[Brady Lovell]

When you say “editing in 30fps”, what exactly do you mean?

I haven’t figured out how the 60fps and slow motion work together. I understand the concept (i.e. 60fps = more frames = smoother motion), but not sure if I’m editing in 60fps or 30 fps.

When I start a new project, I’ll drag my 60fps footage down to the “create new comp” button, and it creates a new sequence for me that matches the footage (60fps). Once I make all my edits and slow motion parts, I’ll then render it out to 30fps.

Does that mean I’m editing at 60fps or 30fps, and am I utilizing the extra frames correctly to get the smoothest slow mo?

You’ve been extremely helpful! MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!

[Brady Lovell]

Thank you so much for your reply! I haven’t had any training except for whats free on the web, and the workflow I mentioned above is what I’ve come up with after all the trial and error. It’s nice to know I’m on the right track!

I guess what concerned me the most was mixing the 60FPS and the 30FPS video clips into the same sequence. I didn’t know if that would mess anything up, or if I should do something with the “interpret footage” option, which I haven’t used and not sure what it means.

But anyways, thanks again for the prompt response!

[Brady Lovell]

I have 2 HD’s on my PC. According to the guideline chart I have everything set up right except for the “Page File” and “Previews”. I have no idea what a page file is and not sure where the previews are stored either. Can someone point me in the right direction so I can make sure those 2 items are in the correct location?

Thanks!!!!

[Brady Lovell]

I’ve tried this method about 10 times now, and can’t seem to get it to work. The text has to be in 3D for the expression to work, so I figured that out. So I am able to get the expression to go in right now, but I just tried duplicating the layer 50 times, parented them to the main pre-composed original text layer and put them underneath that layer. Added a camera, roatated and still a flat text layer. Not sure if I’m doing something wrong or not.

[Brady Lovell]

Awesome! Thanks for the reply. I’m working on it now. Do I make the text 3d before I apply the Alpha Matte to it?

This is what I did and it’s not working….(yet)

– New Composition 1920×1080
– Import image
– Create text layer
– select image and toggle switches
– select Alpha Matte

The text is now looking like the image

– select the text layer
– right click and choose pre-compose
– select the text layer + p = position
– alt+click stop watch
– enter copied expression
– select text layer + ctrl+D numerous times

Nothing happens…..not sure if I’m doing it right. But that’s pretty much all of the steps that I did.