Daniel Waldron
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Can you give more info? Computer specs and what your composition looks like? Also, what version of AE?
There are several threads about similar error messages. Browse through those and perhaps you will find an answer as well.
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In that case, H264 is a great way to go.
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The equivalent of those tools can be found in After Effects. Premiere by itself doesn’t contain them.
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Adobe TV and and Andrew Kramer’s Basic Training are also great free resources to teach yourself the basics of After Effects.
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That’s a fantastic technique. Thanks for posting it.
I’d imagine that doing the auto trace for a hour and twenty minute clip would still take a significant amount of time to process. So while the final render time should theoretically decrease, I wonder how much actual post time would be saved?
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If you’re looking for small file size, I would create an H264 file. You can drop your 10GB file into Adobe Media Encoder and choose from their list of web presets to keep it simple.
It’s best to find out if whoever you’re delivering it to has a preference though. Depending what it’s for, there could be specific format requirements. Either way, creating a master Animation file and exporting delivery files from AME is not a bad idea. This way, you can create multiple formats from one file without After Effects having to chug through everything multiple times.
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Hi Sebastian, we don’t always know your intentions, so please don’t be insulted when you get offered a perfectly reasonable solution.
You should first use the ellipse tool to mask your clothing layer to fit into your washing machine. Then set the anchor point in the middle of your circle. Set it to rotate very fast for however long you need the animation to run. Turn on motion blur. Experiment with different blurs and distort effects to give it a more streaky look that you would get from fast spinning clothes.
For the glass, it could be as simple as creating a white circular shape layer that’s about the same size as your clothing layer. Lower the opacity a lot so you can see through it. Maybe 15%? Add a slight reflection of the room environment into the glass by masking a photo of a room to the size of the glass and again lowering the opacity quite a bit. Precompose these two layers and add a mesh warp to make the glass bow out a little like it does on a real washing machine.
This is not a perfect solution by any means and someone else will probably have some better ideas, but it’s a starting point.
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Can you shoot, or even more easily, just buy stock footage of clothes spinning in a machine, and then composite that on your photo?
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I’m assuming he wants to upscale to reframe the shots. But like you said, it’s impossible to determine if there will be any quality loss without knowing what the final resolution will be.
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I would use a Custom view to see your 3D scene, including your camera, then position your text or other assets. For a helpful camera control tool, you can check out the SureTarget plugin on Video Copilot.