[David Bogie]

Also look for Foam. Foam can follow an alpha map although that is an advanced function.

You will need to invest some time in tutorials for either of these particle systems; they are very complex, very frustrating, till you grasp the physics and the life-to-death concepts.

bogiesan

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

[David Bogie]

I can save you another trip to the forum to post the same question again.
Read the installation README and, while you’re locating the Keylight folder, look for Cycore Effects, too.
bogiesan

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[David Bogie]

Back in Ye Olden Days of AE1+ and AE2+, WE DIDN’T HAVE PLUGINS. So we shot all this stuff in studios with traditional techniques.

You can search for CLOUD TANK for additional help and suggestions (but you will get thousands of hits for classic cosmic ray experiments). Remember “Close Encounters”? The big billowy clouds? White latex paint in a tank.

We once shot a fluorescent dye being dribbled into a tank. It was the yellow stuff they use in the bubbles on levels ( it’s alcohol-soluble so it won’t freeze if the 6 foot level gets left in the pickup truck). We shot on video using banks of 4-foot blacklights.

Once we had the video, we could do just about anything: key it, invert it, run it backwards, flip it.

bogiesan

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[David Bogie]

The books are only effective prizes if the students are actually interested n pursuing their studies. I’d rather give ’em something practical and, umm, fun.

I have a knit AE 5.5 beanie that I got for being a good sport at an AE show but I’ve never see anything for sale.

I got this link from the Adobe forums:

https://www.adobestore.americanid.com/

but it’s obviously a license-logo hack house. Nothing particulalry unique. But you can get a nice Adobe shirt or cap at a decent price.

bogiesan

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[David Bogie]

No clue, sorry.
Try doing a Save As out of QT?

bogiesan

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[David Bogie]

Posterize is a good place to start, so are the numerous versions of Strobe from various 3rd party plugin packages.

bogiesan

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[David Bogie]

>I have a few students with car chases in their short stories that are to be animated in AE.< What is their level of comprehension of: a. Animation b. 3D c. Filmmaking ? Here's what I'd do: Have them draw a cartoon car and learn how to do animation. Encourage them to take what they learn and create a more interesting project for next semester's Advanced AE Class. bogiesan This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

If you have a pressure sensitive tablet, Paint will perform lovely strokes, just like you want. Ain’t easy.
Suggest you invest in Angie Taylor’s book, Creative AE7. (total disclosure: I’m a big fan of hewrs and I received a free copy of her AE5 book.)

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

I don’t have the current AE set but, even if Brian is taking a break from acting on camera, you can trust TT to deliver the finest interactive training on the planet.

Buy with total confidence.

I’m a big fan, have been since TT’s first vhs tapes, and I’m not affiliated in the slightest with anything they do.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

You could use a cheap PC and Microsoft’s free WM Encoder application. It’s a gem.
You would convert the WMV to a DV format. it will come out of Encoder with .avi extension. That will pop right into FCP after you change the extension to .mov.

Tedious but free and the results are amazingly good.

You want to get flip$mac anyway, though. For $50-100 it’s a great little tool to have at your disposal.

bogiesan

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