[Angie Taylor]

Hi there,

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that the frame rate for the comps may be different and should be the same? Also, Collapsing Transformations may cause some issues if there are further timing changes in the parent comp?

Hope this helps,

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Hi there,

If you duplicate the comp in the Timeline, each instance will be identical and any changes to it will reflect in each copy. However, if you duplicate the Composition in the Project panel instead you will create a unique comp and any changes to it will only affect it, and not the other copies.

hope this helps,

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Hi there,

Right-click on the clip in the Premiere Pro Timeline and choose Dynamic Link > New After Effects Composition. This will create a comp with the clip in it. It will appear as a nested comp containing the source footage.

Hope this helps,

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Hi Joey,

I’m sorry too if I misunderstood. You’re absolutely right, there’s definitely more than one way to skin a cat in AE! That’s what I love about it, everyone finds their own way of using it. 🙂

Actually, you pointed out an important point, the instances are still, as opposed to moving frames. It could have been CC Time Blend FX that was the culprit in this case! Time Blend FX allows copying and pasting of frames to new times. A very neat but under-used plug-in. 🙂

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Also, a tip for retiming keyframed animation. Select all layers, hit the U key to open up all keyframes. Select all keyframes by dragging a marquee around them. Then hold down the Alt key while dragging the first or last kayeyframe. This will stretch the animation, keeping the relative timing intact.

Alternatively, you can do the same in the Graph editor using Free Transform.

Hope this helps.

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Hi there,

Both these suggestions are correct for retiming footage and keyframes in the Timeline but if you want to increase the duration of the actual Composition you need to go to Composition > Composition Settings, and change the Duration in here. Then you can use the techniques mentioned earlier to adjust the timing of layers and keyframes.

hope this helps

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

For anyone reading the thread who wants to know what the answer was;

Precompose the Effect into a nested comp then mask the nested comp.

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Hi there,

What sort of problems are you running into? If it’s syncing problems then you might want to check that you’re running the latest update of AE CS5. There were syncing problems but they were fixed with a software update. To check, open AE and go to Help > Updates. The latest version is 10.0.01.19.

Hope this helps,

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

I agree with Joey that Mocha AE is best for the stabilizing. Check it out, as he says, it’s much better than AE’s default stabilizer.

But I’m afraid I have to disagree with Joey about the Echo filter – sorry Joey! I’ve done this technique a million times using the Echo filter, it’s perfect for this and it definitely works, no need for rotoscoping if the footage is stable. We used to use this in lots of music videos in the 1990’s, it was way over-used at that time and I was asked to create the effect on nearly every job I did for a while. I wouldn’t recommend it as a solution if I didn’t know for sure it could be done. Check out Youtube too for lots of examples of this technique using the Echo filter. Actually, you know what, I’ll post a tutorial for it on my blog this week too, watch this space! 🙂

The problem that you’re experiencing in regard to the image looking like the ‘luminance’ is affected is due to the default settings of the Echo filter and the fact the image is not yet stable. You need the background to be absolutely stable before applying it. And what I forgot to add in my initial response is that you also need to change the ‘Echo Operator’ to either ‘Composite in Front’ or ‘Blend'(depending on the look you want). The default is to use an ‘Add’ operator which will composite moving elements using the Add blending mode which will tend to brighten the luminance as you have noticed.

Hope this helps!

cheers,

Angie

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[Angie Taylor]

Hi there,

you can also achieve this effect with a combination of Motion Stabilization and the Echo filter (or perhaps Time Blend?). See another example here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElrWglAEnik

The first step is to Stabilize the footage. Then nest the comp into a new comp and apply the Echo filter, this will create an echo trail of anything that’s moving in the footage. (This is why stabilization is important before applying it)

You will need to set the time intervals at a longer duration, perhaps -10 frames? And the instances should be set at how many ‘copies’ you want to create.

Once you have it as you want it you can then nest this in another comp and add reverse stabilization if you want the hand held look re-introduced.

Hope this helps!

cheers,

Angie

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