Daniel Waldron
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Not sure if you’ll be able to pull one up online very easily. Record a few hours of TV and you’ll likely catch a few. Check shows on YouTube too.
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Most plugins only come with a license for 1 user/computer at a time, or maybe 2 for home and office or something like that. I work between multiple Macs and PCs quite often, and the solution is to simply download the installer for whatever operating system you are using and install the plugin. It’s a little upfront work, but once it’s installed you don’t have to think about it again.
If you’re collaborating with someone else, one of you needs to buy the plug-in for them, or you can “loan” them your license, which gets into fuzzy legal territory. It’s no accident that it’s not easy to copy to multiple users; companies want to make their money and prevent piracy. If you think you have a legitimate issue with the licensing or installing on multiple machines, contact the company and they’ll most likely work with you to figure it out.
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Thanks for laying it out so clearly Walter. I understand the difference but can never clearly explain it. I’m curious why they aren’t two separate buttons?
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This is ambitious effect for anyone not very skilled at After Effects. I recommend shooting on a locked down tripod to take camera tracking out of the equation. You can add some slight fake camera movement in post after if that’s important. You will still need to motion track your actor’s hands. You can probably create and animate your own Rubik’s cube using the Element 3D plugin or the free Create3dShapes script. Compositing it to look realistic with shadows and lighting will be extremely tricky though.
Not sure what final effect your going for is, but shooting a practical effect may be, well, more practical.
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I can’t remember where I heard this (probably here on Creative Cow), but someone said Premiere is horizontal and After Effects is vertical. Using the programs in that way can help keep things organized and also makes revisions way easier to export.
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Were they recorded in camera or to an external recording device?
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Long shot here, but I noticed you said there is not even an auto-save folder. Is it possible you’re just not looking in the right place? When you go to your auto-save preferences, is it saving next to your AE file or going to a custom location?
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I usually use the free UnMult effect that Walter mentioned or the Extract effect. Extract will work with white as well.
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You may be overthinking it. I would use the Gradient Ramp or 4-Color Gradient effects on a few different layers, and then add some feathered masks and blurs.
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Glad you found a way. If you change the Offset parameter in Trim Paths, you can move where the start and end points begin. Is that what you were going for?