[Darren Edwards]

We’ve had PPro 1.5/1.5.1 and v.2 running on a single core
AMD 3.4Gz/3 Gb DDR400 RAM/nVidia cards (various) for
a couple of years with no probs. The only grind to the
system is – unsurprisingly – the Magic Bullet PPro suite.

We’ve also got 1.5 and 2 running on an AMD duo-core 2Ghz laptop,
and it’s great.

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

I agree. Unfortunately all those little indie
filmmaking ‘tricks’ are harder to pull off nowadays,
especially when they’ve been shoot on HD and viewed
by a cynical mob on a 60″ 1080p LCD screen. Although,
that evolution of budgetary-constrained post-production/
VFX – however enforced by the industry – does make
post designers more self-conscious, less complacent
about their work methods – which has to be a good
thing for all us?

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

Or, timecode aside, create all your elements
(aka, graphics) in Photoshop, export it with
all the layers intact, then import the PSD
file into PPro as a ‘Sequence’. Progs such
as After Effects make it really easy to
create timecode, of course.

Note: I’ve never been satisfied with AE’s
timecode filter. I would be interested to know
if there’s software out there which just creates
timecode, and morevoer, in various formats,
ie, 35mm productions, old school linear edit
suites, etc.

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

The Daddy of film-look filters – I think,
anyway – is DigiEffects’ Cinelook/Film Damage
combo. You’ll have to use it in After Effects
though.
https://www.digieffects.com/products/cinelook2-finalcutpro.html

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

It reads like your turning your machine off and
on willy-nilly? I’m sure this isn’t the case,
but a complete project save (Ctrl-S) before
you close PPro should save all the hitherto
rendered files you’ve created.

Theoretically, the only time rendered files are
lost is if their location has changed – i.e. the
folder’s been moved – or, maybe you need to check
you Edit/Preferences/Scratch Disks info, is case
your rendered files folder is somewhere were it
shouldn’t be.

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

Sitting really still indeed. Surely this is watching
‘Heroes’ through amature, student filmmaker eyes?

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

I still don’t know what the ‘hue/saturation’ effect is,
but if want to keyframe a range of chroma-greens, that’s
easily done. Effects/Keying/Color Key/click the little
colour rectangle in the Color Key-Effects Control palette
to open the Color Picker, select you initial green,
keyframe it, move along the timeline, reclick the rectangle
to select a different shade etc. etc. PPro will
automatically produce a colour transition effect between
your keyframed greens. – You’ll be able to watch it change shade
in the Effects Control palette if you scrub along the timeline
inside the Effects Control palette itself.

D.

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[Darren Edwards]

I’m sure if you contacted Fremantle they’d give you
an email of the designers who actually comp the
idents and things.

You’ve got a lot of freedom by designing you people
in Lightwave or 3DSMax et al. – which is what the
American Idol artists possibly used – but greenscreening
10 or so friends and then cloning them in AE is also doable
– and moreover, quicker.

If they aren’t a key component of your animation, even
2D gfx created with Photoshop (and/or Flash) would
suffice.

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

Hi Ragno,

If it’s not possible to … simply do it in AE, then
can you explain the effect/plugin.

Darren.

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[Darren Edwards]

‘Control’ is the key word, George, yeh. I haven’t tried
myself yet – am too busy actually making the films. 😉

Sign up for COW Magazine and download the back issues
(it’s all free). I forget which issue the FLV on YouTube
stuff is in (I’ll find out if you want) but it’s a useful
read in any case – although in the PDF version I do find
myself asking ‘Where do the advertisments end and the
articles begin?’

Darren.

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