[Chris Brett]

Hi Todd —

I guess you could look at it like that but many is the time I’ve ended up trawling the net for answers despite these great resources.

Basically we agree — the sites listed are very much what I used myself ….. maybe a bit of a plug from me for Andrew Devis and Andrew Kramer because these were the tutorials I found most suited my approach however have to say the Adobe intro and much other good stuff was ‘essential reading’ also.

———————— chris —

[Chris Brett]

Hi Todd

Yes I did – also, by some strange coincidence, just took another look myself when you posted.

I accept that all the info is in there but I guess what I was saying is that I reckon its best to have a number of sources and I would stick with that on the basis that different sites have different strengths.

I found Copilots slick operational style inspiring and quickly remembered a lot of the tricks and Andrew Devs’s tutorials very reassuring and easy to follow – also, of course’ I looked at the Adobe site.

Maybe depends a bit on personal preferences.

All the best ————————- chris —

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[Chris Brett]

Hi — just learnt AE myself — did it as below after quite a few false starts.

1 AE basics on Video Copilot — then browse a few of Copilots tutorials just to get an idea of how to use it on more advanced comps.

2 Checkout Andrew Devis’s tutorials on Creative Cow — nice steady pace and well explained – good for basics and intermediate.

3 Get stuck in !! — set yourself a problem and dont give up till you do it —– trawl individual problems as they occur on the net — you tube / video to brain etc etc — theres masses of good stuff out there.

4 Copilot tutorials again and again until it does your head in ….

I dont think you will find a one stop shop but good luck if you are looking

All the best ————————chris —

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[Chris Brett]

Hi Johnny –

————- many thanks for your speedy reply which sounds like an excellent solution ……..

…… will check it out tomorrow.

Best regards —— chris —

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[Chris Brett]

I agree with Johnny and Stephen as this will improve legibility but also suggest you spend a bit of time with your creative hat on and mindlessly check out all sorts of stuff / animating directional blurs / camera moves / warps / scale changes / secondary particle anims to support main reveal / lens flare or some light effect to sign off on / etc etc …
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…. I guess I’m thinking ( for me ) theres not quite enough going on yet to make a real impact ……

…..also ( apart from better speed curves as mentioned ) think the current reveal is perhaps too slow — however theres always the ALIEN title to checkout if you want something slowwwwwer …. recommended….

Video Copilot demos are brilliant inspiration on this kind of stuff – highly recommended….

Best of luck —–chris —

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[Chris Brett]

Hi James / Walter

Thankyou both for these most useful replies — will take a look.

Best regards

Chris Brett

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[Chris Brett]

Hi James

Excellent thread — lots a people will be very interested in this I think.

Wpuld however appreciate clarification on a few details please ,,,,

…… are you saying that if you use the bg renderer script AE renders comps at twice the speed ? !!!

—– and if so is this a ‘definate’ please ?– ie has this been well enough scrutinised to be taken as a fact?

——- chris brett

[Chris Brett]

Many thanks Darby – sounds perfect.

Best regards

Chris Brett

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[Chris Brett]

Hi Chaps

— feel compelled to mail feedback as results were so good –

– took a while to figure it all out fully and went for Nexus on my desktop combined with Font List in AE —- excellent result which saves so much time….

……. Nexus makes it easy to sort all fonts on desktop and then its just a matter of activating ones to use when comping though when I tested Font List with ALL my fonts activated it was no trouble to use at all…….. many thanks again.

Best regards

Chris Brett

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[Chris Brett]

Cheers Ridley

—- much appreciated

—- all the best

—-chris ——-

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