The Grow Bounds effect has just saved me!! Thank you so much. Any time I have any issue with an effect, I know I will 100% find the answer in your videos!
Excellent. I use ae for over 20years but never fully understood all of the basics effects. Thank you for making these videos. I will now continue and watch more.
Thank you, Jake. This is the first place I come to when I can't figure something out. And wouldn't you know it, 40 seconds in, problem solved! You're the best, thank you so much for this series. Have a great day, Rick.
Thanks, Jake. It seems strange to say but I never had the desire to search the difference between the two effects, keeping using one instead of the other. You, doing this type of tutorial are helping every one of us "lazy motioners". This series is pure gold, thank you! Quick question about CC Bend it: I saw some people writing the expression "toComp(value)" in the start and end property. Why is that? Is it a substitution of the expressions that you used?
Thank you! Yeah that expression is actually safer because it measures the distance from the top left corner of the comp to the point control instead of just basing it on the position property. The problem with using just the position property is that it's relative to the layer it's parented to. So if I were to have parented my logo to something else, my expression wouldn't work anymore.
And using toComp(Value) will actually make Bend it effect be affected by rotation and scale too, while parenting it to the position will only affect the position of the effect
Cc bend it doesn't work for me. It cuts off from sides when I move it. Tried everything , nothin works for it. Changin start and end don't work. 😢 but will try this grow option. Thanks
Hey! I always used "value(toComp)" expression to stick bending points to my layer position, but you showed me another one to do it. Is there any essential difference between there two expressions? Thank you for tutorial!
Thanks Jake, this vid will save me loads of time, I’m a big fan of BendIt and Slant and all of your vids. Came upon a problem today with WaveWarp. Animating it’s phase of 0-360 degrees does not add up to a clean loop. Can you break this down as to why it is not?
I parented a layer with CC Bend It to a Null and changed the position to the Null. Now the CC Bend It effect makes big troubles... also the expression you provided won't help here. Ok, of course it works. It just needs an adjustment. Correct expression: value+thisComp.layer("[Name of the Null Layer]").transform.position
is there anyway to get the cc bender distort to follow a layer? I have a squeegee being pulled across the screen and want the rubber to flex a little as it travels but I cant seem to get the distort to move with the squeegee
Dude, SUPER hoping you see this because i cant find an answer anywhere. If i want to bend a line, a single line, with both ends staying (relatively) static and in same place while the MIDDLE part of the line is the one doing the bending, how would i do that? I only know how to make either end bend, or both ends bend while middle stays static...
follow up, it looks like if i apply marilyn cc bender to the line and adjust start and end points that gives me close to what i want.. but like, is that the only way?? is that most efficient
If it's a shape layer you could add a point on the path in the middle of the two ends and use the "Create Nulls from Paths" script that comes with AE. That will allow you to control individual path points with null objects. So before running the script, and that center point and add bezier handles to it so that the line curves smoothly when you adjust that point's position. Then run the script and those bezier handles will remain. Hopefully that helps!
@@JakeInMotion rockin thank you jake. Will try.. One other question, your fix for the bend start and end points expression to follow the logo in space, that seems to work for me but the second I go to rotate my line it fails to rotate with it. How do I fix that?
hallo, can you help me sir, how to parent an object "A" to another object "B" with bend it effect applied on the "B" object, it's posible "A" object to follow the bend it effect that applied on the "B" object? thank you alot
Thanks for this amazing tutorial Jake. I wanted to ask, I have a layer having CC Bend it applied to it and is precomped. I have to turn on collapse transformation for the precomp but everytime I do, the layer disappears. If I turn off the CC Bend it effect, it comes back. What can I do to fix it. Please help me out here. Thanks in advance
Hi Jake thanks for the fantastic video. I tried the "CC Bend it" effect + "grow bounds" on a pixel based layer and it worked great. However when I use "CC Bend it" and "Grow Bounds" on another layer Bend it crops the layer and Grow Bounds has zero effect on it. I'm a bit stuck trying to figure why it works on one layer and not another? Any insights or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hey Kieran, you have every right to be confused. The problem is the way AE looks at vector layers (shape, text and continuously rasterized layers). To AE, those layers are all the size of the comp; even though you can see the bounding box isn't. Because of this, many effects that are based on the bounding box misbehave, and grow bounds does nothing since it's expanding outside of the comps viewable area. The fix is to precompose the layer and crop the comp to the size of the artwork. Not a fun solution, but it works every time.
Another great tutorial !! Could you make one to explain why problems appear when i want to "contiously rasterize" my shape or AI file and want to had an effect on it... and of course if there're solutions... If you understand what i mean.. THANKS !!
Holy shit how have I never.. in my 10 years of fulltime motion designing... found the Grow bounds tool.
I am grateful for this video.
"CC Bend it did all the heavy lifting" got me. lmao
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Same. Legit lol
You saved my project yet again Jake... we don't deserve you.
The Grow Bounds effect has just saved me!! Thank you so much. Any time I have any issue with an effect, I know I will 100% find the answer in your videos!
The Expression to lock the Start and End points is gold. This always gave me a little headache...
BTW: 07:18 i see what you did there.
Excellent. I use ae for over 20years but never fully understood all of the basics effects. Thank you for making these videos. I will now continue and watch more.
Thank you, Jake. This is the first place I come to when I can't figure something out. And wouldn't you know it, 40 seconds in, problem solved! You're the best, thank you so much for this series. Have a great day, Rick.
Finally! Someone told me the solution to the problem of this blend it effect cutting out. TNX so much
This Playlist is a treasure. Thank you so much
thx for expression - too help me!!! love you Jake...
your tutorial its the best so far, thankyouuu! you saved my internship
WOw i love you teaching Style!.
