Chris Wright
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this has happened b4. Some options to keep DVCproHD require using the same exact codec for both AE and FCP are Canopus, Mainconcept, Raylight, Cineform. AE and FCP’s codecs don’t work with each other any more after the update. 🙁
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mirror the layer and invert it. the new layer transfer mode of luma will negate the simple gradient effect. take that photoplop.
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“AE’s render and import code don’t always 100% match. ”
I made a lazy answer. I should have said, AE’s dll files still have to interpret the quicktime codecs and if the quicktime files are corrupted, AE will fail to open them, but other players still might because they’re not as sensitive to errors.
it might be interesting to ask the first poster, marti davies, if he’s using pc instead of mac. It could very well be that macs with animation codec are more stable than pc’s. I’m not a programmer but I can say this, would it be in the better interest of Apple to make a more stable quicktime for Mac instead of PC? lol.
btw. thx for virus tip :O
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its not really the export as it is the corrupt interpretation AE gets when you try to import the rendered animation file back into AE. That’s why you probably haven’t seen it crash much. AE’s render and import code don’t always 100% match. ie.(crash).
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hmm, AE’s change to color effect isn’t really that bad. That might work well enough for you. it has a lot of tolerance settings.
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millions of colors plus you meant millions of colors+ right?
not
millions of colors. the later doesn’t support alpha. AE is very picky. and if you try a different codec output, bets are AE will work again. The animation codec is very buggy if you try to output a complex project with it. Try a different lossless codec for a small render and see if that fixes it. -
maybe puppet tool, but that’s only in AE CS3
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the file partially works because your computer found a compatible audio codec, unfortunately, it did not for the video. You need to get the exact, and I mean exact codec they used or else importing your footage into projects will get color shifts. And you need to know what color management they used too, which is most likely HDTV but could even be apple or RGb. workflow, workflow, workflow.
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i would pre-mask the rocks with invert luma mask so they don’t turn a different color too, just the snow. The best color corrector I’ve seen for AE that can change even small objects like flowers and leave everything else alone is color finesse.
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This tut would let you have full manual control over the fractal controlled vol. light in case you didn’t want random movement. thx Aharon for the video.
https://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quicktips-5-perspective-offset–227