Jeff Mcbride
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Check out the rotoTool script from nabscripts. Download the script, put the file in your scripts folder, reload AE and it will pop up under File–> Scripts
https://www.nabscripts.com/Downloads/downloads_en_3.php?id=0#rotoTool
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Go here and get the Offset Positioning script. Pop it in your AE Script’s folder, restart AE, and it will show up in the scripts window. I haven’t used this particular script but it looks straightforward enough.
https://www.nabscripts.com/Downloads/downloads_en_2.php?id=0#offsetPositioning
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I build a 3D house once:
https://www.jeffandemilee.com/portfolio/video/reasonofthestoneage.html
I’m no longer proud of this piece, haha, it’s one of my first AE pieces. One of the difficulties I ran into in this example is the sides of the house don’t match up to the roof, the angles with pixel aspect ratios screwed me up. So make sure if you design anything you have matching PARs.
Another issue with 2.5D in AE is that you’ll never quite get the corners to match up. You’ll see some artifacts hanging out the side of the house when it spins around.
Lighting was another problem, I don’t think AE handles lights very well in that sometimes they would shine through an object and other times they wouldn’t (there is a setting to control this but it didn’t seem to work right for me))
Those are the only hang-ups I think I had. I would also use more texture and more objects, my video kinda gets boring after a while because there’s nothing there.
Hope that helps!
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At the bottom of the Comp window check Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction. Your monitor displays pixels as square, so when you tell your computer that you have pixels that are wider (1.2 aspect ratio) it appears to shrink because it’s displaying them as 1:1 aspect ratio. Same goes for .9 aspect ratio but they appear wider.
When you toggle this it’ll appear as it should, but may be a bit rough around the edges. Don’t worry about that, it’ll play like normal.
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Get the Creating Motion Graphics book series by Chris and Trish Meyer. There is an Adobe Expert Certification but I don’t know how useful it is, one could know everything about AE and not have any creative ability so it would be useless, I dunno.
As far as freelance I have been enjoying myself more with a studio than freelance. Too much business involved otherwise. It’s a personal preference though and you’ll have to figure it out for yourself.
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I haven’t seen any tutorials on it but I explored it once upon a time. I do believe it will output the red/blue glasses stereoscopic image. You’ll need two identical cameras with identical lenses and lens settings. Film a scene with the camera as close together as possible (you’re shooting for the distance between one’s eyes) Do some searches for anaglyphs. I know there’s some free software that will do it, if After Effects won’t. I think a friend of mine actually shot some anaglyphic footage and did the AE thing but I never saw how it turned out.
The IMAX kind of stereoscopy involves two video sources being projected simultaneously with different polarization. I know nothing about it (and my description is probably inaccurate)
Good luck!
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Pete Warden has some great free plugins for After Effects. Go to https://www.petewarden.com/ and download the plugins for Win or Mac. There is a halftone plugin plus many many more.
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If you’re trying to hear audio in After Effects make sure that the the audio switch in the timeline is turned on (its next to the eyeball) Then make sure your Time Control panel has audio playback checked on. Go to Composition-> Preview and make sure audio is checked. Make sure your computer volume is un-muted, turned up, and that your speakers are as well.
When you Make Movie, click on the Output Module where it says Lossless, make sure to check Audio Output and configure the settings. If you forget this step you’ll never export audio.
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I typically will set my in and out points in the pre-comp (by hitting b or n) and then I right click in the light grey area in the timeline window that is below the time markers. From the pop-up select Trim Comp to Work Area.
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Here are three graphs for examples, these are AE 7.0 so it’ll be a bit different. I believe these graphs are how your Value: Scale should be (it’s a different system in 7) The first is a linear zoom, the second has Ease Out on keyframe 1 and Ease In on keyframe 2, and the third is the altered graph with the exponential curve. Hope this helps!
Even Zoom
Eased Graph
Exponential Graph – Not shown, but the first keyframe bezier handle is at (0%,0f) and the 2nd keyframe handle is on (0%, 25f)