Aharon Rabinowitz
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Depends on what you mean.
If you own a valid license of AE, you can install the render engine on as many machines as you’d like. That means you can have network machines rendering your AE project without actually having AE on the machines – read the help files for more on this – and take note of any issues you may have with 3rd party plug-ins – they’d have to be installed on each of those machines if you are using those effects.
As far as how your network is set up computer to computer or computer to Router to Computer – that’s a whole other thing. You do need to have a network set up though, even if it’s a network of 2.
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Are you using bigger files? Are you collecting over a network? That will slow things down. It should go just as fast in AE 7, but again, if you are not working with the same files, and doing it over a network – it’s anyone’s guess.
You should do an experiment for collecting the same files and see.
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For the record, I never use 720P stuff in my tutorials. Always SD, and always Flashed forward in time so you don’t have to sit through a preview while I talk about why I love butterscotch or some other nonsense…
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You can make a light an adjustment light.
In the timeline stack order, place the light above only the layer that you want it to light, and turn on the adjustment layer switch (in the timeline – looks like a half black half white circle). When you do this, no matter where it is in 3D space, an adjustment light only lights the layers that fall below it in the timeline. Other lights will effect your layer, but that light will only light the layers below it in the timeline.
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I also want to mention that Pete O’Connell has a DVD coming out with the cow that covers roto – and in it he talks a lot about using motion tracking in conjunction with masks – which is a revelation. His methods really reduce the amount of keyframing needed for masks. I learned a ton when I looked it over, so keep your eyes open for that DVD coming soon.
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Here’s a tutorial I did covering that – it might help you. It also talks about a few other tutorials here at the cow which may point you in the right direction:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/3D_Extruded_Text.php
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this is not exactly a clear question.
The simple answe is make your pIllusion stage the same size (resolution) as you composition in Vegas.
To make your particle fill the screen either:
1) Set the particles number to a high enough value that it fills the screen
2) Make the emitter an Are emitter that covers the stage
3) raise the emitter’s zoom property so the particles fill up the screen
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While that is true, keep in mind, that the larger your image, the more processor and Ram intensive it will be while you work in AE – EVEN if not on screen. Really big images tend to make AE give up. But if you can render your video (AE doesn’t crash or give you error messages) then as it’s been stated, you’re movie file will not be any larger just because you used a large image.
You may also want to do a search in the forums here for advice on doing massive zoom-ins. It has been talked about a lot.
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Some of that noise may be due to too much keying power. I’d raise the Screen Matt’s Clip Black value to 10, and lower the Clip White to 90. That will tighten up the areas being keyed vs. not keyed, and may get rid of the noise.
On the other hand, if your video has come in with a lot of noise in it – it’s usually due to poor lighting. Short of re-shooting with better lights, You might want to try using AE’s noise reduction tools, or maybe the 3rd party plug-in called Neat Video which does excellent Noise reduction (I’ve used the Vegas version, not the AE one, but they use the same algorithms).
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If you’re using AE 3D layers, and want a shadow cast in 3D, you need lights. And you have to have the lights set to create shadows. And you have to have a layer set to cast shadows, and the other layer has to be set to recieve shadows.
Or, if 2D, you could select your layer and choose Layer > Layer Styles > Drop Shadows
Or you could choose Effect > Perspective Drop Shadow
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