Joey Foreman
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Have you seen this script?
https://aescripts.com/expression-timeline/
Joey Foreman
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You can make a 23.976 fps DVD as well, but animated graphics tend to look less smooth. So yes, stick to 29.97.
Joey Foreman
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Your text is probably Right Aligned. Select the text layer and hit the Center Text icon in the Paragraph tab.
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Do you have From Current Time checked in the Preview tab? If so, uncheck it.
You may not have enough RAM to preview your entire work area.
You can cache frames to a disk by enabling Disk Cache in the Media & Disk Cache tab in Preferences.
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Good thing I took the time to write out a step-by-step tutorial.
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1. Move the CTI (Playhead) to the middle of the Layer.
2. Split the layer.
3. Move the layer that’s the 2nd half to the beginning of the timeline.
4. Move the layer that was the first half down in the timeline so that its beginning overlaps the end of the 1st half layer by about a second or so, and position it above the other layer if necessary.
5. Set an Opacity keyframe with a value of 0 on the first frame of this layer (where the overlap begins). Set a 2nd Opacity keyframe with a value of 100 on the last frame that overlaps the layer below.
6. Move the end of the Work Area back to 1 frame before the last frame of the lower layer.
7. Set the RAM Preview to Loop and do a preview. This lets you test the crossfade duration to see if you like the look. You might want to make it shorter or longer. It also lets you confirm that the loop is seemless at the end. When you’re satisfied…
8. Render the comp, Work Area only.
9. Import your rendered file.
10. Right-click on the imported file and choose Interpret Footage…Main.
11. In the dialog that opens, set the file to loop as many times as you would like.Joey Foreman
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Yes 720×480 is small, but that’s what dvds are – standard def. For HD you have to author to BluRay.
For a Tiff sequence, you choose that in the Output Module, rather than a Quicktime movie.
If you encode to ProRes 422 or Animation, it will be a .mov.
To gain the color space advantages of ProRes or Tiff, set your AE project to 16 or 32 bit.
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NTSC/DV Widescreen, 29.97 or 23.976 f.ps., depending on your taste for a particular look, encoded to an uncompressed or high bit depth codec (ProRes 422(HQ), Tiff sequence).
Take that into a media encoder like Compressor or Adobe Media Encoder and output an MPEG2 with the highest data rate acceptable for the duration of your footage. These encoders have companion audio setting presets for the MPEGS.
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Tinderbox had a good one for earlier versions; not sure if it’s still being made.
Vimeo has many downloadable and royalty free timelapse cloud/sky videos that may serve your needs.
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I got KeyedUp to work with Command-Space Bar in CS4.
Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist