Glow effect with motion 2

could anyone please advise me how to make an object glow (fade in then out quickly) -- I tried masking out the object then replicating the mask shape with the shape tool and filling it with white, then using the glow tool on that, it kind of worked, but the edges just didn't look right.
I'm using Motion 2.
thanks!

This might not be what you want but, I added the bloom filter to a logo a while back that I wanted to do a quick flash in and a quick flash out. I keyframed the amount and brightness from 0 to a desired amount and keyframed it the opposite way for the end of the logo.

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Hi everyone,
I know that the glow effect can't be visible with GPU render on IOS/ANDROID devices.
But I heard that there was a way to appply a glow effect anyway. (I need the GPU render as my animations are smoother with it)
My code was :
private function itemGlow(isGlowing:Boolean):void{
                              if (isGlowing){
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                                        glow.blurY = 10;
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                                        draggedItem.filters = [glow];
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                                        draggedItem.filters = null;
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                              if (isGlowing){
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glow.graphics.drawCircle(20, 20, 20);
glow.graphics.endFill();
draggedItem.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xFFFF00, 1)];
var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(50, 50, true, 0x00000000);
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addChild(glowbit);
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No errors, glow visible on the simulation device. But when it's not working on real Android device....
Any idea why ?
Thank you very much,
Stephan

From what I see it's for the same reason the original code wouldn't work. You're applying a glow filter the same way. The only different thing you're doing is drawing a black 40x40 black circle, drawing it into a transparent BitmapData (which isn't big enough) while adding that circle as a Bitmap to the display list.
Are you working in 3D? Either way in general the way you can utilize the graphics class is to draw the object using built in Flash classes, then draw that object into a BitmapData (so draw "draggedItem" into a BitmapData with the glow applied) and then use the BitmapData (in a Bitmap like you did for example).

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I'm animating photos with white borders in AE, like polaroids. It's basically a camera slow panning and tracking around them.
Each time the camera gets closer, and pans appear to be faster, I get this choppy look caused by the sharp white borders.
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- Subtle Gaussian Blue
- Enabling Motion Blur
and while they help a little, the effect is still there. Is there another technique? Someone suggested to take into PPro and apply the anti flicker effect.
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There are things like critical panning speeds that you must be aware of. The lower the frame rate the bigger the problem. The FAQ section of this forum has a link to two articles that may help. One is for horizontal motion the other is for vertical. FAQ: Why does horizontal motion stutter (judder) in my movies, such as during pans?
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I'm making a movie with FCP-10 and want to use the "Indiana Jones" effect for my travel documentary. Can anyone suggest a way to do this or direct me to a site that can?

Not sure what "like magic" means. But I'll offer suggestions that may get you closer to that goal.
- First, to make it a dotted line, first draw a short line, one that will be a single dash in your dashed-line. Turn its visibility off (I left it turned on in the screen shot below, so you could see it). I'll name this layer "Single Dash".
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- To make it "travel" as I think you're trying to do, move the playhead to the start of the timeilne. Then drag the First Point Offest slider slowly to the right until 3 dashes (or how ever many you want) show. Keyframe the First Point Offest to that. Move the playhead to the end of the timeline, and adjust that parameter to taste, keyframe.
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- Making the Group a 3D Group, and adding a camera, moving the camera along, maybe some special lighting, could make the whole thing really cinematic.
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The closest you will likely come to Photo Booth's Glow with the other apps you mention is to try the Video FX in iMovie 6 HD's "Editing" window. Some experimentation will let you know if it can meet your needs.
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Edited by: Java.Artisan on Jun 26, 2009 11:25 AM
Edited by: Java.Artisan on Jun 26, 2009 11:26 AM

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