Daniel Waldron
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In my experience, Adobe’s Quicktime H.264 codec is drastically inferior to the MP4 H.264 codec in terms of video quality. So much so, that I would never recommend using it. If you need uncompressed audio, why not go with a”lossless” codec like ProRes or DNxHD? File size will be huge, but I believe YouTube still accepts these codecs, and you could always set it to upload overnight.
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Hope you have a fast computer. That will be a beast to render.
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Don’t make H264s. That will lower your quality and make working in AE a nightmare. Make ProRes or DNxHD files to work with if you can.
VC Reflect is a free plugin for reflections that you could potentially re-purpose for shadows.
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Your approach is off from the very beginning. Precompositions will save you in After Effects. You also mentioned creating 3D illusion. Why not just do it in 3D space? Here’s a very quick and dirty way to achieve the look. I apologize if I miss some steps, but it’s more to give you an idea of the process. Once you understand the basics of AE, you can start to visualize how to achieve what you want.
Video Walls
1. Make a composition and drop your 60 video clips into it all at once.
2. Use the free Gridder script to arrange them.
3. Add Video Wall comp to your main comp and make it 3D.
4. Rotate it on the y axis to your liking and move it’s position off to the side. Duplicate and move to the opposite side.Back Wall
1. Make a new comp and add whatever content you want.
2. Add this comp to your main comp and make it 3D
3. Use the top view to position it in z space so it is touching the edges of your two video wall comps. You may need to slide those in to touch.Reflection
1. Use the free VC Reflect plugin or just flip your comp, move it’s position down and add some masks, blurs, and transparency.Camera Move
1. Add a camera and keyframe the z position.Here’s a tutorial that will help you understand the 3D wall concept.
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Either way you can probably ask for a refund, though they are certainly under no obligation to give you one if the plugin is listed. Couldn’t hurt to ask though.
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Yep, it’s annoying. I’m not sure why DropBox won’t implement the feature… In the meantime, it couldn’t hurt to suggest alternatives like Wistia or Vimeo that do allow it, though it sounds like the agency you’re working with isn’t really open to solutions.
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Can’t be done unfortunately. You have to take what Dropbox gives you.
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Press the “c” key to cycle through the camera movement tools. It’s right under the Unifies Camera Tool.
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Yeah, it scales based on it’s anchor point, not the anchor point of its parent.
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There are multiple anchor points on a shape layer. Did you align the anchor point of the overall shape layer, or of the individual shape in the contents of you layer?