Gabriel Luethje
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[Michael Sacci] “I found that the Exposure Smoothing in the new AE CS5 does a great job is reducing this flicker.”
Can you elaborate on this feature in AE CS5? I wasn’t able to find anything under Exposure Smoothing. I love time lapse, and I’m finally figuring out a good workflow from the D200 time lapse sequences to high quality web video though AE, but I still need to figure out the flicker issue. I have found that it doesn’t happen as often if the aperture is set wide open. I was under the impression that the flicker comes from minute differences in the aperture iris opening from shot to shot.
I also generally go all manual and don’t let the camera change exposure during the shot. I’ve never been happy with the results. The transitions always seem to be choppy…
On the DSLR vs handycam issue, I would go DSLR all the way. As Michael said, you have so much more image to work with and the exposure options and image quality is always going to be so much better with a DSLR. With all the extra image information, you can do some nice post processing on the images, if desired. Plus you have the lens options…
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I still fail to understand what is happening to cause this error in the first place. The size of the original footage = same as the composition settings = the same as the output module = 1280×720. No changes in the frame size from import to editing to output, so why the error? I demand answers, Adobe! Dammit!
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Well there is a big error that prevents me from rendering at all, it;s the on from the orginal post in this thread:
After Effects: AEGP Plugin Media IO Plugin: There is a mismatch between Output Module settings and Transcode Setting. Please verify your settings and try again. Invalid framesize/framrate for this Level. Please lower the Frame Dimensions, Frame Rate or increase the Profile and Level and try again. Medial02 error: 0xc00b0002 Frame dimensions out of bounds
It stops me in my tracks, completely prevents me from outputting from the Render Queue. I can export via H.264 via file>export>quicktime, but that takes for. e. ver.
I really just need to figure out how to get past this error message. I hear you on the quality issues with rendering directly from AE, and I will definitely take that into account for future projects where high quality is a priority. For now, though, speed and getting this damn error to go away are priority #1. Any idea what causes this error and how to stop it?
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Hey, thanks for the prompt reply. The only problem I have with that workflow is the original 200-300MB 4 minute video file from the camera that I’ve added very minimal effects to (fade in/out, maybe some curves adjustments) baloons to GBs huge when I export it lossless from AE. My 3 year old MacBook Pro, while it is a formidable workhorse, will really bog down on files that huge. I dream of working on an 8 core Mac Pro with oodles of RAM and blazing fast HDs, but alas it is not the way things work at the moment.
What I’m working on doesn’t have to be super-duper broadcast quality HD or anything. I just want to import my video, apply a little AE goodness to it, and export quickly to H.264 1280×720 and be done with it. I need to understand what is causing this error.
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I’m getting the same error and it’s driving me insane!
I’m running AE CS4. I’m using 1280×720 footage shot with a Casio Ex-Ef1. I want to render out H.264 video at 1280×720 for YouTube HD.
Composition Settings: HDV/HDTV 720 29.97
Output Settings: H.264 defaultsI’ve tried checking the Stretch box and entering 1280×720, but no help there. I’ve used these settings in the past with no problems, so not sure what the heck is going on, but I’m tearing my hair out here. Help!!