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I’m verynot familiar with FCP, haven’t ever used it, but I believe you can set up your project to any size you want. That being the case you shouldn’t have any problems at all. You could double check on one of the FCP boards to be sure though.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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If it’s 4×3 then NTSC DV is the preset you want.
Will you be finishing in AE? I ask because the other consideration is what/where is the next stop for you animation. I only mention this because if you are going to an Avid next, then I would suggest working in a D1 comp. There is a 6 pixel differnce, but those 6 pixels can cause some real ugliness in the Avid.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Think if you download 64 bit itunes you will get it.
https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Check out this LCD script
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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From the last response I’ll assume you discovered to RAM preview you just need to press “0” on the number keypad.
But what is the difference between rendering it and playing it in RAM mod?
Rendering creates a file that you can transfer to another edit system, the web, or some other deliverable. You base your render settings on what that deliverable will be. For instance if I need a client to take a look at a idea I will make a small file to show him and if I get approval I will create a uncompressed final file that I will then import into my edit system for placement into final video.RAM previewing temporarily renders & stores each frame to your RAM. RAM previews are limited to the amount of RAM you have. So depending on the duration of your composition and its size(1920×1080, 1280×720…) and the amount of RAM you have, you might be able to preview 10 seconds to minutes of footage.
Take a look at this https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html, at #4 there are links to very good tutorials for getting started and learning AE. Great stuff for people who are new to the programe.
Glad I was able to help and that you are having fun with MotionGrx.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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You need to RAM preview to get a smooth playback while in AE. Standard preview will render frames and play cached frames as fast as it can, without audio or any guarantee for real time playback.
RAM preview mixes your audio, renders your comp (according to the current and RAM preview settings), saves the frames in RAM, and plays them back in real time. It’s limited by the amount of RAM you have available.
FAQ: Why is my output file huge, and why doesn’t it play back smoothly in a media player?
Hopefully the links above explained why it’s not playing back smoothly. As to what you can do to make it better, it depends…what is your deliverable, if it’s just for yourself, you would want to find a codec with a bitrate that your computer handle and that looks good. On my machine .wmv’s and h.264 work really well, but you are on a MAC and I don’t know what plays well on those machines.
If you are delivering it for someone else, you want to give them the highest quality possible and just learn to live with the fact that the highest quality generally won’t playback well on PC.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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You can create multi-folders and import multiple projects into a single project, but there isn’t a way to have multiple project windows in AE.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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I’m absolutely confused and really don’t understand why the shape tool isn’t working. I opened your project, hit the rectangle button was able to create shapes.
One thing you could try is deleting your preferences. Immediately after you start AE, hold down “Shift +Cntl+Alt”, when you do that AE will delete your preferences and restore the defaults. Occasionally a corrupted preference file can cause some abnormalities in AE.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Which version of AE are you using? Also, have you pressed the check for updates? I’ve read your posts and it seems you are doing everything correctly, so I’m pretty stumped.
If it’s not too much trouble, create a new project, create a new comp and make whatever shapes you can then save it and upload it to the COW(last icon above the message box) and post a link. Maybe there is something that will jump out, though I’m not sure what it could be.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb. -
What are you doing to playback, a RAM preview or are you just pressing the spacebar to play. AE isn’t an editor but a graphics compositor and as such playback is pretty limited.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.