[Ben Matt]

This is excellent answer. Thank you !
I am very new to AE and do not know where to enable those settings.
Where is TimeRemap and where is LoopOut Cycle ?

Thanks !

[Ben Matt]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!

This was very helpful and indeed answered my question.
I saw the preset in Photoshop, but was unsure how to use it. It gave the guides for safe text and safe animation, but I am unsure how to interpret that. What does that mean and how should I design in that preset template ? What should be inside the middle box, and what can go over into the bigger box?

But I will experiment with all of this. Thank you for clearing everything up for me ! I really appreciate this !!

Cheers 🙂

[Ben Matt]

This makes sense Dave. 🙂 Photoshop is my tool of trade, but I am brand new to AE. And to answer your other question about animating or scaling, I would indeed be animating my design’s position.

Let me give an example of a company that designs all their products in photoshop, brings them into AE and then animates them. Their video, VWM, MPEG1, or MPEG4 no matter which format is crisp and clear and they use the following settings:

https://powerpointsermons.com/_Candle_Light_Service_b-7753.html

“This Motion Background “Candle Light Service” is a full DV resolution (720×480) at 30fps (frames per second), so they’ll look crystal-clear on TVs, projectors, and even the web. Additionally, we guarantee that “Candle Light Service” will be compatible with any worship software program. You can download “Candle Light Service” in the three major formats: MPEG1, MPEG4 or WMV. ”

If I want to animate, say something similar to the example I gave, what format, size, quality should I be using inside Photoshop before bringing it into AE to retain the same crispness they do in their example ?

[Ben Matt]

Well, maybe i should word my question differently:

If I have a digital photograph with a size of 2400 x 3500. Should I resize it to fit in the 720 x 480 size and then bring my photoshop PSD file into AE, or should I work with the big size digital photo right in AE and just resize (scale) it their ?

What do you have to do to maintain crispness and clarity when you design in photoshop and then bring your design into AE ?

I hope this clarifies more what I want to ask ?

[Ben Matt]

Agreed 🙂

[Ben Matt]

That I know. But still if you set your DPI to 150 instead of 72 you do get a better image quality, regardless of DPI being only in reference to print.

I create powerpoint slideshows. When you do 1024 x 768 at 72dpi you get a normal quality slideshow. When you design your backgrounds and images in photoshop at 150dpi 1024 x 768 and then bring them into powerpoint they are much sharper and better looking.

So based on this understanding, i posted my question on resolution.

🙂

[Ben Matt]

Thanks all. I have got it to work

[Ben Matt]

Yes, that I know. In my case I dont want to use any codec and would rather choose UNCOMPRESSED from the list.

Thanks for the reminder though!

[Ben Matt]

AWESOME !!! Thanks for the reply. I will convert the MPEG clip to .Mov and then use it inside my project. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY !!!!

Have a good one !!