[David Bogie]

What keyer and what is your image format? If you’re shooting DV, you may never get what you want, just not enoch resolution in that codec.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

You can research all of the iMacs around here. The general answer is all models are inappropriate for serious motion graphics and video work because you cannot add or change the cards.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

Yes, and unlike FCP’s lousy excuse, it really works.
Look for COLLECT FILES in the menu selections and online help.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

Are you sure you’re using AE6.5?
Any G3 or G4 you can find that has a decent amount of RAM. You don’t need a terrific graphics card because AE6.5 is all CPU-based (OpenGL is still a lame joke). You’ll need to add drives.
A good Macintosh to run AE6.5 on OS10.1 to 10.4 should be $300-600, dirt cheap, buy two.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

You’re saying you want to recover a project that never existed?

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

Your clients just need to hire a PS geek with the chops to do the chore. There are several ways and plugins for Photoshop that will fill in missing pixels during an upscaling operation. It’s not out of the question at all to get a decent print out of HD video. But there are practical limitations.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

I googled “spherical video.” whew! Try using language us video geeks understand, tell us what you’re working on.Which one of the dozens of proprietary and mutually exclusive systems are you using?

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

I’d do it this way:
Create the map as a huge illustration, maybe 8k x 8k. Bring it is as a 3d layer. Create your arrow and set it to be the parent of the Point Of Interest for the camera. Animate the arrow’s position, the camera will follow as it flies above the map layer. You can use a placeholder or nested comp for the arrow so the arrow changes direction at your command. Another way to do this is with an Expression controller layer.

I have no patience with GPS systems. hope you bet better advice soon. Give the other folks a couple of days.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

The only thing I’ve ever seen a TIFF used for is grayscale wipes. Google Pixelan’s SpiceRack series. Very cool stuff.

You don’t need the alpha, it doesn’t do anything.
Please follow up with us, like to know what this turns out to be.
It’s called a gradient wipe in FCP or Motion.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

Hit toolfarm and search for wire removal to see if anyone has another plug on the market.
The problem with wire removal, generally, is it’s a pixel by pixel, frame by frame operation. Emulation of Photoshop’s Clone stamp and Mend/Patch stamps are the basic tools.
Please let us know if you find a better solution.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”