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Carl Larsen
March 20, 2009 at 2:01 pm in reply to: OpenGL, by a show of hands

Hardly ever.

When AE is acting strange, It’s usually one of the first things I check just to be sure it’s off. Mac users have never had strong OpenGL support in AE – maybe my opinion would be different if I were on windows.

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
March 13, 2009 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Changing a movie into widescreen

Personally, I’d try to persuade you to work at 720P (1280 x 720) that way you’ll be ready for any application – letterbox or center cut on the 1024 x 768, full screen on the 1200 x 800, and HD distribution in one swipe. Just be sure to guard your edges with enough safe zone if you plan on doing the center cut.

If you design it big, you can always make it smaller. It’s much harder to go the other way. If there’s any possibility of it being shown on the widescreen format – design within those dimensions to save yourself a headache in the future.

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
March 5, 2009 at 3:20 pm in reply to: Track Motion: Perspective Corner Pin Woe’s

One of the issues with AE’s motion tracker is that it’s fairly difficult to refine once you have tracking results in hand. If you’re doing a complex 4 corner track in AE, sometimes it is easier to track each corner using separate trackers and then tie them all together for the 4 corner pin with expressions. That way if one corner goes nuts on you but the other three are fine you refine your data a whole lot more directly.

If you’re using CS4, I’d highly recommend trying out Mocha AE. It eats projects like this for lunch.

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
March 5, 2009 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Pixel Bender:Droste Plugin runs slow (PC)

Nathan: I recorded the tutorial while the composition was previewing at 1/4 resolution, so that might be part of the problem. I almost always work at low resolution and shift+ram preview (skip every other frame) while I’m setting things up and then only do a full res render at the end. Obviously do what you need to do in your specific situation but 20 seconds per frame sounds really slow. Have you played wint turning open gl on and off?

Eduardo: Install the pixel bender toolkit and then drag the droste.pbk file into AE’s plugin folder. That should be it.

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
February 23, 2009 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Maltaanon – problems anyone?

Hey Guys –

From one content provider to another, I’d say give the guy a chance to respond and extend him a little grace. I’m not here to defend anyone, but as a guy who runs a small shop himself I know the pressures of trying to be the sales, marketing, and PR teams while trying to run a production studio.

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
February 23, 2009 at 5:28 pm in reply to: Rotoscoping Question

https://store.creativecow.net/p/74/advanced_rotoscoping_techniques_for_adobe_after_effects

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
February 19, 2009 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Is this really possible with after effects?

Here’s the full write up.

https://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/casestudies/8355.html

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
February 13, 2009 at 2:55 pm in reply to: Trapcode Form Text Animation – “Becoming a Legend”

Part of the reason the titles looked so organic in “legend” is that we comped in a lot real elements into the shot – you won’t get that look using plug-ins alone. Cody Redmer, the lead compositor, used form to break up the title, but the smoke and sparks and distortion maps were driven by real elements we shot in the studio.

…by the way, we had a lot of fun capturing the live footage for the titles. In the end, we found burning the individual pages of a phone book with a hard back light gave us the look we were after.

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
February 12, 2009 at 5:56 pm in reply to: Need to remove a mic from a shot

I just did a shot like this on the AE podcast. Unless she rotates a lot while she’s talking you can probably get away with photoshopping one frame and tracking it back into the scene.

https://podcasts.creativecow.net/after-effects-tutorials-podcast/basic-25d-rig-removal

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net
Carl Larsen
February 12, 2009 at 3:54 pm in reply to: Building a cube world

Great to hear you enjoyed the tutorial – and that you’re looking for ways to build on it.

Although I haven’t tested it myself, I’m thinking it would be possible to do what you’re asking but the results will depend greatly on the specifics of images that you’re using.

In an ideal situation, yes, I think it will work beautifully IF…

1. your images are from the same location and shot within line-of-sight with each other.

2. each image has a distinct and obvious place to mask your opening from one “world” to the next, i.e. a gate, door, or archway.

3. You do the transition relatively quickly. The more you linger near the edges of your cube, especially if you’re rotating the camera, the more obvious it will become that we’re playing a visual trick.

But… sounds like a cool idea. I’d say go for it!

Carl Larsen

TelescopeMediaGroup.net

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