Andy Dykstra
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Instead of using a solid, try using an adjustment layer. Use a mask the same way to frame the logo, and then your blur will effect the layers below it.
Andy Dykstra
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Try using a “linear wipe” effect on the flames. You can set the direction to the same as your snowboarder, and then set keyframes on the completion % to match the movement.
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There is a great tutorial from VideoCopilot.net that should show you everything you need to set something like this up.
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/audio_to_animation/
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If I’m understanding your layout right then there is a very simple answer. On the comps or layers that get blurry when you zoom into them, there is a “continually rasterize” box next to motion blur, frame blending, shy, ect.
It looks like a gear, and if that is on, vector layers like text will always look sharp.Andy Dykstra
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This may be a solution for you depending on what exactly you need:
https://aescripts.com/compsfromspreadsheet/
Sorry, I haven’t used this myself, but from your description, it might be exactly what you are looking for.
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After Effects is a pretty resource intense program. You’ll need at least a few gigs of RAM to really do anything. It sounds like you’re a little confused because adding an external hard drive will only give you more space to store files, it won’t make after effects run any faster. You can look into upgrading your RAM, but laptops are usually very limited in how much you can add.
Your easiest solution is going to be setting your comp settings to be showing half or less of the project. Directly under your composition there is a drop down that says “full” and can be set to half, third, or quarter. Lower settings will help after effects refresh faster for you, but you will see a low resolution version. Your final render will still be full quality. -
If a layer or comp has audio, there is a little speaker icon in your timeline far to the left next to the eyeball icon for visible/invisible. If your footage is showing audio, but the render isn’t, check your render settings. I believe AE defaults to not outputting audio. In your render queue check the “output module” settings. My bet is changing a setting there is your answer.
To play back audio in your comp, check your RAM preview settings, or use the period key on the numpad to playback just audio. AE can do some sweet stuff with audio, but I wouldn’t use it to edit your audio with.
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We have several FCP machines set up working on the same projects from a storage server. All of our machines get this error occasionally, and it is almost always around 5:30pm. The time thing really throws me for a loop. All the drives are still up and can be read and written to by any other application any time. Not cool FCP. Not cool.
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I think this should work – inside the parentheses for the Math.floor() portion take your value times 10, 100, 1000, one 0 for each decimal place, then divide the whole thing by the same number.
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The easiest way is probably to add a slider control to your text layer. Add a keyframe with the starting number as the value, and another keyframe with the ending value. Then it’s as simple as adding an expression to the text layer’s source text that links it to the value of the slider. As the slider value shifts from the start value to the end value, your text layer will display the value.
If you need whole numbers, just add “Math.floor(” before the expression, and be sure to close the parentheses. This will round the number down.