME, because um technically speaking there have been many problems with the H.264 and MPEG-2 exporters in After Effects"
Oh really? Tell me more about my job. Tell me about my experiences exporting these formats directly from AE. Tell me how my client views my content, is it on a Mac, or a PC? Maybe it's on his phone, or her iPad. What kind of phone is it though? Tell me at what point in my process it's ideal to render. Tell me about other tasks I'm performing. Tell me about the resolution and the bit-rate my files should play at. Tell me the final application I will be using the footage. Probably broadcast right? Or is it web? Or is it PowerPoint? Wait, what if there is no final output? What if it's just pre-vis for some other application?
Tell me how to win over my clients; what's the correct method of presentation to engage them most impactfully? Tell me about how much time I have to render massive video files. Is it more time efficient due to the nature of my composite to render once because my file is super shallow and will render quickly or is it more efficient to render twice because my file is extremely complex with hundreds of layers?
That the deprecated formats were hidden away in the preferences menu is dumb and annoying. That this same preference would then be removed is despicable and petty and is further confirmation that Adobe has contempt for me as a user.

After Effects CC 2014 can't open my project anymore

Hello,
I was working on a project last night, saved my work, and this morning cannot open my project files. Here are reproduction steps:
1. Launch AE CC 2014
2. File > Open Project >
3. Select AEP
4. Nothing happens
There is no error message, no dialogue boxes, no warnings. Nothing happens. I have tried resetting my AE CC 2014 preferences, restarting my box, and tried importing the project file into a fresh AE project with no change in results (a folder does show up, but contains no data). Auto-saved AEP's also contain no data.
Here are my machine specs:
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Processor 2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 80 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB
After Effects CC 2014 2014.1.1 Release - v13.1.1.3
Anyone else run into this issue, or have any thoughts on how to solve this? Thanks for your time.

We need waaaaaaay more information. Here's the stock request for info to provide: FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?
And here are essential particulars:
Win or Mac? Exactly which version?
Version of Premiere Pro -- the exact number as shown in the About box.
What exactly happens when you try to open the project? Do you get an error message? Does Premiere crash? Hang?
How exactly are you attempting to open it? By double-clicking on the project file? By launching Premiere and selecting the project from the list of recently opened ones? ...
Can you create a new project?

After Effects CC 2014 not scrubbing audio

Hey, I'm using After Effects CC 2014, and none of the usual shortcuts are scrubbing audio (I've tried command-drag, ctrl-drag, and alt-drag). I'm not sure where the problem is. Is there something new I'm not aware of or some kind of preview setting that I need to adjust?
Edit: When I scrub the audio, the volume levels change in the audio panel, but no sound is produced. When I do a RAM preview, the sound is there.

I have 13.1.1.3, I'm running OS 10.9.5, and which system specs would be relevant? Just the hardware overview?

Setting AEP Documents to Open by Default with Adobe After Effects CC NOT Adobe After Effect CC 2014 on a Mac

I have installed some of the CC 2014 products for testing. Until the rest my department moves from CC to CC 2014 I need to open and create new projects in CC as the CC 2014 AEP's won't open in other versions.
The issue is when I try to change the file association, in the Get Info inspector, from "Adobe After Effects CC.app" to "Adobe After Effects CC 2014.app" and hit "Change All" it always reverts back to CC 2014. I have tried this as an administrator and even when logged in as administrator. It is like Creative Cloud overrides it. You can do one at a time but you cannot set the default.
I would like to "roll back" my file associations for AE and PS to CC but I don't want to uninstall the 2014 versions if possible as I have already install many plug-ins, license keys, scripts, etc. and everything is working fine within the apps. Is it possible?
Thanks for any help.

Zenco Havoc wrote:
Its because of my graphics card.
That makes no sense at all. CC 2014 is available in the Creative Cloud App. Just download it. The system requirements for both are the same. IF CC runs, CC 2014 will.

Magic Bullet Looks Error in After Effects CC 2014 (Latest)

My PC specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30Hz 2.30Hz
RAM: 4.00GB
System Type: 64-Bit
This is for Adobe(R) After Effects(R) CC - 2014.1.1 Release (Version 13.1.1.13
I didn't get this issue when i was using Adobe After Effects CC (Version 12.2) instead of After Effects CC 2014 (Version 13.1.13)
Here is the issue:
When i add Magic Bullet Looks onto my clip and then press edit:
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It brings up the "Looks Builder" window:
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After i hover over or click on a preset from the "Looks" tab and then after effects says "Not Responding" and I also get an error message saying "After Effects error: crash occured while invoking effect plug-in "Magic Bullet Looks.":
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Please respond as soon as possible
Thank you,
Thifyan123

By the way i am extremely sorry for my the name "Jimmy Savile" it was my friend who did it . And I don't know how to change it. I'm sorry if it offends you.

After Effects CC 2014 - Crash on launch

At first - I've read all topics with that problem , and it doesn't work correctly.
I bought After Effects as Single Application yesterday. And I'm very sad, because of this problem. Can anyone help me?
I've tried this - CC Applications crash immediately after launch . It did not make any difference.
I can see the work space of After Effects at start for a slit second before crash. And then my window are makins smaller with crash. But it doesn't save any crash logs. I tried to fix it.
I've reinstalled program something about 5-6 times. I used Cleaner Tool too...
If I opened the topic in wrong way - sorry. I'm new here. Please, if u can - help me !
Greets.

