[Dorian Heller]

They really are fundamentally different software. While PPro offers the ability to do basic to sometimes advance color corrections, and grades, generally, “pros” will use the more advanced stuff.

My $0.02 is to use what you know, honestly! It will give you the most bang for your buck instead of trying to learn new software you may never use. That being said, it is never a bad idea to learn it, in case you find it to be a better option.

Also, typically speaking, Resolve has more “pro” features, where as PPro you are stuck with more basic correctors. All things considered if your music video is going up online, web compression is terrible, and will destroy minor details between the two softwares. Do what you know, and learn when you can. It is never a bad idea to pick up more marketable skills. Cheers!

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[Dorian Heller]

I think it would be helpful, if you could let us know which Video Copilot plugin you are using.. He sells a few.

Probably Element 3D is what you are referring to. I can imagine why AE isn’t letting you move anything around, perhaps. the layer is locked? Maybe you can post a screenshot so we have a better understanding exactly what you are dealing with.

Cheers!

[Dorian Heller]

I can’t answer the first question, because I don’t fully understand it, but I can give a bit of thought into ProRes:

ProRes is a codec often (perhaps only) used with Quicktime, such as .mov, .mp4 or quicktime native files. It only runs on Mac hardware, because Apple owns the codec. The PC version of this, (if you will) is called DNxHD, which is effectively the same thing, with minor differences.

If they want the comp rendered out at prores, in the render options choose: Quicktime, and then under codec you should see a few ProRes options. Additionally, these options are ONLY available on a mac, so you will need one, to output to ProRes.

Hope that helps at least a little!

Cheers!

[Dorian Heller]

What would the difference between a Hold-Out matte and a mask?

[Dorian Heller]

I think a mask would be your be bet, probably…

[Dorian Heller]

Hmmm… That is weird I am trying to get the shape layers Hue to be controlled by one central Hue control, based on expressions. I have the following expression:

color = effect(“Change Color (Global)”)(“Hue Transform”);
change = 1;
convert = rgbToHsl(“1,2,3,4color”) – [.2, 2, 2, change];
hslToRgb(convert);

This one is with quotes, and I get the following error:

After Effects warning: invalid numeric result (divide by zero?)
Expression disabled.

Then without quotes and just “color”:

color = effect(“Change Color (Global)”)(“Hue Transform”)
change = .2;
convert = rgbToHsl(color) – [0, 0, change];
hslToRgb(convert);

error:

After Effects warning: Bad method arguments: argument 1 to rgbToHsl() must be of dimension 4
Expression disabled.

Then with just numbers:

color = effect(“Change Color (Global)”)(“Hue Transform”)
change = .2;
convert = rgbToHsl(1,2,3,4) – [0, 0, change];
hslToRgb(convert);

After Effects warning: Bad method arguments: rgbToHsl() needs exactly 1 argument
Expression disabled.

So I do think it needs quotes. But I can’t seem to figure it out..

Here is the .aep, maybe you could look at it and tell me what I am doing wrong:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17788937/Test%201%20copy.aep

Once again, thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it.

Cheers,
Dorian

[Dorian Heller]

Cassius,

You were right, I did forget the quote marks. But now, I am getting a divide by zero error, (arg)! I have changed the values from 0 to 1 and random numeric values but still to no avail:

color = effect(“Change Color (Global)”)(“Hue Transform”);
change = 1;
convert = rgbToHsl(“1,.3,.6,color”) – [1,.2,.4, change];
hslToRgb(convert);

Thanks for all your help!
Dorian

[Dorian Heller]

Thanks for the idea, unfortunately I’m still getting an error.

Here it is:

After Effects warning: Bad method arguments: rgbToHsl() needs exactly 1 argument
Expression disabled.

Thanks,
Dorian

[Dorian Heller]

Okay, thanks! How exactly would I do that?

Thanks,
Dorian

[Dorian Heller]

Thanks! It appears to be working!

Thanks,
Dorian