[Alan Tonn]

Yeah, I think I am going to finish tracking the footage, then export it and edit that rather than the comps.

So now the question, what do I put it out as? Should I just export it no compression and highest quality? Hard drive space isnt especially a problem, got a lot of free space.

Another question, what resolution and aspect should i be exporting to? The same as the settings as I am working at in the premier project? If I am making a DV NTSC 29.97fps 720×480 4:3 D1/DV NTSC (0.9) 30fps drop-frame timecode 48hz (All under my general project settings) what do I output from AE to make the end result look good? I am talking tracked video here… although I would also like to know what to output text to as well. Additionally with the text, because it will be used on top of video in premier, what other things do I need to do to get nice crisp clear text?

[Alan Tonn]

Thanks for responding Chris.

So you would export titles as image sequences and use those in premier? Why not use the dynamic link feature and put the composition in premier on top of the footage where the title needs to go?

So as far as deshaking goes you would rough cut footage in premier, then export it, then import the new rough cut pieces into AE and deshake, then re-import to premier to sequence it together and put transitions on it? Is that the work flow?

One question then, should I be bothering with importing compositions from AE to use on my premier time lines, or should i be exporting each composition as a video file and then putting that together in premier? If the latter, what good is the whole dynamic link thing?

Again thanks for your help, I want this project I am working on to look as professional as possible.

[Alan Tonn]

Me Too…

anyone got a fix?

what version of AE is this for?

[Alan Tonn]

Thanks for the links to those plugins.

The deshaker helped somewhat, but overall it still isnt getting the shake out of my footage.

However, nothing I have tried gets anywhere near the fix that I need.

I have posted a lower resolution version to show what the footage looks like. Please have a look at it on my blog here:

My Blog

As always, aaaha. 🙂
(any and all help appreciated)

[Alan Tonn]

whoops… should have read farther…

ignore last post

[Alan Tonn]

OK, virtual dub…

I have been using it for years, where is the stabilization feature?

[Alan Tonn]

Where does virtual dub have stabilization functions? is it an add on? i have looked over the documentation, i cannot find anywhere that says it has stabilization functions.

please post a web address, or point out how to use the virtual dub stabilization.

[Alan Tonn]

ok.

what am i doing wrong? i watched the tutorial just in case there was some trick to using camtasia. but this software is just creating crap. its like it cant keep up with the capturing of the powerpoint. all it did, on my third try with the same presentation, is repeatedly record the end of my presentation. yes i started it up at the begining…

does it have troubles with any codecs? i was just going full frame uncompressed, but then i this time i decided to try the cinepak codec when producing the video and now all i have is a video of the last slide as well as it being top half on the bottom, bottom half on top.

is camtasia reall this hard to use?

[Alan Tonn]

yeah…

not impressed.

it looks like a nice program, but wow, that is so not easy to use.

and its proprietary video. and with 2 trys it didnt get the results i wanted. i will probably play with it more, but wow, that wasnt what i was expecting.

just a question, should i use the powerpoint plug in, or just manually set it up to record my screen?

[Alan Tonn]

i was thinking about that after checking out camtasia. the thing is he didnt move the presentation forward, it was a person in the projection booth that did so.

now i have the script so i could just follow it and play the audio of the video to be able to follow him.

i will have to play with it, but i am also concerned about the quality of the video, and then i also wanted to some how “meld” it with the video of the speaker. not just cuts from one to the other but i was thinking of having it in front of the background behind him, and then having him walk in front of the presentation.

i guess the first step is seeing what camtasia can do.

thanks for the suggestions.