[Frank Ruggiero]

hi,

if you are using ae7, try using the timewarp filter.
i have had very good results with that, especially changing speeds at certain points, as you discussed.
real smooth.

good luck, frank

[Frank Ruggiero]

is there an update to AE 7.1??

[Frank Ruggiero]

try changing the layer with the lens flare color’s mode to screen. or add the unmult filter to the layer with the lens flare.

[Frank Ruggiero]

i found that sometimes i have that problem as well when i render out the finished roto with fields. since you cant see each individual field in the timeline it looks ok on ram preview. but when you render with fields there is shifting, because your mask is not lining up (because you did not roto each field.)

usually we deinterlace the footage first and work with that footage. or ill take the original 29.97 clip and put it in a 59.94 comp and roto it in there (now i see every field.) then ill put that comp back into a 29.97 comp and render.

hope that can help you figure a solution.

-frank

[Frank Ruggiero]

right,

if the video has fields, i would interpret it and render it with fields. thanks for the confirmation.

frank

[Frank Ruggiero]

i think i figured out the answer. can anyone confirm this?

i bring the 864 x 486 file into After Effects and put it in a D1 / DV NTSC Widescreen 720 x 486 Comp . Then I render it out from there.

thanks, Frank

[Frank Ruggiero]

if you have access to Cleaner on Windows, you could convert the .wmv to an uncompressed Quicktime and then import that into After Effects.

Good Luck. Frank

[Frank Ruggiero]

Hi Chris,

When you say capture a quicktime animation codec, do you mean actually importing a file, or capturing off of HD cam and changing that to an animation quicktime that Avid Nitris can use?

-Frank

[Frank Ruggiero]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for your help. A quick test is proving to me that you do need to render upper field first. I automatically assumed 1080i was lower field first since I have been using that for output to digital beta.

But rerendering on the upper field made the video pristine.

Thanks again.

FR

[Frank Ruggiero]

Sometimes I will draw a box around the text in Illustrator, and then go to Object > Crop Area > Make. And then resave it. that might help.