Josh-enator,

That reflections tutorial is just what the doctor ordered, but I have a couple of questions. How long is the intro on average? Can I control the length of the intro? Am I limited to a certain number of photos/ video clips? Thanks bud, I hope you’re doing well.

Ray in Miami

Hey there Man-Ray!

The intro is 30 seconds long and uses 12 placeholders for photo/videos along the sides and around the main title, then the photo montage section has 36 placeholders and is around 3 1/2 minutes. As always, everything in the templates can be modified, lengthen, shortened, etc. as long as you are comfortable working with keyframes and such within After Effects. If your not, all you have to do is replace/adjust the placeholders and everything else is taken care of.

Josh,
Thx for the ae reflections template, great. One problem, the last time I used it, I found during the montage that some of the photos were passing in front of the main pix instead of behind it, that didn’t happen the first time I used it. I am not sure I have done anything differently. Just thought I would check with you to see if you might know what I did wrong.

Bob Hager

It sounds like you might have manually added the photo or layer. If you do that, make sure you turn on the layer’s 3D switch. If that doesn’t solve the problem let me know and perhaps you can send me the project file to look at.

WOW! I am just working with this temnplate and have to say it is amazing. One question though.How can I change the floor to a different color than the background.The idea I have is similar to Andrew Kramers reflection tutorial.

I just purchased this template and love it. I want to use this in a 16:9 video I am creating. What do I need to do to modify this for 16:9. Do I just change the composition setting in each composition to 16:9? If so, do I check the preserve 4;3 check box or not?

Hey Rob,
Thanks for the comment. The easiest way to make the template 16:9 is to create a new composition that is 16:9 and drag your final template composition into it and scale it to fit the width. You will lose a little on the top and bottom, but it will still work perfectly. Also this is the exact same way to upscale my template to HD. Create a HD composition and drag the template comp into it and scale it up to fit. Since most peoples photo are greater than HD resolution anyway, it will scale up without any loss of resolution.
Have fun with it and let me know your feedback.

Just starting out with the template and a relative novice. Just wondering if the videos I import and place need to be a certain length. I just imported one and set one in a placeholder with the Photo Montage Section and it won’t seem to play. Can I not put videos in this section?

Josh,

I purchased this template and am having trouble with adding different layers manually. Everytime I add an adjustment layer the other 3D layers pass in front of the main image. Also is there a way to place the text further into the foreground on the star and have its reflection stay underneath it, everytime I move it lower the reflection comp places the text reflection higher and higher. Thanks for your help.

Hi Josh,
If you add a layer to the “Adjust Me” comps then you need to turn on every layer’s 3D switch. If you don’t it will “break” the render order and you will see layers popping in front of other layer. Unfortunately, adjustment layers “break” it permanently, even if you make the adjustment layer 3D. So I would suggest applying effects to each layer.
Regarding the text, whatever you do to the main comp, will happen in reverse for the reflection. It’s just the way a reflection works. You could alter the template to accomplish what you are trying to do, but it would basically involve recreating the whole thing.
Contact me anytime, if you have more questions.
-Josh Fozzard