Andy Ford
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COW Coins
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I’m sure there are many tutorials online, but animating stills on the timeline is relatively straight-forward if you are familiar with keyframes.
Select your still in the timeline. Then, go in the effects control panel. Go to the properties you want to animate, which will be position and scale in your case. I assume you want to start the animation at the beginning of the still, so ensure your time indicator is at that position. Then, choose a position and scale value to start at and click the stopwatch (Toggle animation button). This sets a keyframe. Then go down the timeline to the end of your still and choose another position and scale value to your liking. This will create a second keyframe. The still will move accordingly from the first and second value over the allotted time. Adjust the position values and scale values as needed.
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The biggest thing keeping it from matching to me is the lack of a shadow to the right like the other images. I would also consider erasing some of the metal stand (kind of how the bottom of the drummer is missing)… the stand is lighter than almost everything else so reduce some of it. The muted colors and highlights seem to match pretty well, so let’s see how it looks after those changes.
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If you want to avoid scaling up your main image (which is a solution and you’d just have to readjust your cropping accordingly), you could perhaps go to a smaller sequence size. For example, if your sequence is 1080, go to 720. This way you won’t mess with upscaling your original footage.
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Are you on a Mac or PC? Let me know and I’ll tell you how to check all the processes running that are a drain on your CPU.
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The limit for h.265 6.2 main tier is 240mbps. For high tier, it is 800mbps. You can select the high tier in AME and you will see you’ll be able to go to 800mpbs.
I can’t think of a reason you would need more than that. h.265 can have huge bitrates (main 12, main 4:4:4, etc.) in acquisition, but for playback you need to make sure your device can handle that. Also, if you’re putting it online, most sites will re-encode to a lower bitrate.
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I didn’t download your file due to my time constraints, but in general I would put the layers of a finished animation into a precomp so I only have to deal with one layer. Then, Duplicate this layer and right-click on it to bring up the menu. Go to Time> Time-Reverse Layer (command-option-r) and this will play the layer in reverse. Of course, you will have to sync up the starting point. You can duplicate your original layer again and add a freeze frame (Time>Freeze Frame) to keep it still. Make this layer start at the end of your original layer where you want the freeze to occur and trim it at 2 seconds. Then, align your layer that’s in reverse to the end of your frozen layer. If you want one layer to take longer to play, you can go to Time>Time Stretch and adjust the duration. Or, make a copy of the original animation and adjust the keyframes as needed and then bring it into this comp and reverse it.
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Clicking on the color layout should default to the Lumetri Color panel opening on the right and the Lumetri Scopes panel nesting in with your Source and Effects Controls panels on the top left. Regardless, you can always go to Window>Lumetri Scopes to pull it up. When in the panel, click the wrench to bring up the options for Vectorscope, Histogram, Parade, etc.
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If you have need for many templates throughout the year, Envato Elements has a year subscription that gets you lots of AE templates, stock video, music, graphics, etc. It is inexpensive.
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Happy Cow Appreciation Day!
I’m always looking to follow good industry-focused accounts on Instagram (and I just started a photo/video-focused account myself), so if anyone wants to exchange follows – let’s do it!
https://www.instagram.com/andyfordvideo/
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Sorry for the obvious question, but did you use the USB cable originally supplied? Per Sony, using any other cable does not guarantee success. Have the memory card out, camera on, and try various USB ports on your computer. The LCD will turn off when connected.
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