Jon Geddes
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That will set up a loop. But like I said, it may or may not do anything to resolve your issue.
Windows Media Player isn’t typically used as a dvd player, you should look into software that is designed specifically for that such as Power DVD.
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If it works fine on your mac and home dvd player, it is likely a problem with the software dvd player you are using in windows.
Also, not sure if this is causing the problem, but in DVDSP, select the menu, then in the inspector, under the General Tab, set the ‘At End’ action to 0 Seconds. This may or may not effect the problem you are having.
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After reading Todd’s post again more carefully, I think he was referring the the ripple edit tool. Good call.
I assumed he wanted to drag everything, but it seems like he just wanted to drag segments.
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If you are using a PC, make sure the timeline is selected, the press Ctrl+A. Then drag around as needed.
Using a Mac? instead of Ctrl, press the mac equivalent (Command I believe)
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854×480 will not look identical to 720×480. The pixel information comes from a 720×480 source, then gets stretched out to 16:9 aspect ratio. There is no undoing anything.
If you start with 854×480, then scale it to 720×480, then it gets scaled again for the pixel aspect ratio correction, you will be putting it through 2 resizing processes, each applying a little blur (since the black text won’t line up perfectly with a pixel, it will turn grey/blurred). To reduce the number of conversions, start a 720×480 document in photoshop that has pixel aspect ratio set to 16:9 widescreen.
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Do you have a depth matte already? If you do, you could create some fog with CC particle world (directional axis, large slow moving particles, zero gravity, very low opacity, blurred out), then maybe add some fine grain to it for a little realism. Then use your depth matte as a track matte for the fog layer. You may have to tweak the levels of the depth matte so your fog isn’t completely transparent in the foreground.
If you don’t have a depth matte already, you could create one with a Plugin (Depth Que), or manually do it by duplicating your comp, and using the fill/ramp effects on all your layers. You would have to know exactly what a depth matte is suppose to look like when doing it though. You can look for tutorials on creating depth mattes, they are available from a variety of places.
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Maybe its having some kind of error.
Can you check the error log? It usually creates a folder in the location of your project file with an error log.
Does it give you any info in the render queue after you try and render?
Are you able to hit render again after the failed attempt without bringing it back into the queue?
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Fluorescent lights typically operate at 120 Hz when powered through an alternating current. This means that the light is actually turning on and off 120 times in a second. Your eyes usually aren’t able to detect anything above 50 cycles per second (the flicker fusion threshold). However, your spiffy 1200 fps camera can definitely see the light turning on and off. With better lighting, you will not see the flickering. As suggested by someone else, use tungsten or daylight.
Jon Geddes
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It works, however there still seems to be a bug that prevents the burning of longer projects straight out of Encore. To get around this problem, you simply create an image of the project in encore, and use toast to burn the image.
There are other bugs for the blu-ray authoring that still creep up. For example, if you try and set Permissions for a menu, it just spits out an error during the build process. Also I’ve heard of problems with chapter playlists and timeline playlists not working properly. So yeah, I guess you could say it still has some bugs, but if you know what they are, and just avoid doing those things, you can create a good project.
I’ve made a complete video tutorial (free) of creating a Blu-ray disc in Encore using advanced motion menus created in After Effects. The tutorial is for my Pro Motion Menu Kit products, however it can be used for exactly what you are wanting to do. You can watch it here:
https://www.precomposed.com/tutorials/
Under ‘Product Tutorials’ for the ‘Butterfly Bliss’ Menu Kit, Click on:
4) Authoring with the Motion Menu in Encore.It also shows how to apply a custom Pop-Up menu for Blu-ray Discs, a new feature available in CS4.
Jon Geddes
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After Effects is a compositing program. It has some 3D capabilities, but they are referred to as 2.5D since they are just 2D objects positioned in 3D space (nothing has any depth/volume). You can create the illusion of having depth by using different layers to make all the surfaces of a box (or other shape). As an example of this, you can watch my promo video for my Texture Packs seen here:
https://www.precomposed.com/products/texture_packs/
The entire promo video was created in After Effects. There is a 3D box around 25 seconds that rotates.
For what you want to do, you will need to do it in a 3D application (such as 3d studio max). The curvature of the face and body can only be done in a 3D app. You might want to look for some tutorials on how to create this. You need to combine all the pictures into one, so it looks almost like a flattened out halloween mask, and apply it as a texture to the face of the 3d model. Once you find the tutorial, you will understand what I am talking about.
Jon Geddes
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