Dave Johnson
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While looking for something else, I came across this string that has some thoughts from various people that should be helpful:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/964962
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Aha! Well done, Jason. So, a new question for ya … how many video editors does it take to find a simple type point error?
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In addition to trying what Dave suggested, you might try going into the comp viewer settings (little arrow at top right of comp window), checking everything (layer handles, etc.), then zooming way out on your comp in the viewer window (25% or so should do it).
That way, if your text is actually there but ended up way off to the side due to a weird paragraph or position setting or something similar, you’ll be able to see its layers handles and move it back within the viewable area.
Or, I doubt this is possible with only 182 point type, but I’ve done silly things like freak out because I couldn’t see my text only to later realize that I had made it so large that I was actually seeing the empty space between characters.
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Although Dave’s answer is more entertaining, my money is on Jason’s answer … the default background for video is black so, if your text is defaulting to black, the result will be exactly as you described … shows up correctly everywhere else, but is effectively invisible in the comp viewer.
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Thanks, Steve. I only hope others will also forgive my blunt wording … I just know the scenario I described to be, very unfortunately, a huge and extremely annoying part of our business so I think it important for all in our business to be well aware of the signs of it.
And, very well said … I never thought of it that way until you said it, but I too find the vast majority of any creative or technical direction preceded by the word “just” to be completely useless.
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Bless you and the whole Adobe team!
While on the subject, below are a couple of interesting takes on potential development directions of future CS suite releases …
https://publicious.net/2008/10/05/cs5-revealed/
https://thenextweb.com/2008/11/07/proposed-photoshop-cs5-interface-hyperrealism/
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It depends entirely on your needs …
What I mean is that AE often generates noticeably better quality results with playback rate adjusted footage, but it often does take significantly longer than doing the same in video editing software (i.e., FCP, Premiere, Vegas, etc.). So, if you’re footage is for 320×240 on YouTube, consider doing the time shift in your NLE, but if it’s for HD broadcast TV … well, I’m sure you get the idea.
If you are going to do it in AE, you might test small segments of your footage using each of the 3 frame blending options (including off, as Dave suggests since blending is more useful for slo-mo) … depending on the particular footage, both the quality of the result and the render time can be significantly different so you might want to make sure the result will be acceptable before committing to what can be a very lengthy render.
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This is not to say that it would be entirely impossible to pull off something like this in AE, but it really sounds like a full 3D application will be much more suitable for what you’re trying to do.
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Having made dozens of spots for arena Jumbotrons and similar non-standard displays, I know one very typical scenario to be …
1) A psuedo “client” (sales rep, etc.) says “just put it onto a DVD as a movie”, when what they really mean is “I don’t understand that techie stuffy you’re asking, which makes me feel stupid, so I’m just giving you an answer I made up to avoid having to deal with it”.
2) You do what you can with the severely lacking info you’ve been given and don’t question it in order to avoid upsetting anyone.
3) One of the real clients happens to appear in the spot and is understandably pissed because his/her head ends up looking like a pumpkin on a huge screen in front 50 thousand people.
4) You end up duplicating VHS tapes all day and can’t figure out why because the sales rep in step 1 convinced the real client that you screwed up and you never even knew that conversation took place.
I’ve avoided this common scenario since I know BS when I hear it, but I’ve seen others fall victim to it even though they did absolutely nothing wrong (besides fall for BS). So, when you say “I just need to speak directly to the tech person”, it seems you’ve correctly interpreted the spot-on advice already offered … particularly, “contacting the people who run the big screen to get it from the horse’s mouth.” and “Don’t stop until you get technical specs from someone you can trust … which may not be the client.”
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Ahhh, yes, you’re right that I didn’t read it carefully enough and thank you for pointing that out … it is very good info so I’m glad I got it on the second try.