[Brihanrohan]

Personally, I am keeping a close eye on Cineform Neo. “Visually lossless” yet relatively small files. Mac and PC compatibility. FCP and Premiere both supported.
Coupled with the right hardware for HD monitoring on a dedicated display (Decklink Intensity compatibility on the horizon) , I’d be willing to comprimize on the realtime effects of other solutions.

[Brihanrohan]

I edit dv projects. I keep all my source tapes. I delete from the hard disk anything that can be recaptured easily. I keep all graphics, audio, and “new” video files (files rendered from after effects etc.)

Then in Premiere I do a “Remove unused” so that in a years time, if I need to recapture my source files, I only have to recapture what was on the timeline.

Usually, doing all this gets the amount of data in the project folder small enough to back up onto a dvd.

Once on DVD, everything can be deleted from the hard drive.

bri

[Brihanrohan]

Ok,
I feel a bit of a fool, but I got it. The line I had drawn in Illustrator was actually a shape with no fill; hence it only being pasted as a shape/mask in AE.
I just drew a line with the pen tool and it pasted into AE with no problems, as a motion path.

This throws up a couple of questions relating to the use of Illustrator for me, but I guess I’d better head over to the Illustrator forums for those.

Thanks for the great tutorials and prompt replies to posts!

bri

[Brihanrohan]

Thanks for the advice. I tried all of your ideas but to no avail. How do I trash my preferences?

Thanks again,

bri

[Brihanrohan]

I am trying to paste a path from illustrator into the “position” field of a solid layer in after effects. However, the path from Illustrator always gets pasted as a mask instead. Any ideas why this might be happening?

Extra info:
In Illustrator, using the pen tool, I traced an image of a scroll/calligraphy type pattern. I have changed the preferences of Illustrator to allow the “preserve path” as was mentioned in the video.

Thanks,

bri