David Bogie
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bogiesan
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Get a 16×9 frame made of steel. Place the frame in a very large dark room. Wrap it in some rags, secure the rags with copper wires (not nylon zipties. Use an accelerant that will produce the color of flame you wish.
Shoot it.
Capture the footage, put it into AE, scale and position. add a feathered mask. Use any of several composite modes, probably screen.Assumes you are an adult.
bogiesan
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Well, yeah, setting stuff on fire is always more fun than trying to use Particle Playground or DigiEffects Brimstone.
But what I was seeing in my mind was a series of mattes and outlines to which CC Particle Systems are applied so they glow and spark and emit smoke, You stack that with Burn Film or a Fractal wipe with edges and you’ve got a burning K.Good catch on the KKK, Woods. Bad mojo here in the States.
Using fire as a practical effect takes practice, which is a lot of fun, and there are innumerable Web sites that get into practical fire effects and the cool tools you didn’t know were available at your local magic shop or online pyrotechnics supplier. A/B chemicals, sparkling powders, smoke powders and liquids, colored flame liquids, flash papers, slow papers, squibs, fuses, and LaRonde’s favorite word “accelerants” are all available without licensing. Buy extras.
bogiesan
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Forget the smoke and other particles for now.
Deconstruct it from the end, working backwards. Start by assuming you will need separate layers and precomps for each of your effects and try to imagine each of the steps as a different project. Set them up one at a time and then you can figure out how to combine them.bogiesan
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[Serge Hamad] “reduce the duration of your previews by adjusting the work area bar to a minimum. (Whatever is needed to get your work done per beats)
Make also sure that your preview settings are not set to skip frames”Good suggestions, Serge. But Jamey has declared sufficient experience with After Effects to already know the basics.
bogiesan
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Oh, that’s not an “icon,” that is a “cursor.” Hence my confusion.
Now that I understand our language differences, maybe Jeremy can help you.
Have you tried to select the sequence instead of the individual media items?bogiesan
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q[Chris Griffith] “The FCP movie reel icon. Like the hour glass in windows. Basically it acts like it’s going to open media manager, but nothing happens.
I can use media manager for any other project except this one. I tried all that other stuff because it works on every project except this one.
It’s not that I am using media manager improperly, it’s that it will not open at all on that specific project. i have been using FCP and media manger for years, and have never seen media manager not open. “‘K. Try logging in as a different user?
I’ve been using FCP since v3 but I’ve never seen an FCP movie reel icon.Here’s the statement that bugs me:
When I click on media manager, the reel icon pops up for a brief second and then disappears.I was going to ask you to clarify that statement but, since you’re not doing anything wrong and you know what you’re doing, I don’t need to. Hope you get it figured out.
bogiesan
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A “reel icon?” What is that?
Your diagnostics should start with trying to MM a known project, not doing all that other stuff.
Your post offers some clues that you are not using Media Manager properly but it’s impossible to tell from here without watching.
bogiesan
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[Jamey Kramer] “Any other suggestions on how to get the timeline indicator to run smooth would be appreciated. “
If you are comfortable editing in AE you are already be aware there are no magic ways to improve AE performance. You get a better CPU, use lower rez, and learn to work within the confines of your system’s limitations.
bogiesan