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  • Comprimation of different tracks for more speed – how do I do that?

    Posted by Kuchenfischkrabbe on October 19, 2006 at 8:04 am

    My after effects project has grown to 29 different audio and video tracks (layers). It does not move much anymore. I’m desperate just to find out one move: How do I merge different tracks to one, to save space and regain speed? thanks for your help.

    Kuchenfischkrabbe replied 19 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Mylenium

    October 19, 2006 at 6:25 pm

    You don’t. There is no such thing as a video/ audio mixdown you may know from editing programs. You either pre-compose (select all layers and hit Ctrl+Shift+C) or render out your comp. When you render, you can choose to replace your original composition with the rendered footage, which is probably what you are looking for. ;O).

    [Dave LaRonde] “By the way — what does the word “comprimation” mean? I’ve never seen it before.”

    Well, without digging into the finer intricacies of the German language – there are two terms for compression. One is, as you would expect, “Kompression” and the other is called “Komprimierung”.

    Gr

  • Kuchenfischkrabbe

    October 19, 2006 at 11:36 pm

    Thanx for your help and the free english lesson. I’ll try to translate your tips (another german word probably, meaning hints) to my friend who is actually working on the 29 layers and does not have internet access at the moment. I might have a follow-up question later, but I hope not. Thank you very much and a “gr

  • Kuchenfischkrabbe

    October 20, 2006 at 9:17 am

    The move my friend was looking for was “apple-shift-C”. she’s happy now and thanks you very much for the help.

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