Hasta La Motion!

Hey guys,

So I have a glowing object that scrolls from left to right. During that, I have an interactive light layer turn on and off as the object passes. So for instance:

x = 0
mix = 0

x = 100
mix = 1

x = 200
mix = 0

I will be animating the transform, but I don’t want to animate the mix. Is it possible to create an expression for the mix value that animates as the transform.x animates?

I have an idea:

In mix value:
Transform1.translate.x/100

This works for turning on the layer, but how do I work in turning it off at 200?

Thanks,
Andrew

hey guys,

converting a complete 2d shot to 3d shot in nuke works very well for me, but i’m really a little bit confused about this:

i already got stereo footage (shot in stereo), but now i have to add in this stereo scene for example a airplane which should be integrated in the final stereo shot.

so i am setting up as usual my stereo views and now i got a read node for the left image sequence and one for the right image sequence.

would this the right approach?
– join the views
– project them on a card
– create a complete new zdepth
– displace them to add my new 3d object into it
– set up a new stereo rig to match both and reshoot it in nuke

i would like to avoid splitting my final stereo shot and shot again with a new stereo rig only to place my object in this scene.

how do you solve this? with stereo 3d tracking? or any better workarounds? :confused:

thank you guys

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