Okay, sorry and thanks for the reply.
What exact version of After Effects? Include the minor version number---e.g., After Effects CC (12.2.1) or After Effects CS6 (11.0.4). Do not just say "After Effects with the latest updates" or "After Effects CC"; give the specific version number.
Have you installed the recent updates? (If not, you should. They fix a lot of problems.)
What operating system? This should include specific minor version numbers, like "Mac OSX v10.6.8"---not just "Mac".
If you are getting error message(s), what is the full text of the error message(s)?
What were you doing when the problem occurred? What is the exact sequence of steps that you are taking?
Has this ever worked before? If this worked before by doesn't work now, what has changed on your computer in the intervening time?
Tell us about your computer hardware. Include CPU type and number of processor cores, amount of RAM installed, GPU, number and sizes of connected monitors, number of disk drives, and how any external drives are connected.
What versions of drivers for your graphics hardware do you have installed (including CUDA driver and driver for display adapter)?
Do you have any third-party I/O hardware (e.g., AJA, Matrox, Blackmagic, MOTU)?
What kind(s) of source footage? When telling about your source footage, tell us about the codecs, not just the container types. For example, "H.264 in a .mov container", not just "QuickTime".
Do you have QuickTime installed. (You should.) If so, what version? The answer should be specific, such as "QuickTime 7.6.2".
What other software are you running?
Do you have any third-party effects or codecs installed?
Are you using OpenGL features in After Effects?
Does the problem only happen with your final output, RAM preview, or both?
Are you using Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing?
Are you using the ray-traced 3D renderer?
If the problem is with output, give your exact output settings (both render setting and output module settings). Screenshots help.
After Effects CC 2014 (13.2 or 13.0)
I've instaled recent updates
Windows 7 Home Premium
I'm not getting any error messages
It isn't worked before.
Ram = 8GB
CPU Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2,50 GHz
One monitor, disc drive.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
I have the newest drivers.
I have QuickTime (newest).
I'm running skype/chrome like other software.
I'm using OpenGL.
I'm not using Ray Traced 3D,( because my After Effect don't work correctly).
I think that's enough.

After Effects CC or After Effects CC(2014) - which to use?

I'm sure many of you have came across this issue with Creative Cloud that for some reason there are 2 version of every software - CC and a CC(2014) version.
It appears that the 2014 version is the most up to date for AE, however I was under the impression that the software would simply update continuously as CC. Can anyone clear up for me please which versions to run as default as its quite a nuisance having to update 2 versions for every Adobe programme. And now that we are into 2015 will the 2014 versions be phased out, or updated to 2015?

The current version is After Effects CC 2014 (13.2). You can keep After Effects CC (12.2.1) around if you like; there are a couple of features that we removed from the new version that a small number of people want to keep the older version around for.
See the section "Why a new major version, not just a minor version update?" here for an explanation of why we sometimes put out a new version, not just an update :
migrating settings and plug-ins for After Effects CC 2014 (13.0)
Details of what's new and changed in each version are here:
http://adobe.ly/DVA_updates

Custom Pixel Aspect Ratio (After Effects CC 2014)

Hi All,
How do you create a custom Pixel Aspect Ratio for After Effects CC 2014. I need a PAR of 3.3, as it would help me solve a technical problem i've been having with projection mapping.
I've tried editing the Interpretation Rules.txt file which was hidden within the Users\Appdata\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\13.1 Folder. To remove the last # so i can at least see that I can set up a custom PAR.
But it doesn't appear in the drop down menu when creating a comp, or interpreting footage.
I've also made the same change to the Interpretation Rules.txt file in the Premiere PRO CC 2014\Plug-ins\en_US\ folder.
And I've restarted my PC after changes just incase Media Core wasn't updating itself properly.
I can see the Custom PAR as an export option out of Media Encoder. But thats not what i need. I need to be able to correct a render which had a PAR of 3.3 without losing pixel information, much like an Anamorphic workflow.
Anyway, Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Evan

Hi Rick,
You're right, it's no known PAR... completely arbitrary and custom to this particular job. I'll run you through my process.
I have a projection surface (a basketball court) Which needs to have content designed onto it which is viewable from one perspective point (camera 1) in the stadium. The problem is that Camera 1's viewing angle to the court is quite shallow.
This is what Camera 1 sees:
I will be generating like this for the surface so that it looks like a deep 3d surface from "camera 1"
Now, the problem is that when I perspective correct the renders to fit what the projector will be projecting from straight down. There isn't enough pixel information for the height of the image. Meaning the pixels will smear.
This is the image that would be projected from a top mounted projector to achieve the 3d effect from the image above, you can see the loss of information in the the height pixels.
My solution for getting more information into the height is to render out of our 3d packages with a Pixel Aspect Ratio of 3.3. This was the sweet spot I found to get enough pixel information to match the pixel output of the projectors.
The resulting render looks like this (note, the angle of the camera hasn't changed)
As you can see, there is more height detail now, which will mean that that last row of pixels will be remain fairly sharp.
So, at this point, I can render from my 3d applications, and conform to the projector dimensions, with very little information loss in the height of the projected image, and without compromising my 3d persepctive.
I'm using the plugin "Camera Mapper" to project this render onto a plane which gets me the full frame of the projector at the right resolution, 4608 x 2304
The tricky part how to composite elements into the scene in an intuitive way.
If i want a horse to look like its jumping through the scene from "camera 1", like this:
Then in the that contains all the information, It will look like this:
Now that's all well and good, but it'll be harder to create realistic looking effects from this view, because they'll all need to be stretched.
I'd like to retain all the image information and just view the comp as though it's squished down.
I imagine this could be done easily by changing the comp settings to a PAR of 3.3.
That way, all the pixel information remains, but i can design in a realistically proportioned composition.
I hope that gets you up to speed on my issue, and my request for a solution.
So, in summary. I'll I'm really looking for is a way to customise the PAR options so that I have a custom available that I can apply to this, and only this scene.
Does this makes sense?
Cheers,
Evan

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