Aaron Strader
Forum Replies Created
-
Why is there a panic about it?
I have to call Microsoft all the time for XP activations and they never “UNREGISTER” on me.
I’ve installed FAR more adobe software licenses than any Pro user will ever legally neer to, and I’ve never seen any of their software un-activate itself on a whim. I personally like the activation’s being there.
It keeps a lot of cheap users out there from pirating inexpensive ($1000 – $1500 is within any working professional’s budget) software in an easy fashion. If you keep it difficult, you cut down on the piracy, and guarantee future price drops for us in the future.
-
I noticed you did a wipe from the wall of photos to the one image there at the end. Have you thought of doing that several times? Have it transition back to the wall of random photos between each picture transition. It’d be a different look. You could mix up the transitions, and blow through about 20 or so pictures from that set.
My experience on family photos, is despite their best intentions and insistence on including EVERY photo they give you, including similar looking photos is a bad idea. It’s the slideshow effect. Would you sit through a slideshow: “Here’s Marge and Me at the Grand Canyon. Now here’s us at the grand canyon wearing silly hats. Now we’re wearing silly hats and shirts.”
It gets old. My sister dumped 100+ photos to convert to a slide show for my mom’s 50th, and I had to toss half the pictures. There were a good 40 pictures that were retakes, or pictures taken at the same time with the dog, then the dog with a hat. I’d drop the dog w/ hat picture and move on. It made for more work for my sister (since she had to go find more unique photos), but it made the presentation a whole lot more bearable for the party guests.
-
You’d be okay to upgrade to 1.5 and the new drivers. Switching PPro versions and and matrox tools hasn’t had any effect on any projects I’ve worked on.
As for what’s causing this, you’d probably need to reinstall the matrox drivers either way. This sounds unusual to the x100, and I’ve never seen this happen before.
What changes when you reimport from AE to PPRO? Is it the project settings? or is it the AVI itself? If it’s the project, try using “Save a Copy” before you go to AE and use the copy if the original does this to you.
If it’s the AVI, check your export settings in AE.
-
Some of the effect shots they used in Sin City were basic Alpha mattes. Someone in front of a green screen, and then use the alpha’s key result as footage.
It’s also worth mentioning, if you want to have a single object show up in color pass effect, make sure your talent wears a decently contrasting color.
Say for instance, a lady in a red dress. Make sure a guy in the scene isn’t wearing a tie with red in it. It’ll show up, and create more work for you to get it to go away…
-Aaron
https://www.stopfcc.com/
Knock it off! I like my radio and television the way it is…