[Jesse Harris]

Dave,

Thanks very much for your reply. It’s true I am a novice at creating in AE, however sometimes being thrown into the water is the best way to learn to swim, (with some flotation devices, namely, this forum along with Todd’s) -and that’s where I am in the process, swimming, not walking…

I believe I stated I was clicking the RAM Preview arrow in the Preview window, and not pressing the spacebar or the Play button. I have re-read the RAM Preview and am able to render a movie which I will post to Vimeo so you can review it if you have time.

https://vimeo.com/16676266

Thanks for taking an interest in my problems! Please let me know how I can more clearly describe my issues.

[Jesse Harris]

Chris,

Thanks so much for this precise guidance! I’ve seen this technique, but with my inexperience wasn’t quite positive it applied to my situation – I think it’s great fix. I do have a couple of questions however.

The “output” comp is rendering as I write this, so I don’t have feedback as far as a result – well now I do… Most of the footage was not displayed. There were only black frames after the first few frames… I must’ve screwed up your instructions, although I thought I did it correctly…

I have a fairly complicated project, as you can hopefully see from the screen shot.

I hope to be able to figure out where I went wrong with your instructions, but I have a follow-up question; most of the jumps occur between the footage layers, (I stopped the camera to adjust for exposure change, namely the sun rising!), and therefore would I have to pre-comp/flatten the entire composition to effectively use the Matrix technique? The footage I’m experimenting with happens to have jumps/skips in the middle, (where I had to cut the camera)

I hope this isn’t too complicated, and I’ve expressed myself clearly. Thanks again for taking the time to invest in my issues! And please don’t hesitate to let me know if I can clarify anything!!

I will try to post my ram preview on vimeo so you can see what I’m up against.

Regards,

[Jesse Harris]

Once again Walter – thanks so much for taking the time to respond!! Very good and valid feedback! I hadn’t thought of slowing the footage down – although there are people in some of the video footage… I will definitely give Twixtor a try.

I’m sure I’ll be resurfacing on the forum(s) with more questions.

Until then,

Jesse

[Jesse Harris]

Walter,

Thanks so much for your very thorough response!! Much appreciated. Your comments are of enormous help.

“Frame rate conversions made easy (Important Note: frame rate conversions are supported only from within After Effects and Combustion ).”

https://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/features/#ae_compatible_4

This is from the Twixtor product feature section for AE. This means I would have to import the 29.97 5DMKII videofootage into AE, (I have v10) to make use of this feature, correct? I did not see this exact feature available for FCP – or am I missing it?

https://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/features/#fcp

Thanks for the guidance regarding color space and bit rate!! And if you have time to weigh in regarding clarification above I’d be more than grateful.

Best, Jesse