Andrew Yoole
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You’re quite right – I was working on the presumption that the Vector Masks in the PSD were on standard Shape layers, which are always the same size as the document itself.
If the Vectors are attached to layers which are not the same size as the document, import layers at Document size rather than cropped (as Sam said).
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There’s an easy workaround to solve your problem.
Import your Photoshop file as a Comp/Cropped Layers. AE7 will import the Masks with the Shape layers, they will just be rasterized.
Create a new solid the same size as your comp.
Select all the shape layers in the timeline, and then Alt-drag the Solid from the Project Window/Solids folder onto the layers in the timeline. This replaces each rasterized layer’s “source” with a comp-sized solid.
Now you can click Continuously Rasterize, and all the Photoshop Vectors will work perfectly.
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Make sure you select the Light Source Position parameter in the left column of the timeline before you hit paste – it should work.
An alternative is to motion sketch onto a Null layer, and then pickwhip an expression that links the Lens Flare location to the Null position.
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Make sure you select the Light Source Position parameter in the left column of the timeline before you hit paste – it should work.
An alternative is to motion sketch onto a Null layer, and then pickwhip an expression that links the Lens Flare location to the Null position.
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Sorry, a slight adjustment – the buttons aren’t red any more, they’re blue.
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Phil, presuming you mean Adobe’s own User to User Forums, you need to be logged into the Forums (registration is free and very quick). Then just go to the Topic List page for the application you are interested in. You will see a long list of thread topics, and a line of red link options, one of which is “Add Topic”. Make sure you’re not inside an FAQ list page, many of which are locked.
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I can’t see any reason to parent the monitors to each other…? If they need to drop independently, and sway independently, then you definitely SHOULDN’T parent them to each other.
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Two things to check:
By default, imported standard def video will be interpreted with lower field first field order. As AE previews don’t display both fields of interpreted footage, you effectively only see half the resolution. The workaround is to turn field interpretion OFF while you work, then reactivate it at render time.
Also, do you have aspect ratio preview activated? This is a low quality stretch which doesn’t look so good – turn it off when you don’t need it.
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Forget DVD players that play DivX. Forget HD DVD playback.
Here are your ONLY practical choices:
1) Render at a HD spec. Hire an HD display. Play media from a PC or Mac to the display.
or
2) Render to PAL spec (720×576) – preferably widescreen if you are hiring a widescreen Plasma. Hire a HD or SD display. If the SD is cheaper, do it – there’s no advantage with the HD display. Playback from PC/Mac, or from conventional DVD.
Personally, I’d use DVD. If the player is damaged or stolen, you’ve lost very little compared to a full computer. Plus you get to keep working on your machine for the week. People are so used to watching badly compressed video at the wrong aspect ratio that they’ll never notice the quality loss that YOU percieve when it’s encoded to MPEG2. Just keep the encoded data rate as high as you can (below 10 mbits including audio).
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Unfortunately there’s no simple way to make one file for all purposes. But for maximum compatibility I’d probably choose MPEG1, which will play natively on any version of Windows since Win98, and any form of Mac with QT Version 4 or later.