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First Last
May 22, 2009 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Word Spacing?

Isn’t it called leading and kerning?

Dave’s right, it’s in the character panel.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
May 21, 2009 at 8:30 pm in reply to: Stroke effect brush size

Make your text smaller so that the brush stroke can cover the text. Then make a pre comp and scale it up to the size you want.

I haven’t actually tried that but I think it should work.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
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May 21, 2009 at 4:52 pm in reply to: Best way to sky replace non blown-out footage (video game footage)

Sounds like you were on the right path when you had the sky removed and you duplicated the layer to save the bottom with a garbage matte.

But, using this process (https://library.creativecow.net/articles/oconnell_pete/roto.php) will give you the best result.

Can you post a small clip (.mov)?

Good luck.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
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May 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm in reply to: how to make Menu Screen

You could make a sequence of your projects, export it as a quicktime file, put it on loop, and go to the full screen mode…

Or, you could make a DVD with a menu and have it auto play after a few seconds.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
May 18, 2009 at 8:32 pm in reply to: Shape layer strokes

You should be able to select the shape’s path from the twirl down and resize it from there.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
May 18, 2009 at 7:53 pm in reply to: How to paint video frames

Check it out.

This is a special feature on the Waking Life DVD.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
May 18, 2009 at 4:26 pm in reply to: How to paint video frames

First thing that comes to mind is Stan Brackage’s (spelling?) painted and scratched film strips. If that’s the look your going for, I’d consider using Photoshop CS4, but I don’t see why it couldn’t be done within After Effects. The only reason I’d use Photoshop for this is because it should give you more options for manipulating each frame.

If your trying to get “normal” footage to look like it’s been painted, go crazy and experiment with some filters in After Effects.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
April 24, 2009 at 4:10 am in reply to: Best way to export a low rez preview file

From what I’ve read, it seems like most codecs render at about the same speed. If it’s just for a test, I’d go with an H264 and use specs similar to what Vimeo suggests. You’ll get a decent image and the file size will be relatively small.

Vimeo’s suggested compression settings:
https://www.vimeo.com/help/compression

If you’re trying to see more of you project without rendering something out, try switching some of your layer’s image quality to draft or wireframe.

AE CS4 Layer Image Quality:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7e5ba.html

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
April 21, 2009 at 4:17 pm in reply to: NTSC, Interlace, Field Dominace, and Final Output/Distribution

Thanks for the reply.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States
First Last
April 20, 2009 at 8:01 pm in reply to: 8 or 4 core for editing?

Here’s an interesting article that compares the 8 and 4 core.

https://www.barefeats.com/octopro1.html

Have you considered a PC and the ADOBE Production bundle?

For $4,000, you could end up with a much faster PC. But on the other hand, you wont have FCP.

Production Associate
Bend, Oregon, United States

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