[Jackie Brown]

Great, thanks Mark. I will probably only be able to try it tomorrow night, but will let you know how I get on. Reading your notes, I think I already know what I did wrong. I must have animated the time-line not the matte. Interestingly, I did mange to animate the blurred photoshop fragments successfully, but then it stopped working. I shouldn’t need to go into AE, because its a simple animation, the boat is on a single tack, literally sailing horizontally across the frame.

[Jackie Brown]

Hi Mark

Many thanks for this wonderful in-depth reply, which I have only just seen. Guys, I am in Sydney, it’s morning here :).

I am very much looking forward to following your instructions, because I did try using a garbage matte before, and got nowhere. i will let you know how I get on.

PS Jackie is a she

Have a great day!

[Jackie Brown]

Thanks David

If I have footage including various different resolutions – SD, 1270 X 720 and HD, can I subject the whole lot to the compressor HD pre-set at once, or should I do them individually?

Thanks

Shandy

[Jackie Brown]

Hi Joe

I haven’t bought Title Exchange yet because it wouldn’t have helped with my job – mainly because I didn’t have the time codes for each title. So I had to listen to the audio and input them manually.

However, in the past, I have exported titles out of FCP to XML, made changes, and reimported them. Don’t export your video to XML. Hide the video track and simply export your titles. Then you can use search and replace in a text editor to make your bulk changes eg if you wanted to change the font from 28 point to 30 points all the way through, you could search for

[Jackie Brown]

Thanks, guys, this is a help. JB