[Jason Brown]

Thanks for the clarification Jerry, no worries on having to double click…I was just wondering if there was a way…didn’t figure there was since we have to work within the structure of “frame-by-frame” editing.

[Jason Brown]

I may be missing something, but in my settings…I can’t figure out how to change my profile pic…

[Jason Brown]

One bizarre thing I’ve experience with these boxes is AAC audio codec doesn’t play back smoothly. I’ve had some very strange issues with combined AAC and h264 playback. Each independently plays fine, but both together, audio cuts out.

I’d love to talk with you about your experiences with that box. I’ve been really impressed with it, I pushed a 50Mbps h264 1920 file through it, which I believe is higher than Blu-Ray can handle.

[Jason Brown]

What is your 42″…I’ve been out of the market for HDTV for awhile, do you think there is any benefit/issue with getting an LED, or high refresh rate on a client preview?

[Jason Brown]

Hey Shane,

Along the same lines…do you use a client monitor and confidence monitor?

I have a 17″ HDSDI monitor as a confidence…and would like to add a larger 30-40″ for client..and was curious if I should look at a simple consumer HDMI connection, or higher end HDSDI…what is your setup like?

[Jason Brown]

No.

I guess I needed to preface that I’m not using it in FCP, just After Effects…I posted it here because I’m using ProRes…but not Final Cut.

And no, it’s not anamorphic…they are square.

[Jason Brown]

I had the same situation a while ago…and I believe rafeal is right. It’s a limitaion of fcp. I believe I’ve tested it since with Sdi from my camera and gotten it to work.

[Jason Brown]

OK!

So index is like saying “this layer”

and then subtract or add to move up or down the layer stack?

So in your original expression, you made a time reference to index*.1

Did this effectively take a fraction of the placement of the layer below?

Thanks so much…it’s beginning to make more sense to me!

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

[Roland R. Kahlenberg] “This is a good start to understanding AE Expressions. “

I’ve read through this YEARS ago! 🙂 I remember reading “When not to use expressions – Whenever you can avoid them” haha…

I just thought this need was a good small purpose that would be a good expression use.

I’ve read through your response 3 times and I’m still processing…

[Roland R. Kahlenberg] “a layer’s index may change as you add, remove or shift a layer’s vertical position within the Timeline structure.”

So can you call a layer out based on it’s “index” — like replace the code:
(index-.1)

with

(#1-.1)

or is index based on the relative position of the layer it’s “parented to” by the expression?

-Jason

[Jason Brown]

WAY over my head…but I was able to make your first suggestion work…I appreciate the reference to Dan’s materials. I’ve watched many tutorials, and most of that seems to be out of my mental capacity!

I’d like to understand (from a very basic understanding) how this does what it does…can you break down the parts?

thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).transform.xRotation.valueAtTime(time-(index*.1))

I’ve got everything to .valueAtTime. I don’t fully understand how index relates to layer number and why the multiplication of .1? I’ve tweaked it and can’t seem to make rhyme or reason to the numbers.

Thanks SO MUCH btw for your help! This is why I love the cow…great dialogue and awesome ideas!

-Jason