Alpay Kasal
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ok just did another one… in the HDTV version of the project, the 3D camera zoom is at 1000. after changing comp settings to ntsc DV 720×480, i had to set the camera zoom to 350 to get what seems to be the same framing. Thanks for any help people.
Alpay Kasal
Artist/Engineer
https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com -
Check your pixel aspect ratio… I bet if you switch aspect to 1:1 in the comp settings, the video is going to properly fit in the preview that AE is supplying. This is an easy thing to forget (I constantly do) when CHANGING comp settings as opposed to creating a new comp from the presets. Changing the aspect ofcourse, depends entirely on what you ultimately need to do with the footage.
Alpay Kasal
Artist/Engineer
https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com -
If you don’t need too much echo but just a little bit of an effect, I have had good success with things like stars and text by duplicating the layer (i am assuming it is masked ot keyed on somehow) and using the “sequence layers” keyframe assistant. Then drop your original one atthe top of the layer stack. I might also pre-compose all the duplicates so I can effect them seperately. The following is grabbed from the help file:
To arrange layers in a sequence:
-In the Timeline window, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and select layers in sequential order, beginning with the layer you want to appear first.
-Choose Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers.
-To overlap ends of layers, select the Overlap option and type a duration in timecode for how long the layers should overlap.
-If you selected the Overlap option in step 3, select a Transition option to specify which layers’ opacity After Effects adjusts to create cross dissolves.
If none of the selected layers uses an alpha channel or mask, select Dissolve Front Layer.
If any of the selected layers uses an alpha channel or a mask, select Cross Dissolve Front and Back LayersIt’s really much easier and intuitive than this makes it sound.
here’s a sample of how it looks… please note, I’m not trying to spam the forum so I am not linking to the product page of the royalty free compilation i’ve built… here’s a direct link so be sure to resize your browser window as flash will try to play scaled up. https://nycrenderfarm.com/nychd/dotsph.swf
Alpay Kasal
Artist/Engineer
https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com -
Jayse hit the nail on the head… You can do different kinds of numbers formats as well (such as integers and timecode). I thought I’d chime in with a sample of what the included plugin can do.
https://nycrenderfarm.com/nychd/countup.swf
Please note: this is from a royalty free compilation i’m working on – I’m sure there are some rules about spam here so I’m not giving you the link to the product gallery. for this reason, the following flash thumbnail will play as big as your browser goes, be sure to shrink your browser window so the thing is not scaled way up into oblivian 🙂 click to play/stop the animation. enjoy!
Alpay Kasal
Artist/Engineer
https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com -
https://www.smvisuals.com/boru/tsunami.mov
Here’s a link to an old clip for an old client. This shows off one of the presets in the Psunami plugin and I remember seeing some very high quality caustics while playing with it. feel free to go one folder up for some other liquid-themed anims. enjoy.
Alpay Kasal
Artist/Engineer
https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com -
My workflows always entails me using PNG encoding as it is Lossless Compression, similar to the Animation codec. If that is also too large, my fallback would definitely be JPEG encoding as Steve Roberts suggested. I have not had to use anything other than PNG as it has worked for me perfectly over time but JPG will certainly offer you big savings without degrading your images much at all.
Alpay Kasal
Artist/Engineer
https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com