Never seen a better teacher
hell yeah, perfect explanation
Damn, THANK YOU for such precise and comprehensive solution to my issues with CC Bend It!
great tutorial. I am leering how to use AE and this really helped me quickly learn how to move some trees.
Thanks, Jake.
It seems strange to say but I never had the desire to search the difference between the two effects, keeping using one instead of the other.
You, doing this type of tutorial are helping every one of us "lazy motioners".
This series is pure gold, thank you!
Quick question about CC Bend it: I saw some people writing the expression "toComp(value)" in the start and end property. Why is that? Is it a substitution of the expressions that you used?
Thank you! Yeah that expression is actually safer because it measures the distance from the top left corner of the comp to the point control instead of just basing it on the position property. The problem with using just the position property is that it's relative to the layer it's parented to. So if I were to have parented my logo to something else, my expression wouldn't work anymore.
@@JakeInMotion Thank you for the explanation! Compliments again for the series!
And using toComp(Value) will actually make Bend it effect be affected by rotation and scale too, while parenting it to the position will only affect the position of the effect
Thanks Jake. simple and easy to understand!
I have used them many times. That video shows me the parts that I don't know. Thank you, Jack :)
THIS VEDIO REALLY HELP ME ALOTS !!!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful vedio !
I didn't know that it could use the expression to lock graphic.
Thanks Doctor for releasing my pain
This is really, really well done!
YOU DA MAN!!! LOVE YOUR WORK
Complete and easy to understand 👍👍👍 TNX
The expression for the value:
value+transform.position
just what i needed aaaaa
Thank you ! you are awesome 👍
Really amazing information in this tutorial. You have shown great examples and explanations.
You are amazing!!! Thank you
You give very useful information. Thanks. I like this channel.
Really awesome... Very helpful classes
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Top content.
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Thanks for sharing mate, would love to try the bot you created!
Cc bend it doesn't work for me. It cuts off from sides when I move it. Tried everything , nothin works for it. Changin start and end don't work. 😢 but will try this grow option. Thanks
Amazing!
Hey! I always used "value(toComp)" expression to stick bending points to my layer position, but you showed me another one to do it. Is there any essential difference between there two expressions? Thank you for tutorial!
Thanks Jake, this vid will save me loads of time, I’m a big fan of BendIt and Slant and all of your vids.
Came upon a problem today with WaveWarp.
Animating it’s phase of 0-360 degrees does not add up to a clean loop.
Can you break this down as to why it is
not?
I parented a layer with CC Bend It to a Null and changed the position to the Null.
Now the CC Bend It effect makes big troubles... also the expression you provided won't help here.
Ok, of course it works. It just needs an adjustment.
Correct expression: value+thisComp.layer("[Name of the Null Layer]").transform.position
this expression work on png layers ?? coz i see it doesn't
is there anyway to get the cc bender distort to follow a layer? I have a squeegee being pulled across the screen and want the rubber to flex a little as it travels but I cant seem to get the distort to move with the squeegee
Dude, SUPER hoping you see this because i cant find an answer anywhere. If i want to bend a line, a single line, with both ends staying (relatively) static and in same place while the MIDDLE part of the line is the one doing the bending, how would i do that? I only know how to make either end bend, or both ends bend while middle stays static...
follow up, it looks like if i apply marilyn cc bender to the line and adjust start and end points that gives me close to what i want.. but like, is that the only way?? is that most efficient
If it's a shape layer you could add a point on the path in the middle of the two ends and use the "Create Nulls from Paths" script that comes with AE. That will allow you to control individual path points with null objects. So before running the script, and that center point and add bezier handles to it so that the line curves smoothly when you adjust that point's position. Then run the script and those bezier handles will remain. Hopefully that helps!
@@JakeInMotion rockin thank you jake. Will try..
One other question, your fix for the bend start and end points expression to follow the logo in space, that seems to work for me but the second I go to rotate my line it fails to rotate with it.
How do I fix that?
hallo, can you help me sir, how to parent an object "A" to another object "B" with bend it effect applied on the "B" object, it's posible "A" object to follow the bend it effect that applied on the "B" object? thank you alot
Thanks for this amazing tutorial Jake. I wanted to ask, I have a layer having CC Bend it applied to it and is precomped. I have to turn on collapse transformation for the precomp but everytime I do, the layer disappears. If I turn off the CC Bend it effect, it comes back. What can I do to fix it. Please help me out here. Thanks in advance
Somewhere David Beckham is smiling knowing we can now all bend it like him.
And about expression I think this could work too:
toComp(value);
Hi Jake thanks for the fantastic video. I tried the "CC Bend it" effect + "grow bounds" on a pixel based layer and it worked great. However when I use "CC Bend it" and "Grow Bounds" on another layer Bend it crops the layer and Grow Bounds has zero effect on it. I'm a bit stuck trying to figure why it works on one layer and not another? Any insights or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hey Kieran, you have every right to be confused. The problem is the way AE looks at vector layers (shape, text and continuously rasterized layers). To AE, those layers are all the size of the comp; even though you can see the bounding box isn't. Because of this, many effects that are based on the bounding box misbehave, and grow bounds does nothing since it's expanding outside of the comps viewable area. The fix is to precompose the layer and crop the comp to the size of the artwork. Not a fun solution, but it works every time.
Good crack
expression 5:12
Another great tutorial !!
Could you make one to explain why problems appear when i want to "contiously rasterize" my shape or AI file and want to had an effect on it...
and of course if there're solutions...
If you understand what i mean..
THANKS !!
I actually already did! ua-cam.com/video/gSq19gpWwSU/v-deo.html
@@JakeInMotion Thanks a lot for the quick answer !!!! You're the best !!!! Gratitude from France
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Sounds a little like Ryan Renald
Ha! "Heavy lifting"
After Effects effects need more pop culture references