Curious Turtle
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Two wild stabs in the dark here:
i) How is he transferring the files to you? If it’s by FTP, maybe a little subtle something is getting screwed up. Try setting up the FTP software to treat all files as binary transfers.
ii) Does he have “Maximize PSD & PSB file Compatibility” turned on in Preferences > File Handling?
I suspect it’s something to do with the way you’re receiving the original files though.
Failing all of that, set up an action in Photoshop to batch process your files, so you don’t have to do anything manually.
Good luck,
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Hi,
I’d say go for the Ripple Pulse. You can tie the Pulse Level to the music using an expression so that it will automatically pulse with the music.
Right click on the music and choose “Keyframe Assistant > Convert Audio to Keyframes” and that will give you a Null layer with sliders for you to link to your Pulse Level. I multiplied the strength a little to give it a stronger effect, but my expression was:
thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”)*30
You can also filter your audio prior to creating keyframes to limit the pulses just to the lower frequencies.
Hope that sends you in the right direction.
Ben
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Hi,
There’s no “Crop” as you would find it in FCP, but there are a series of masking tools you can use. For a simple crop, have your top layer selected and use the rectangle or elipse tool to make a basic mask.
If this doesn’t give you the effect you’re after then you could use the Pen tool to rotoscope your footage, essentially drawing your own shape then animating it with keyframes.
Adobe’s online help will give you a good place to start. Masking is integral to making many effects work, so it will pay to get a good grasp of them.
Good luck with your project,
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It’s caching your clip, so that AE can use it.
Just wait and it’ll pop up. In fact, if you look at the “Info” tab you can see the progress. And yes, watching that is just as fun as it sounds.
HTH,
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Hi Chris,
Are you trying to track the footage or your still image?
Right-click on your video footage and choose Track Motion. Then change your “Target” to be your still image. In fact, I usually create a Null Object to store the tracking data, then use Parenting to match the move. I just find that gives me a bit more flexibility.
Hope that helps,
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There are a good number of plug-ins that need updates for CS3. Check out the website(s) of the plug-ins you’re having trouble with. You’ll need to reinstall to get things working smoothly again.
Cheers,
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You need to hold down Shift only until you get into the preferences. So shift-click, go to Edit > Preferences > General, then once the window comes up let go of Shift.
Now click on the “Previous” button and there you are…shhh-ecret!
Hope that helps,
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Hi Stephan,
If memory serves, the effect you’re using is a bit of a throwback to when After Effects didn’t do native text layers, and you had to use a plug-in.
Use a text layer, as it probably says in Mike’s response. You can then use an expression to generate random numbers, or link the text layer to other values, for example on an expression slider.
Cheers,
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Hi Doug,
I can’t help you with the first question but with regards to #2, if you’re just playing it back through Quicktime then no it won’t be recompressing it. You compress it to Photo-JPEG on output, and unless you put it through another piece of encoding software, it will play out as Photo-JPEG.
HTH,
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Hi,
Use a mask layer on top, and set it as a track matte on the layer below. Now you can move and affect mask or fill layer separately.
Hope that helps,
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