What I'm trying to achieve is a simple/quick way to have a grid of numbers being "magnified as the spherize "roams" across the face of the grid of numbers.

Allow me to expose my ignorance on this. Maybe, if I should get a reply, I will then understand why.

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I am experimenting wanting to be able to apply an Fx to a Parent track and have the underlying tracks child tracks affected BY this FX.


"T" = Track
Grid Point Intersect relates to the intersection of the Preview Grid pattern with the first intersect being top left, the next being to the right of this and so on scanning Left to Right and then beginning again on the next line down . .

Ok, at the moment I have :

T1: Sony Checkerboard
T2 (Child) : Text with a number "1" at Grid Point Intersect 1
T3 (Child) : Text with a number "2" at Grid Point Intersect 2
T4 (Child) : Text with a number "3" at Grid Point Intersect 3
T5 (Child) : Text with a number "4" at Grid Point Intersect 4
T6 (Normal): Sony Solid Colour "White" - this to act as a background.

I have applied the Fx "Spherize" to T1 hoping to have the underlying tracks to be spherized. This isn't happening. When I move the spherize fx over T1 I can see the Checkerboard deforming - good. But what I don't see is the underlying tracks being deformed too.

As this is NOT happening I find this both surprising and interesting.

Any thoughts on this puzzle?

TIA,

Grazie