[Andrew Soh]

@Ben: I tried doing what you said but it didn’t work for me. I tried to right click the mask path but there is no option for ‘keyframe assistant’. So I think were talking about my keyframes so I selected all of them, converted the expression to keyframes which made them turn into round keyframes, then ‘hold keyframes’ which made them into squarish keyframes with a left indentation. But when I rendered out it was still the same. Thank you as your suggestion helped in explaining it to Matthew.

@Bret: That is actually such a simple solution that I’m amazed at how I tried to make it so complex. Thanks!

@Matthew: This worked for me! Yes I went to comp settings and checked that and it worked perfectly. Thanks.

Thanks for all the replies guys. I appreciate it. I’m glad to at least have learned something new and can sleep peacefully now 🙂

Andrew

[Andrew Soh]

No not using OpenGL. Also not using 3D layer.

Is it because those layers are precomped? I am putting the precomped (RING) layer above the WORD layer, then duplicating the ring layer and putting that on top the WORD layer. Maybe it’s not good to use precomped layers on top of each other?

[Andrew Soh]

Oo that is certainly helpful. Thanks again Anders.

[Andrew Soh]

Yea I just fiddled around with the control-click and it works well. Definitely a time saver. Thanks Anders.

[Andrew Soh]

Thank you Dave. I was a bit lost at what you were talking about but after some googling and fiddling in AE I believe I now get the gist of it. If I am correct I go to:
Edit>Templates>Output Module
-make a new setting, save, etc and next time I go ‘save frame as’ I would have my preferred file format already there instead of the usual .psd

Thanks for the tip again. Sure does help me save a bit of time rather than manually selecting all the settings over and over again.

Andrew

[Andrew Soh]

Oh my god I just found that out. I feel like a fool.

Thanks Michael and please do forgive me and I apologize for wasting your time.

Andrew

[Andrew Soh]

I will try it with the AVI file. Looks like I better get the full version.

Thanks David for all your responses.

[Andrew Soh]

I’m in CS4. When I want to start a new project there is no HDV option so I can’t create the 1280×720 size. I believe it is the trial version setback. Looks like I gotta get the full version. I also can’t change the sequence setting’s frame size when I am editing. I don’t know why.

[Andrew Soh]

Yes I believe it is the sequence settings. My .mov file was 1280×720 and my sequence setting was 720×480. However, I can’t seem to change the settings. Is it because I am using a trial version? I also can’t capture HDV and I think that is also the reason.

Thank you.