Daniel Waldron
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You can center layers using the Align panel. Go to Window –> Align and then select the vertical and horizontal centering buttons. To keep the layers spaced relative to each other, simply parent one to the other. So if you parent “First” to “Second”, you can drag “Second” around and “First” will follow.
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Dave’s advice is spot on of course, but just to add a few thoughts…
Think of the look you’re going for to select your final frame rate. If you want it to look a like a TV show, shoot 29.97. If you’re going for more of a film look, shoot 23.976 (24fps). If you want a smoother motion with lots of detail, you can even shoot and edit at a higher frame rate (Delivery at higher frame rates is a little trickier however). It all depends on what you’re looking for.
In this case it sounds like you have a say in how it gets shot, but in a lot of cases the editor or graphics artist just has to go with whatever was decided and shot before. You should absolutely use the same frame rate the footage is delivered in. If you think graphics at 23.976 aren’t smooth, try putting a 29.97fps graphic on a 23.976 timeline. Suddenly the 23.976 graphics don’t look so bad!
Add motion blur and you should be in good shape.
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You could also use a track matte. Keyframe a circular mask on a solid layer to expand from 0 to whatever size is appropriate and position over your letter. Set your bottom letter layer to Alpha Matte. It should now reveal on.
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Here’s some editors commenting on the various techniques that may have been used in the video:
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8GB of RAM isn’t going to set any speed records either. The Neat noise removal plugin is great, but it also is a resource hog. I would shut it off until you are ready to export.
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It looks like a lot of ink bleeds and track mattes, with different blend modes on the overlaying shots. Use shape layers for the lines and change their blend mode too. Get the coloring by using color correction effects like tint, hue/saturation, and curves on adjustment layers or precomps. Maybe throw some film noise or use the fractal noise effect on top of everything to give it a grungy look. I’m just spitballing some ideas here. It doesn’t look exceedingly difficult; just a lot of layers to play with.
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Did you use the 3D Camera Tracker? If you have a camera and have your text set as a 3D layer, its perspective or angle should change automatically as the camera moves.
I’m not sure what you mean about the anchor points.
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Have you checked the properties of the file to make sure you have write access and not just read access? This has nothing to do with Premiere, but can be checked in Windows Explorer or the the Mac Finder, depending what OS you’re on.
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Have you looked into templates? If you’re set on using AE to make a slideshow, they’re probably your best bet.
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I agree on Adobe TV. They have some phenomenal videos on color correction. You may have to dig around a little for them.