Chris Smith
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2k is a resolution as opposed to a bit depth. When you do your film transfer, you will need to use a 2k capable machine (like the common DaVinci 2k). It will not go to Digibeta as digi is an SD format. Usually 2K goes to a hard disk or DLT tape. I have a buddy that did the condensation drop running down the side of a Corona bottle that drips onto a plant in After Effects. The shot starts in very tight then pulls out. This was actually just shot as a wide shot. The pull out was done in post. But since they needed all that extra res, they transfered the select shot to some 2k tiff files. He brough these into AE and did the effect on the shot, then zoomed (scaled up) into it as a whole integrated unit. Since the output was SD, the zoom in still held true.
2k is used a lot for film res work for theatrical release. Some do 4k but I have read that there isn’t much difference between 2k and 4konce up on the big screen so it’s not worth the overhead of using 4k.
We did a spot recently promoting the film Madagascar and Denny’s. We transferred to Digi for the offline. Then once the selects were decided, they re-transferred the selects to 2k so the Dreamworks animators could repo the film if needed to make their characters fit in the film better.
So there are many uses for 2k.
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I think a video tutorial would be brilliant. I know this question gets asked quite frequently (meaning “how does this flowers/letters/logos reveal?”).
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Great info Jayse. BTW, Most of what I know in AE I learned from your training discs. Great stuff.
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If you have AE 6.5, it comes with CC Sphere. It’s on your install CD.
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ideally you should use an external compressor like Media Cleaner or Apple’s Compressor. They can do VBR (Variable Bit Rate) so that the image is always optimized.
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Try rearranging the order and see if it shows. If not, put the opacity of each of the layers down to 30 – 50 percent and see if the missing layer is showing through some how. If it does show, it is there and one of the key layers is not showing it’s transparency correctly. Also solo each layer and hit the alpha button on your comp window (so it only shows alpha). It should be in the shape of the keyed part. If the alpha is solid white, then the key isn’t set right and is blocking the other layer.
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You don’t HAVE to have Commotion to do sabers. They just did it in Commotion because it has easier roto tools. But since they made the recipe, AE has improved it’s tools. So wherever they say they used Commotion, just use AE instead. It will still get you to the same place.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com