[Jon Wilkins]

Just stumbled across this thread. If its true that AE CS3 can’t cope properly with native footage such as HDV, MPEG then that’s staggering. This type of footage is used all the time, and with the integration between Premiere and AE you’d just expect that AE would either deal with it in its native format or transcode it in some way when it is first imported so that it can deal with it. You wouldn’t expect that footage would have to first be re-encoded externally, adding potentially hours to the workflow. And if it can’t properly deal with certain types of footage it should throw up a dialogue on import stating that fact, and offering options to deal with it. It definitely shouldn’t just lock up… (hope someone from Adobe reads this…)

[Jon Wilkins]

Yes, quite whacky at times but technically and artistically innovative. There’s a series of DVD’s available with collections of work from Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham, Spike Jonze etc under the title “Director’s Label” – some really great stuff and good to see as collections of work.

J

[Jon Wilkins]

Thanks Mike,

Some interesting suggestions. I’ll try the garbage mattes – I haven’t tried that at all yet. I’ve tried a few things but not got anything I’m happy with. It would be useful to know how the actual Kylie video was shot but I haven’t been able to track that down either. I’ve seen similar work elsewhere and I’m sure its possible without expensive kit but finding the actual method is proving a challenge. Keeps me busy though!

Cheers!

Jon

[Jon Wilkins]

Thanks guys – I’ll have a further play and post again if I find something that works well.

Cheers!