Jimmy Brunger
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Sorry, didn’t realise you meant that.
Does anyone who has AE CS3 beta installed (I’m not allowed at work) know if you can export to PS layers with editbale text/layer styles intact?
That would be an AWESOME feature. If they can now go one way, surely the logical step is to be able to go the other aswell? Would be very useful for archiving and sending comps to print designers, etc. Though that may be tonne harder to achieve?…
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How about if you set AE to auto-save (or save the project just before render) and then set your PC to shut down on a schedulaed task for say, a day or so after the render is due to finish to be safe? Would that work?
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If you’re not dealing with lots of video files then super-fast storage isn’t a neccessity, but will still be a help and will future-proof you if you do start using footage in AE. If you need to play your renders out to an NLE via a capture card then you’ll still need at least a 2 x drive RAID onboard so you don’t drop frames on output/input. I just use 2xWD 300GB 7,200rpm drives in RAID-0 in my tower for uncompressed SD video and it works a treat with my Decklink card, for playout/capture via Premiere.
If you’re working HD you will no doubt need more drives and faster ones at that. Firewire however MAY cut it for jpeg compressed and DV type SD work though.
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Hmmm…don’t know then I’m afraid. I’ve had this with certain QTs before, but I think it was a conflict with the hardware card on that particular machine.
Your best bet is to try Adobe knowledgebase or forums, or just email the error code to Adobe direct? you may be waiting a while to get a reply off them but it’s worth a go.
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It’s because you now have an Intel-based Mac and until AE CS3 comes out AE will use a programme called “Rosetta” (bundled with OSX I think) to operate..this saps alot of performance out of AE apparently. you may need to get some more RAM aswell to compensate
Fear not though – just upgrade ($$$!) in the summer and all will be well. OR run AE on a PC for now 😉
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Yep, just import as composition in AE and I use cropped layers, so when you rotate the individ layers the anchor point is central to the layer.
Question – does anybody NOT use cropped layers? I can’t think of a situation where it doesn’t make more sense?!?
Oh, SRoughan – make sure you flatten any layer styles before importing into AE, as most of them don’t translate properly and will look awful! AE CS3 will be fixing this though it seems…
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No, Zaxwerks *IS* true 3D, but it works outside of AE..it just uses AE’s camera for integration. I presume the 3D warps plugin is true 3D aswell. AE itself though is only capable of manipluating 2D layers in 3D space (sometimes described as ‘2.5d’). 3D stroke and particular are 3D plugins, but they work within AE’s limited 2.5d environment.
Something like a Flame/Smoke or I think even Eyeon Fusion can bend and create 3D shapes from within the app. They all have a TRUE 3D compositing evironment. But you pay for the privilege! You can pick up Fusion for about
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I’ve just realised I think all my legals since I started using Photoshop are bigger than they need to be!…
..If PAL is 625 lines, then you divide that between 576 pixels and multiply by 16 – it comes out as 17.36 lines. I believe 17 lines is the legal size, so I’ve been 1.5 lines over with all mine. Oops. Better safer than sorry..
Or have I got that wrong? I’d just taken it for granted upto now that zooming into pixel level in PS/AE and counting was the same as zooming right in on a Paintbox. Now you’ve got me confused!
Anyone know the definitive answer to this?
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Jim,
Not sure about the ‘solid’ rule, but honestly if you just type a lower case ‘X’ at the end of the text line in question and count only the solid pixels (ie: not grey anti-aliasing. It’s best to count on a contrasting background aswell) then you should be fine. If you’re using all capitals however, I *think* you can get away with using the x height of your capital X…I’ve never done an all caps legal, so not sure on that.
AFAIK you only need to wory about sizes at all if your text is a legal requirement. We paste copyright lines from Dreamworks or wherever onto some of our toy commercials and they can be as small as you like.
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AE doesn’t play nice with MPEG footage and depending on the codecs used on the QTs/AVIs you’re importing your PC/Mac might not have those codecs installed. Do the clips in question play OK in Quicktime player/Windows Media Player?
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I don’t use FCP I’m afraid, so not sure on that one..try what your friend suggests and see if it works first!
If you need to de-interlace your footage slick on Adrew Kramer’s head at the top of the AE forum and search for his tutorial on de-interlacing.
All the best.
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