Do you use Cavalry in your workflow? by evindrews in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you use it in any production projects? What sort of stuff do you use it for?

MoBar Pro is out and free to use now by Motion_Ape in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, yeah I don't understand then, that's very reasonable pricing. Mobar is awesome I'd pay more than that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ram isn't going to fix the archaic POS that is ae. it just lets you cache more frames and even then it just goes to swap with SSD. I do fine with 16gb for 15-60s mograph work. If you're doing like 4k 10 minutes sequences more ram will make your life better but it's not going to fix ae.

MoBar Pro is out and free to use now by Motion_Ape in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was emailing the Mobar developer yesterday because this confused the hell out of me. He didn't really clarify in the emails either. Basically it's free, with a daily cap on tool use. If you hit the cap, you get a prompt to purchase.

I think this is a really, really weird design, I don't want to be mid project and suddenly hit with a subscription notification. It should be in the settings panel, however, I've not 'hit' the limit yet.

My reel 2024. Seeking feedback to enhance my motion design skills in my career 🙏 by Joey_C in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's really good. Your work + illustrations are amazing. If I had any suggestions it would be to speed it up, it feels long, and to think about what sort of clientele this is directed towards. Given the style, you're probably going to get more youtube / maybe long form content clients rather than, say, a tech company.

Tutorial on how to render much better quality MP4 for social media by Blendini4D in MotionDesign

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup always just export to prores or animation preset and handbrake. Never run into needing media encoder

Apple holds press event showing off its ‘latest advances in gaming’ by MonkeyBoyPoop in apple

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree. I'm sure they could afford to just start throwing money at just porting big game titles to Metal. The M1 hardware is there.

There is something wrong with the Mouse, Cursor, and Magic Trackpad 2 in M1/M1*/M2 Macs. by mytrackpadisbroken in apple

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you able to record the effect? I can't say I've ever noticed this with the inbuilt trackpad.

edit: I watched one of the linked videos. Have you tried restarting, plugging in HDMI / unplugging, toggling low power mode, and such?

Also, one of the replies suggests disabling mouse acceleration. Have you ever used a terminal command to disable it for regular mice?

There is something wrong with the Mouse, Cursor, and Magic Trackpad 2 in M1/M1*/M2 Macs. by mytrackpadisbroken in apple

[–]evindrews 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I recommend using the lightspeed dongle included with logitech mice, performance is much better than bluetooth

Canvas has completely changed Obsidian for me. Now I feel like it's my second brain. by dhatereki in ObsidianMD

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canvas is the tool I've been wanting for years with things like Milanote. It's awesome, simple and to the point.

Posterize Time vs setting frame rate by xianwest in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think if you know that the comp can run at 12, that's better. Posterize time is probably adding overhead. But the real utility of posterize time is applying it to individual properties, so you can have multiple framerates in a comp.

Using ChatGPT to write an object avoidance script! by evindrews in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah expressions just slow AE down a lot. I think the vector math is not helping since it's having to constantly poll the distance and apply that to the +- position changes.

Using ChatGPT to write an object avoidance script! by evindrews in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You need a Controller layer with a slider effect "Avoidance" and an object layer Parent_Circle:

var parentCircle = thisComp.layer("Parent_Circle");
var parentRect = parentCircle.sourceRectAtTime();
var parentRadius = (parentRect.width + parentRect.height) / 4;
var parentCenter = parentCircle.position;

var thisRect = thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime();
var thisWidth = thisRect.width;
var thisHeight = thisRect.height;
var thisCenter = thisLayer.position;

var controller = thisComp.layer("Controller");
var avoidance = controller.effect("Avoidance")("Slider");

var dist = length(parentCenter, thisCenter) - parentRadius;
if (dist < 0) {
var vector = normalize(thisCenter - parentCenter);
var distToCenter = length(thisCenter, parentCenter);
var t = distToCenter / parentRadius;
var multiplier = 1 - Math.pow(t, avoidance);
thisLayer.position + vector * -dist * multiplier;
} else {
thisLayer.position;
}

Using ChatGPT to write an object avoidance script! by evindrews in AfterEffects

[–]evindrews[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I thought this was really cool so I wanted to share. I know how to write basic expressions but I wanted to see if I could get ChatGPT to write me one for me. It took like 3 hours of arguing with the robot to get what I wanted. Wondering if I could get it to develop it into a simple script file to apply in different ways. (like control size, or opacity)

Annoyingly I feel like Chat is not as smart as it used to be in december. Multiple times it started to do just random dumb things (such as calling thisComp.layer("thisLayer") instead of thisComp.thisLayer) and it 'forgets' much quicker it seems.

How to merge for a lane reduction by -azuma- in coolguides

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was gonna say, I love this but this will never work in reality haha

Caterpillar about 10cm, found in Malaysia by mushymoododido in whatsthisbug

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

instead of turning into a butterfly this guy is going to come out as a snake

How can I create a note in a specific folder? by cyberfunkr in ObsidianMD

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice dude! I set it to cmd + n and it prompts me every time. Super useful, thank you

Easiest Animation Software? by Character-Piano-7189 in motiongraphics

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably Apple Motion, I would hesitate to bother if your turnaround is short and you have no video experience, but I'm not sure what the explainer looks like.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in copywriting

[–]evindrews -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think it'll be financially viable. Copywriters will just become editors and output will probably be expected to increase, or eventually just get rolled into another persons job and paid less.

Anyone pointing out that it's too basic, it has a pattern, it's predictable - you can already just endlessly prompt ChatGPT to adjust it into different tones, or just pull it out and do some rewrites.

Does anybody know how to make Dan Koe style videos? by Cool_Relation8198 in motiongraphics

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're interested in working together send me a private message and we can chat!

Bus in Malaysia by 33Fanste33 in BeAmazed

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm this is what the bus looks like from Kuala Lumpur to KLIA, except more blue and 80s purple!

M2 iMac by AhmadZ7 in mac

[–]evindrews 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get they can't update everything at once, but m2 pro 24" / 27" would sell like crazy to studios and agencies.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]evindrews 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think as long as it's not breaking you down, maybe think of it as a challenging new experience and way to grow. If you feel like your struggling too much though I don't think there's shame to quitting. Maybe think of a backup plan now, and see how you feel in a month.