[Greg Werner]

Fantastic! Thank you very much for that info! I will attempt it with an HDMI connection on my better half’s laptop when she’s back from Tokyo to test for future reference.

Incidently I sifted through posts here and elsewhere into the wee hours of the morning looking for other ways around the ‘problem’ and although I found some fascinating new info, I ultimately decided to be a loser avoid it completely. The footage looks smashing in NTSC/DV Widescreen and since I’ll most likely be using my own laptop to display the video through a projector anyway, I’ll go with that for now.

Next laptop is HDMI or bust!

[Greg Werner]

Thank you for your reply! I would love to render final output through PPro, I’m simply not sure what options are best for the material I’m working with regarding File Type & Compressor (not to mention any other tweaks).

I’ve looked around for some advice and while much of it is way over my head, the most confusing part is that everyone seems to have a different say on what works best. Which is probably because of so many different kinds of projects.

That aside, if that isn’t the source of the ‘problem’ (if there actually is one and it’s not just a hardware limitation) I’m most curious as to how the video might be displayed properly, that is to say in similar quality to 1080i in which it was filmed. I expected the picture to look clear when viewed on a 1080p TV set but I was shocked when it looked exactly the same as on my laptop monitor. Is that a limitation of my laptop? Say for example, were I to play the exact same final output AVI file on a computer designed for 1080p display (which I assume would display 1080i ‘properly’) would those horrid lines vanish?

I apologize if this sounds naive but I’ve ‘learned’ PPro through trial and error over the past year with help from sites like this one so while I can whip something fancy together, I have no idea about the technical theory involved in output and until now it hasn’t been an issue. But for our wedding, I’d like something that really looks fancy.

[Greg Werner]

I’m getting closer! Thank you for the size info, the preview looks remarkable!

Stumbling with adding a new picture to each ring though. Here’s what I’ve been doing.

1. Duplicate precomp pictures and call it ‘precomp pictures 2’.

2. I assume I need a new REPLACE YOUR PICTURES HERE for the precomp so I duplicate that (REPLACE YOUR PICTURES HERE 2) and add a new picture.

3. Open precomp pictures 2 in Timeline Panel and add RYPH2, check 3D-Layer, then change the Parent info for rose and Red Solid 1 to RYPH2.

4. Before deleting it, I twirl down RYPH, highlight Transform, Edit->Copy, highlight RYPH2, twirl down, highlight Transform, Edit->Paste.

At this point I get something quite strange so I’m slipping up somewhere. BUT hypothetically if that worked, at that point I would simply open the main rings composition and replace any of the precomp pictures with precomp pictures 2, then copy and paste Transform as well as change parent info to Null 1, correct?

[Greg Werner]

Wow! I’ve tinkered the template for a few hours with my limited AE knowledge and was able to figure out how to replace the rose ‘back’ and add the picture!

You’ve done so much I feel bad keeping up with the newb questions but if you don’t mind…

The picture I add seems to be sized incorrectly so do you know where in AE I can find the Solid dimensions so I can find what size I should make the photo(s) in Photoshop?

I was also wondering how to handle the Replace option to make different pictures in each for every ring. Do I simply Duplicate the solid multiple times, change it to a Placeholder and Replace with my images one by one?

You rock Chris!

[Greg Werner]

Holy…What did I do to deserve that? It’s amazing! What do I owe you? I have much to learn but I’m going to play with it and see what I can garner from it! I’ll be sure to send you the final product! You’re the MAN!

[Greg Werner]

Thank you for your reply!

I’m interested in the method you suggested, however, I don’t know what it means. Any basic tutorials you might suggest that deal with what you described? I’m looking myself but not knowing anything about AE I’m simply not familiar with the appropriate terminology and what I should be looking for.