[Alexander Gao]

If you drag your entire composition into a new one, and then for the position of the comp, enter the wiggle expression which is like this:

wiggle(*,**)

*the number of pixels you want the “wiggle” to encompass
**the number of times/second the distance will be changed

I’m sorry if you already know this, but I picked it up from Aharon Rabinowitz’s tutorial, and I think it could help those who don’t know it.

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

You could also try taking your saturation down, and darkening midtones and highlights in addition to overlaying a very dark blue solid. And maybe add some grain?

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

If you have a 3D program, all you need to do is render the frames to an image sequence (e.g.: .tif sequence) and then import that image sequence in After Effects the same way you would import video. You are better off animating the balls in your 3D program rather than trying to do something in After Effects. It will be much faster and easier.

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

Trust me it works… I have done it, and the quality was higher than 99% of all other stuff on youtube.
I used Sorenson Squeeze to compress my .flv.

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

The BEST way to do it is to render to a .flv at 425×350 resolution. Youtube will not even further compress your video, and I am 95% positive that the video will be under 50 MB. Try a 64 MB MP3 audio compression with a video bitrate of 700 bps. This works pretty well…

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

The green screen should be evenly lit across the whole thing, and as close to one single shade as possible.

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

Why don’t masks look good enough? I would think it would work very well, if you made a rectangular mask a little smaller than your banner and then just feathered the edges a little bit… no?

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

I read on thinksecret that Adobe Photoshop CS3 IS going to contain some 3D object import capability… Maybe that could be a hint?

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

Hello Barend,
I just took a look at your website. Your work is great! As I am going to college next year and I feel I’d like to do something similar to what you have done with your career… Of course this is only one aspect of it (and not the most important), but how much does it pay to be in a position similar to yours?

Thank you so much for your time,
Alexander Gao
alexanderwanggao@hotmail.com

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Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Alexander Gao]

I’m just wondering (this is a question about the pen, assuming you’re still on the stock pen)… Do you like using the buttons on the pen? I find them really hard to press without re-orienting my hand. If you do use them a lot, how exactly are you holding your pen? Do you press the buttons with your index finger or thumb?

Thanks,
Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”