Chris Evans
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That’s not a bad camera, I have one very similar, even Panasonic. It probably is your denoiser. Try making one without it, but don’t judge the noise till after you put it on YouTube. It may not be as bad as you think. Sorry if I’m going to far, it’s just stuff I would try.
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That is a very good, clean key. If you don’t have the room, don’t worry about the light reflections to much, they aren’t that bad. There are other things you can use to key, but keylight is up there with the best of them. Getting something different won’t help you get a better key, it would just be a different way to get the same key. And they cost money. (keylight does if you don’t have after effects, but you do, so it’s free). With what you have, I don’t think you can get much better, good job!
I am going to mention one more thing though and is just something to think about, not a real issue except to people like us. Your camera doesn’t have a lot of detail. Most noticeable in his beard. That, for me, is the only thing that really takes your video away from looking very professional. Again, not a big issue, just something to think about if you continue doing this for a while.
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They’re should be a folder with the layers in that comp. Yet reloading those.
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In the Project window, right click on your PSD file and click Reload File.
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I think your video looks good, however, I’m not gonna lie, your edged do make it look a little bit amateur. A few ideas: try to keep your screen softness as low as possible (ideally below 1), play with your Screen Shrink/Grow to get rid of the strange edges on your table and around his skin (you can go even to -5 or -6 and it nobody will notice), also apply some sharpening to your image (just use the sharpen effect, probably around 30, and make sure it is below or applies after your keylight), also, you don’t need to worry about the noise on his shirt, I can’t even see it (could be the YouTube compression, but even if it was that means it isn’t enough to worry about).
Here are some other thoughts that I think will make your video look more professional. (NOTE: these are just my opinions) If there was any way you could remove the tint on his glasses or have him not wear them. If he could stand or sit on a stool instead of a chair with a back, he would look like he has better posture and not lean on the table as much.
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Watch this tutorial on track mattes.
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Your null and footage are in the same comp, right? And the footage isn’t 3d?
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The short answer is no.
The long answer is also no, but continues with this: The file produced was not finished and therefore corrupt, and as far as I know, there is no way to recover what was in that file. However, if you are worried about your computer crashing, render out as a JPEG Sequence, in which case you can render out from the place it stopped.
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I’ve never really used anything else, but my understanding is that if you are only using AE as a Compositor for really heavy effects, there are better programs out there (albeit more expensive) like Nuke and Flame. But you can do everything in AE that you can in those, it just takes longer sometimes. What After Effects excels at is motion graphics.
That’s the extremely quick version of a massive debate according to my understanding.
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You’re gonna have to give us a lot more information, I think. What you did in your project, what effects you used, your computer specs, including GPU, what camera it was shot on, etc. It may not all be relevant, but without more information, we can’t help.
My recommendation: Try to figure it out on your own. Disable effects/layers one at a time and render a small portion. Try exporting a different version. Figure out what is causing it and you’ll figure out the solution. There’s a significant change we won’t be able to tell you what is wrong, we’ll just tell you to try things.