Curious Turtle
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No. The render queue starts at the top and works its way down.
If you want to render out the same comp to multiple files then use Add Output Module would help you.
Otherwise, take a look at the Background Render Script. That might be something you want to look at, it could help your workflow.
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Just to let you know, the guy working on the Windows box won’t need QT Pro to work with ProRes. Just the decoder and regular QT Player installed will work fine.
There is no “standard” when it comes to transfering files across for further work. Each workflow will be slightly different. You’re trying to balance three things here – compatibility, quality and file size. Uncompressed files will help you maintain the first two (with caveats about colour bit depth) but create large files. Apple ProRes gives a good trade-off about maintaining quality whilst giving manageable filesizes.
On the way back from the Windows machine, you might want to consider Uncompressed or a high-quality PhotoJPEG. You can’t render back out to ProRes on Windows.
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Actually it’s quite reasonable that your HD H264 file won’t play back fluidly. Take a look at the Activity Monitor when you try to play it. Those CPU peaks that coincide with the stuttering tell you that it’s actually quite a processor intensive job to play back H.264.
There are graphics cards that do hardware acceleration for H264 playback, like the NVidia 9400M in the new Macbook Pros.
I know that doesn’t help much, but I hope it explains it a bit better.
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If you can step through your video in QT Player and see the frames that it’s skipping over then your system is probably not up to the task.
The good news with that scenario is that your video file is OK. You just have to transcode it to another format to play it back. What is your final destination for your video? You’re more than likely going to have to transcode it anyways.
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If I’m reading your problem correctly, why not have your bin in List Mode and check out the “Vid Rate” column there.
Is that what you’re looking for?
Ben
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Are you applying a corner pin effect to an adjustment layer because that’s not going to work for you?
Apply the corner pin to a new solid that is above your adjustment layer. Set the track matte on the adjustment layer to alpha and you’re there. So your timeline looks like this:
1 – Solid with tracked corner pin
2 – Adjustment layer with blur. Track matte set to alpha.
3 – Original footageThere are other ways to skin this cat but that should be fine for you.
Hope that helps,
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What version of After Effects are you using? If memory serves, Keylight has come bundled with After Effects since version 6.5 (maybe earlier?). Check your install disc, it might be right there just waiting for you.
If you want to get rid of fringing, then you could try either a Spill Suppressor, or use a range on the Hue/Saturation filter to target only the greens you need to change.
Good luck with your project,
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You might also have some luck by simply adding a CC Composite filter and setting it to Multiply and playing with the opacity. As Dave said though, if your footage is completely blown out, then there’s nothing you can do to bring it back again.
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It sounds like it’s your drives/system that aren’t able to keep up with your footage. If you reimport the file and look back at it frame by frame, does it look fine?
What render settings have you used to create your AVI? If you’re rendering out an uncompressed, HD video then that’s a great deal of data you’re dealing with. A single drive is not going to be able to handle that throughput.
What are your system specs?
I suspect your footage is fine – just huge. :o)
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I *think* this means that you should use the Animation codec set to 100% quality. This is a lossless codec, not uncompressed one.
If in doubt, ask the person who has sent you these instructions. Much more reliable than attempting to mind-read their intentions.
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