RE: After Effect Cam Import

Date : Tue, 2 May 2006 09:49:26 -0700
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Hans Payer" <hans.payer(at)digitaldimension.com>
Subject : RE: After Effect Cam Import

Thanks Guys.  I tried it at home with AE 6.5 and it runs smoothly.  

 


From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:45 AM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: After Effect Cam Import

 

It works for me. I get a 3D camera that pulls back slowly. It's got to be the AE version.

On 5/2/06, Andy Jones < andy(at)thefront.com> wrote:

Maybe Brad F. will post his fixed up version of this script again and
save you guys some trouble.  Or, if you search back in time, you may be
able to find where he posted it before.

-Andy

Hans Payer wrote:

> Unfortunatly, I've been informed that we not not have 6.5.  Could you
> test the attached file if you have time and tell me if it works?  It
> may convince my boss to upgrade After Effects.  Thanks
>
>
>
> On 5/1/06, *Byron Nash* < byronnash(at)gmail.com
> <mailto:byronnash(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     It may be a limitation of v6.0. They expanded the scripting
>     toolset in 6.5 so addSolid() may not be in 6.0.  May I suggest
>     upgrading??  :-)
>
>
>     On 5/1/06, *Hans Payer * <hanspayer(at)gmail.com
>     <mailto: hanspayer(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>         I'm using 6.0. Line 162 looks like this.
>               var solid = myComp.layers.addSolid(new
>         Array( 0.7,0.7,0.7),'solid',100,100,1);
>
>
>
>         On 5/1/06, *Byron Nash * <byronnash(at)gmail.com
>         <mailto: byronnash(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Are you on 6.0 or 6.5? It may not work with 6.0, I haven't
>             tested it there. Is line 162 the line where is precomposes
>             the solid?
>
>             Byron
>
>
>             On 5/1/06, *Hans Payer * <hanspayer(at)gmail.com
>             <mailto: hanspayer(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 I did have a composition selected. I looked at the
>                 output xml file from XSI; it looks fine. It has all
>                 the data from the camera: frame,pos,fov,
>                 interest.  Really weird. I guess there's a problem
>                 with the xml script in AE. I've tested it with
>                 cameratest.xml example file coming with the scripts;
>                 it still gives me a "line 162" error.
>
>
>                 On 5/1/06, Byron Nash < byronnash(at)gmail.com
>                 <mailto: byronnash(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't tried it with 5.1 yet but I have been using
>                 it with AE 6.5 and XSI 5.0. Make sure you have a comp
>                 selected in after effects.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/1/06, Hans Payer  < hanspayer(at)gmail.com
>                 <mailto: hanspayer(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >  I've been trying to get Helge's AE camera import
>                 to work. Every time I load the xml file into AE, I get
>                 this error message: "unable to execute script at line
>                 162. undefined is not an object".  I'm aware that
>                 Helge's tool had been design for XSI   3.0 and
>                 probably AE 5.0.  Was anybody successful making it
>                 works with AE 6.0 and XSI 5.X ? If not, any other
>                 script/plug-in/tricks available?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > Hans
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Byron Nash
>> www.armoredsquirrel.com
>                 <http://www.armoredsquirrel.com>
>
>
>
>
>             --
>             Byron Nash
>             www.armoredsquirrel.com <http://www.armoredsquirrel.com>
>
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>
>     --
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>
>
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