[Chip Peyton]

Alan,

Thanks again for your help. We made a 9 min combat action movie full of PI effects that got in our local film festival and now is running on TV. To check it out go to the below link. The movie is called “Alpha Recon” and is the second short in this episode of The Alaska Short Forum, so you’ll have to see a 8 min video before ours.

https://shortforum.com/episodes/AKSF-003

Chip

[Chip Peyton]

Thanks Alan, that was exactly what I needed to know. Where could I have found this information because I really tried hard to figure this out on my own using the help file (not there) tutorials and online? I am now very excited about using it and can’t wait to get started!

[Chip Peyton]

Thanks for the reply. I now understand you cannot hear anything while using Pi-SE, ok. But after spending countless hours trying variation after variation, I am still having major sound issues. I output my short DV movie from FinalCut Express in AVI format with compression set to none. I am able to hear the rendered AVI movie when played in Quicktime and plus see the audio sound track info when I view the sound track audio settings. But after I import this movie into PI-SE and then export it (variation after variation tried), all sound has been removed and no sound track is present in the movie properties. It’s like Pi-SE scrubs the audio off. I have looked everywhere for the “Use Audio From Layer” option you mentioned and cannot find it anywhere. It might be there for 3.0 but I can’t find it anywhere in SE.

I have other basic issues that are creating major road blocks for me using Pi-SE.

Quality
I want the best quality video so when I render and export my DV movie out of FinalCut, I export it as AVI with compression set to none. Is this the best way?

Import Issues
1. Most of the time when I select the background image and select an AVI movie, the BackGround button stays lit red, not allow me to see the background image.

2. The AVI movies I make from FinalCut Express HD are sized at 604×480. In PI-SE I have my preferences set to have a stage size for this same size but I get a error box saying the stage size is different from the movie I am importing.

I have spent so much time trying to get some simple flashes and explosions to work in my short with this SE version. I can work the interface just fine, it is the importing and exporting that is wearing me out. If there is anyplace I can read the steps and setting to use in the whole process that would be great. Any help though would be appreciated.

[Chip Peyton]

Thank you, it was very helpful.