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Premiere Pro CC rendering shadows in dynamic-link AE comps differently?
I ran into an annoying issue today in front a client, where I used AE to create a bunch of text supers, with motion blur and carefully tweaked dropshadows. Everything looked great in AE. But when I used Dynamic Link to superimpose the AE comp onto a clip back in Premiere Pro CC, the shadows looked significantly different from how they looked in AE. In AE, the shadows looked much darker, whereas in PP they are so faint to the point where it almost looks like they arent even applied!
I checked my alpha interpretation settings, but it doesnt seem to change the behavior.
I noticed this problem happening in CS6 as well, so it’s not new to CC. Any ideas?
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I have not dug into AE PrPro DL yet but try this. Instead of starting with the Txt layers in AE, instead select your clip from PrPro with the AE comp open in the background and in PrPro choose “replace with AE comp” then in AE lay your text comps over the DL clip from PrPro to troubleshoot if you see any difference with that workflow.
There are many workflows for DL but I tend to find greater reliability going from PrPro to AE. Also make sure when you are viewing the clip in PrPro that your AE Comp is set to full res, otherwise the DL clip will only be in draft mode.
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Hi All…
While this might be a solution…it’s not really ideal.
I’d think editors want the freedom to marry titles anwhere they want on the timeline….
How about leaving the drop shadow off and adding it in PPro?
There should be a drop shadow effect that could be identical to it’s AE counterpart…
would that help?
thanks..
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Hi Mel,
Do you have the Mercury Playback Engine (hardware) enabled? If so, see what they look like with it off.Kevin
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I have the same problem… Is there any solution to this at all? Thanks
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I found a fix! At least for getting drop shadows to go from AE to Premiere. I was exporting from AE to Media Encoder but it’s all about saving the AE composition and importing it into Premiere.
1. Right click on your AE composition and select “composition settings”
2. Select the “Advanced” tab
3. Make sure “Template” is checked and hit OK
4. FILE –> SAVE AS — > and save your AE project somewhere
5. Import the AE project into Premiere. When it prompts you to choose a composition, choose the one you want.And that’s it! The drop shadow appears AND you can edit the text within Premiere. Pretty nifty! I got the trick from watchign a Lynda.com tutorial on AE.
Hope this helps someone!
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