Chris Buttacoli
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Everything is already pre-composed properly; the only effect in my main comp is the lightwrap. And it doesn’t work as I believe it should. That’s why I’d like someone to try the simple experiment above and let me know if it’s my system or if that’s how the plug-in works.
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I’ve noticed with most new AE users, the keyframe interpolation thing is hard to wrap thier heads around. I would reccomend when animating the camera, certainly to use the null-parent, but also to only use linear keyframes, and when your done change them to easy-ease.
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I don’t even bother to unlink, I just use the slip tool on the audio track.
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What I’ve encountered on rare occasion is not a gradual drift over the duration of a particular clip, but always an abrupt change where I can find the point in the clip where the cameraman paused recording and it caused some sort of little glitch. Everything prior to this the audio is in sync, but after this the audio is off as much as 2 sec I’ve seen. But once the the clip ends, the audio in the next clip returns to perfect sync. If this is the case with you, perhaps try loading in clips at 10-15 minute durations to minimize the problem.
One thing I have noticed though, 99% of the time I see this it is from footage that came from a non-pro camera.
So maybe is this a camera issue then, I don’t know?
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The links don’t work.
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I would start by animating a letter Z’s position, rotation, scale and opacity. Then duplicate the layer a few times and offset them all in time so they come out one after the other.
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There is a way to do this. (But it certainly does not beat using After Effects on an every day basis.)
Instead of using the Garbage matte, use the titler to make the mask. Go to the frame you want to adjust, and create a new title. Use the pen tool, or the circle tool, to select your area around the people. Make sure the Fill box is checked with solid white.
Place the title on track 3. Duplicate your footage on track 2, and apply the “Track Matte Key”. Set video 3 as the matte, using matte alpha. Then apply your color correction or levels to adjust the brightness.
Now add a fast blur to the title, and adjust the amount to create the feathered edge.
(See why AE is easier. Especially if you need to animate the mask over time.)
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I’m supposing you are using lights in this 3d comp. Then you can turn the solids to cast shadows only in one of their property twirl downs. I don’t have AE on at the moment but this is basically what you want to do.
You can also have some solids invisible to the lights if you want.
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You can actually change or create your own keyboard shortcuts in the preferences menu. I use the razor alot as weel, and changed the shortcut from “ctrl-k” to just the letter “x”.
Not sure how that would be called a matchframe edit in Avid though?
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Is turning fields off on just those animation clips out of the question?
If you do upgrade, I highly reccomend also using After Effects. These moves are SO much easier to control in AE, you will never try in an editing app again. Plus AE has motion blur and 3d lighting to cast realistic shadows. And now with the dynamic link setup, you never need to exit Premiere. The the final results will outweigh the small learning curve.