Joey Foreman
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Does it look that way in Quicktime player, Premiere, or both?
You didn’t state whether the actual compositing is done in AE or Premiere.
If it’s done in AE, then you don’t need to render with an Alpha channel.
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If you had looked 2 posts down, you’d have seen that someone just posted the same question 😉
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Joey Foreman
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Here’s a good place to get up to speed on some fundamentals –
https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html
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Animate the position property of the letters.
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Rotoscoping out a moving person is one of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks in post production. That’s why the color keying process was invented.
Next time, use a green screen.
Or if you have CS5, the Roto Brush will give you a leg up.
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Do they want an .swf or an .flv?
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Yes, AE automatically de-interlaces your footage because (from the AE manual)
Separating fields is critical if you plan to make significant changes to the image. When you scale, rotate, or apply effects to interlaced video, unwanted artifacts, such as crossed fields, are often introduced. By separating fields, After Effects accurately converts the two interlaced frames in the video to noninterlaced frames, while preserving the maximum amount of image quality. Using noninterlaced frames allows After Effects to apply edits and effects consistently and at the highest quality.
You can re-interlace the footage, if necessary, when you render your composition.
The deinterlacing can be turned off in the Interpret Footage dialog, but you shouldn’t do that.
Joey Foreman
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If you’re using AE CS5, you can try the Roto Brush tool. What color is the billboard? If it has large areas of white, or is lighter or darker overall than the actors, you may be able to pull a serviceable Luma Key for a good portion of it. Otherwise you’ve got the right idea in rotoscoping the actors.
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Please post a link to your render and/or some screen grabs when you get a chance.