[Jeff Linderman]

Noah,

To be honest, I’m not sure if I’m making 16:9 anamorphic DVD’s or not! I went back to check the settings in Encore, but couldn’t find that. Would that be a setting in the DVD authoring stage, or would that be in editing/encoding stage?

Thanks for the input.

Jeff

[Jeff Linderman]

I’m not sure what the licensing deal in America is either, but the Australian method sounds great! If something similar is not in place here, I think it definitely should be.

I would probably fall more into the ‘whatever’ category mentioned by beb850. I don’t know…I’m involved in music as well, and I totally understand the whole copyright situation and believe that artists should be compensated, etc. But for a wedding video? That’s where I have a hard time understanding. I’ve purchased the CD, more than likely the wedding participants have also purchased the CD, so in my simple way of thinking, I don’t see a problem using a track or two from that CD on a few copies of a wedding video. Now, if I were selling an instructional video or something, with mass public distribution, that’s a totally different story. Then I’d be all for going through the steps to pay for use.

Until then, just call me a crazy outlaw wedding videographer! That’s my favorite part of doing these things…editing highlights to someone’s favorite track(s). If the ‘powers that be’ in the music biz want to come after me and my little operation, fine. I’ll just move to Australia!

[Jeff Linderman]

Yes, that helps, and you do understand the problem! Thanks much.

The plot has ‘thickened’ somewhat. I was following the proper procedure, but have discovered it was the particular effect that is giving me trouble.

I used the Browse Presets function you mentioned, which is where I found the effect I was interested in. It’s in the ‘Lights & Optical’ folder, and it’s called ‘Emerge’. This is the effect I attempted to use from the beginning. When I finally decided to try others, such as some of the animate in options, they all worked fine.

But that particular one, as well as others I’ve discovered since, won’t work for me. Could it be some sort of special mask setting or something? Could there extra steps necessary?

PS: I’m working with AE 7.0

Thanks again for the input. I’m very much a novice, so I appreciate all the help I can get!