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Alan Balch
October 13, 2016 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Arranging batch of layers in comp

Excellent. Thanks again for your help, I may need it again before this project is over. Usually I use Premiere Pro to cut but I’m looking for excuses to use AE. BTW, I did figure out the Keyframe Assistant command you told me about. I had it backwards, Thanks again!

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
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Alan Balch
October 13, 2016 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Arranging batch of layers in comp

[Walter Soyka] “If you want to reverse the stacking order, select the last one, then Shift+select the first one, cut, and then paste.”

That worked like a charm, Walter. Thanks! Out of curiosity, do you know WHY that works? It seems like there should be a “reverse order of layers” button somewhere.

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
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Alan Balch
October 13, 2016 at 9:13 pm in reply to: Arranging batch of layers in comp

Your confirmation is right on. I did get a dissolve on all the layers, but not the 5s separation I was looking for on them. Thoughts?

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
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Alan Balch
October 13, 2016 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Arranging batch of layers in comp

Thanks for the tip, Walter. That didn’t seem to work as my layers are still stacked on top of each other. Is there a setting I need to look out for?

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
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Alan Balch
September 2, 2016 at 2:42 pm in reply to: Large file sizes creating problems, I think.

Thanks, Dave. I’ll give that a shot.

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
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Alan Balch
September 1, 2016 at 7:42 pm in reply to: Large file sizes creating problems, I think.

Hey Walter, project is all done and wrapped up, thanks again for your help. Now that it’s finished I want to try to address an issue I had from the beginning, that is the original file sizes being so large.

The original artist was using .png files created in InDesign and migrated over to AE, that’s why the files were so big. Using the technique you told me about, I was able to scale everything down, but I’m still working with some pretty large source files that are around 30mb apiece. My source files are all photos so I resized them all in Photoshop and saved them as .jpgs at 1920×1080, what they should have been originally and now each photo is a manageable 3mb. I have saved my original project, so now it’s time to experiment a little with the copy I’ve made.

My goal is to replace all the .png’s with my correctly sized .jpgs and have a easier time with this project the next time it comes up.

I took one comp that had been resized using the “Scale Compositon.jsx” and replaced all the .png’s with my 1920×1080 .jpgs. The result is the image below.

the text and animation remains the same, but the photo size has shrunk. Do you know what causes this and if there is a way to achieve the result I am after?

Thanks again for your time.

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
alan.balch@carle.com
Alan Balch
August 30, 2016 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Large file sizes creating problems, I think.

[Walter Soyka] “Use the “Scale Composition.jsx” script instead. With one of your 8000×4000 comps open, File > Scripts > Scale Composition. Set the new width to 1920 and run it.
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Walter, this technique worked beautifully. Thank you for walking me through that. If you’re ever in my area, let me know because I owe you a drink…. a few of them.

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
alan.balch@carle.com
Alan Balch
August 29, 2016 at 4:28 pm in reply to: Large file sizes creating problems, I think.

An update:
After making a copy of the project I have decided to get a little creative with my problem solving so here is what I have done.

changed the comp size from 8000×4000 to 1920×1080 then selected all files in comp and used “Fit to Comp”. While the photos fit to size, the animation and graphics associated with them all went askew.

After an “undo” I tried again batch processing all files in photoshop to create file sizes in 1920×1080, then imported all files in AE and used opt+click to replace each large file with the recently created 1080 file. The same result occurred. The photo fit into the comp, but all key frames associated with them were way off.

Any idea why this would happen?

Thanks!
Alan Balch
August 28, 2016 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Large file sizes creating problems, I think.

Thanks for your response, Walter. Something I thought may work to speed up the process is to change the sequence settings in AE to what I want and thereby adjust the file sizes. My rationale for this is when I’m in PPro I can create a sequence to the dimensions I want and if a file comes in larger (like a photo) I can resize it to match my sequence settings.

I tried this in AE and it did change the comp size, but not the file sizes. Am I on the right track for this thinking?

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
alan.balch@carle.com
Alan Balch
August 28, 2016 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Large file sizes creating problems, I think.

Thanks for this response, Dave. Very well said indeed. Now I need to figure out how to streamline this process to make revisions easier.

Alan Balch
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Videographer/Carle Foundation Hosptial
alan.balch@carle.com

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