[Alexandre Brandt]

Hello Folks,
I’m terribly sorry for the delay in my reply, have been pretty caught up with multiple things here.

So:
My export from FCP is done directly from the clip and not from a sequence and so I’m not modifying the original HDV 25p media with any sequence settings. The codec HDV is at 8-bit I believe.

The settings in AE are as follow:
Depth: 8 bit per channel

Workspace: None
(this workspace setting is very interesting. I have noticed that when I change it to something els it effects the color in AE. What I could do is assign a work space to the project but only if I can assign the same workspace in FCP. That would then make sens so we are on the same setting. Does anyone know how to do that in FCP ?)

Linearized Working Space: disabled (its in gray and can not be enabled because I don’t have a colour working space)

blend colours using 1.0 Gamma: off. If I put it on it asks me to select a working space.

Match Legacy After Effects QuickTime Gamma Adjustments: On.
(this setting made a very noticeable difference. I tried it an hour ago. When I had if off, the export was as I have shown in my screen shots, with a large difference in Gamma. Now when it is on, the Gamma is much closer to the original).

Compensate for Scene-referred profiles: on (it is automatically on and can not be deselected)

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Hello,

So I viewed it in both QuickTime and FCP.

Here are the pictures.
It doesn’t look to different in small and JPEG compressed but if you click you will see that the BEFORE has more detail in the leg black pans and that their is less saturation.
When I look at it in QuickTime the difference is much more noticeable.

This is BEFORE

This is AFTER AE export

This is AFTER AE export & QuickTime pro visual settings/transparency correction

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Hello all,
Thank you very much for your explanations and advice !
Alex

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Great. The importing to Photoshop worked perfect. Thx.

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Great.

How would I be able to create a glow effect on the text such the one here on the word “liquiDance”

I guess I have to rasterize text and then put the effect. But I don’t know if it’s achievable in Ai. Maybe it’s a Photoshop thing ? If yes, how can I make sure I create a Photoshop design the same size as this text ?

Alex

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Ahh ok.

So I did and it works but….

The problem for me knows is that background is empty and so I can see the blue background. My goal is that between the pattern I see the orange. Should I duplicate the text layer ? If yes, how can I place it exactly over the current layer (because when I copy and paste the new layer is not exactly over).

Thanks !
Alex

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Hello,
Thanks for your advice.

I’m not very experimented with Ai. I think there is a pattern in the swatch.
Here is the file 4181_patern.ai.zip

I tried doing the manipulation as described with dragging the swatch to the art board but nothing happened. I did manage however to select it and change the color. I think I’m going to make white and so I’m going to make my text orange, and so the white pattern will be the “negative” space in the text.

I did manage to bring the file and make a new art board into my business card file but I don’t know it that helps. Also, it seems that with this new art board not the entire pattern can be selected. There are some defaults, places that stays unselected.

What should I do ?

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

ok

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Well I have Full Quality masters in a hard drive + a back up drive but I was thinking of a MiniDV in case.

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alexandre Brandt]

Hey,

I just had a similar problem. I have some tapes with drop frames but the capture lags and the second clip leaves about 4,5 seconds at the beginning. I doesn’t make me that at the end of a shot (where their is a natural 2 frame jump) but at the middle. In my case it’s a tape problem that I can have 2,3 times on some tapes and no times and others.

Good luck,
Alex

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !