Jeff Gandillon
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It is good to know that is available as that would allow me to set the stroke width appropriately at each point along the path and make a traditional reveal image write on work correctly, but now that I have this idea in my head of a stroke that thickens at a given position over time I’d still like to hear if it is possible.
So essentially it would be like using the brush time properties to set the width of the stroke at each point along the path, but then taking it one step further so that each point along the path grows gradually after it is written until it reaches the desired thickness. To do it by keyframes it would require keyframes that are space and time specific not just time specific. That is why I am thinking, if this is even possible, it might require an expression. Maybe I need to go post over on that forum.
Thank you for the suggestion! That is very good info to have. I’d love to hear some more ideas!
jeff g
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What do you mean “as HD media”? Avid conforms everything to the project settings does it not? As far as I understand the instant I open an HD file in an SD project as far as Avid is concerned that is SD media.
I have done everything via AMA for a year now, and, while there are a few issues I have to work around, I haven’t been overly disappointed. My primary issue here is not file management, but simply how to overcome the aspect ratio discrepency while maintaining as much quality as I can in the transition to SD. As far as I can tell, your suggestion doesn’t address the aspect ratio problem, but I do appreciate the response! I didn’t realize AMA was such a problem for some and maybe I need to be more cautious with it.
So far I have tried using a resize effect and scaling the width up to 133%, but I seem to lose some detail that route. I also just tried using Pan and Scan in my HD project then exporting Same As Source then importing it into my SD project, and that seems to give me slightly better results. I was just trying to discover best practices, and wondered if there was a way that it should be done for maximum quality.
jeff g
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That is still how it works. I use it frequently.
Click on the CTI and use “+” to go forward and “+-” to go backwards.
Dave, out of curiosity since you don’t use this feature, is there a way to move specific numbers of frames that you find easier? Or do you just not often need to do so?
jeff g
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It sounds like you’re basically there. It seems to me like maybe instead of using a masked solid you need to make a solid the size that you want your selection of video to be, parent that to your null instead of the frame you basically created with your masked solid, and then take Michael’s suggestion and make it a track matte for the footage.
jeff g
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These might also be helpful:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/stern_eran/Digits_Man1.php
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/stern_eran/Digits_Man2.php
jeff g
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They made a lot of changes to keyframes in recent versions of Media Composer. Not sure when the changes happened because I made a 10 year leap when we finally upgraded, but anyway…
If you are running MC5 or a version with similar keyframes the easiest way I have found is to just right-click the keyframes. That should bring up a list of options for how to interpret the keyframes. In the cluster where “Spline” is probably checked change it to “Linear.”
jeff g
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When you export using Avid codecs like DNxHD the alpha channel matches what Avid expects (because it is an Avid codec) and there is no need to invert it. Avid does its alpha backwards from a lot of things, so many things do require you to invert, but once you are exporting Avid codecs inverting is no longer necessary.
jeff g
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I recommend using Avid codecs. The Avid DNxHD codec can carry an alpha channel and it should be a lot smaller than a TGA sequence even if you use the higher bitrate DNxHD codec to ensure that your export still looks great.
You can download the Avid codecs here:
https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=372311&NewLang...Once you install them on your After Effects machine you will be able to use them in your output settings.
jeff g
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After looking around some more I realized the answer to part of my question was pretty obvious, so I figured I’d post it here in response to myself just in case someone else searches the forums with a similar question.
To transfer Render Settings and Output Modules it is as simple as going to Edit>Templates>Render Settings…/Output Module… and choosing “Save All…” to save a file with all your settings that can then be loaded, using the “Load…” button in the same place, on another machine.
Still haven’t found a way to transfer “Preferences,” but those are probably best set up on a machine-specific basis anyway.
jeff g
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You said you are sending the files out of AE to be edited in FCP right? In that case you probably would do better to keep the files in a high-quality codec like your animation codec, edit those in FCP, then use compression software to make your mp4 of the final product as sent out from FCP.
jeff g