[Jon Agnew]

Also, is there a shortcut to center the anchor point in a layer?

[Jon Agnew]

There was some 3D animation done for the original 1977 release, though not for the scene described by the author of that book. I found this on youtube. Pretty amazing stuff. I really want to get my hands on that setup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMeSw00n3Ac

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[Jon Agnew]

HAHA! Fortunately for him, it wasn’t an interview.

I’m hoping I can have another conversation with this kid…maybe about westerns. He can tell me that Holden Caufield played the main character in The Wild Bunch, Peckinpah was too commercial, and Unforgiven’s presentation of morality is too black and white.

[Jon Agnew]

In that case, I believe you should be using a Non-Disclosure Agreement. An NDA protects the information that you entrust to employees without dictating who, when, and where they can work.

See the difference?

[Jon Agnew]

If you’re trying to use a zax object to obscure text created with the AE text tool, you’re in for bad news. Though zax works within AE, it does not exist within AE’s 3D universe. You won’t be able to have anything created in zax interact with something created with AE, unfortunately.

[Jon Agnew]

I have and will always refuse to sign non-competes. I will not allow any employer to have that kind of control over who I can work for and when.

I’m curious, Steve…What kind of production do you do that you feel the need to have an employee sign such a document? The purpose of a non-compete is to ensure that employees cannot run off with valuable trade secrets, not to prevent people from simply being employed by a competitor. What trade secrets could this employee possibly have that cannot be found on any number of websites like the cow?

Good luck getting him to sign it. You’d need a shotgun to convince me.

[Jon Agnew]

My two cents:

Get a MacBook Pro. Anything involving video, be it editing, motion graphics, or VFX is going to be very processor/RAM intensive. I think Dave, in his infinite wisdom, summed it up by saying you may be saving money in the wrong place if you get a MacBook. No reason to buy a new computer that’s going to have limited functionality out of the box.

[Jon Agnew]

Glass Plus, eh? I’ll try that on my friend’s camera. HaHa!

[Jon Agnew]

There really isn’t any household or commonly found items that should be used for cleaning your lens. The coating on the glass is VERY delicate and will scratch very easily, even by common bathroom tissue. Once it’s scratched, it’s done for. Both lens cloths and lens tissue are very affordable and highly necessary. Another necessity is a clear filter for your lens. It’s cheap, put it on the camera and NEVER take it off. That way, when something like this happens, you don’t risk your precious (and expensive) lens.

The salt mist on your lens is only one of your worries here. Salt air is highly corrosive, and though you can only see it on your lens, it’s currently eating the electrical components inside your camera. For beach shoots, I always take care to protect the camera, even if that means wrapping the body in a trash bag.

[Jon Agnew]

While it’s probably not what they used for the Bourne movies, you can achieve a very similar look with Trapcode 3D Stroke. Check out the Style tutorial here : https://www.trapcode.com/download.html