[Jameson Schultz]

I’m assuming you want the camera to shake as the paint blobs hit the camera or ground. Check out this tutorial by Andrew Kramer, exactly what you want to know.

https://www.videocopilot.net/videotutorials/camerashake/index.html

Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

I’m assuming you want the camera to shake as the paint blobs hit the camera or ground. Check out this tutorial by Andrew Kramer, exactly what you want to know.

https://www.videocopilot.net/videotutorials/camerashake/index.html

Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

I think he is getting confused by the default “black” background AE uses when a new comp is formed and assumed with a black background it would be transparent.

~Hope this helps~
Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

Brandon has good start and one way of completing this project.

Another way is to use a plug-in called Trapcode Particular. You will key out your actor, then create a new solid apply the Particular effect, then set the Particular emmiter to use your keyed layer as the emmiter. Then you can crank up the particles (actors), add some random seed, and delay. Now, that even though your actors are all doing the same move, it will not appear be a crowd doing so crazy dance.

I have seen this in a tutorial somewhere, but for the life of me cannot remember where it is. If I find it I’ll be sure to post it.

~Hope this helps~
Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

By using the precompse option and depending on which radio button you selcect, you can move certain layers or attiributes to another comp becuase you don’t need to move the entire comp into another comp. This is useful for certain jobs such as moving keyframes.

Hit F1 and check the AE documentation. There is an entire page on understanding precomposing.

~Hope this helps~
Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

First question would be – What are you trying to output to Standard 4:3 TV’s, Widescreen 16:9 TV’s, or a computer screen?

For Standard TV the aspect ratio is .9, for Widescreen 16:9 and anything HD the aspect ratio is 1.2, for a computer screen it is Square Pixels.

If you are just having trouble viewing this in AE there is a solution. Have your comp open and in the Monitor window look for a circle with a trianlge in the upper right corner of the window and click it, then click View Options. Inside view options hit the check box for Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction.

By default AE displays everything in Square Pixel. By enabling the check box, AE looks at your comps aspect ratio and displays that. I believe there is a way to have AE default with PAR correction, but I’m not sure what it is.

~Hope this helps~
Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

Final Cut and Premiere are one and the same. They are both NLE’s (non-linear editors), just Premiere is only on Windows and Final Cut is Mac based. IMHO Final Cut is much much more robust, but that is just preference.

~Hope this helps~
Jameson

[Jameson Schultz]

I have been having the same troubles, but it is kicking my file sizes from 3.6 to 5.2 gigs. Just out of reach for the SL DVD
🙁

One work around I am working on right now, is bringing the video and audio files into Encore 1.5 and then recreating the whole project. So far it seems to be working correctly.

Chris