Joseph W. bourke
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As far as I know, you can’t do shadows from Element 3D (this has been a well known issue since its’ first release – I think they decided to do this to keep it fast with OpenGL). At any rate, there is, of course a script to add this feature:
https://aescripts.com/elementary/
And you can name your own price on it.
Joe Bourke
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Sebastian –
Fractal Noise is both black and white. If you want just the black part of it you could either use the free Knoll Unmult filter to get rid of the black, then invert the white part with Channel/Invert in the Channel tools, or just put the noise layer in Darken mode in your Comp, or any one of the Darken modes – see a description of what each mode does here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/blending-modes-layer-styles.html
You can get some very cool, animated grungy overlays by playing with different mode settings. Some will give you the more or less random pattern you get from the silver crystals on film emulsion.
Joe Bourke
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From the looks of it, Sound Soap is purely for noise removal, whereas Audition is a full-featured audio workstation. Audition will do what Sound Soap does and a whole lot more.
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This should help out:
https://www.redgiant.com/support/faq/product-specific/knoll-light-factory/226/
Joe Bourke
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Steven –
Sorry that didn’t help. The only other thing I could find which might be useful is that in addition to the standard location, Windows/Fonts, Adobe also looks for typefaces in:
Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts
Maybe try swapping the font into that location, or looking to see if there might be a culprit font in there which is confusing After Effects.
Joe Bourke
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Steven –
I just went through this very same problem a few days ago – although not with as many layer dependencies – the root of the problem lay in the fact that many fonts have the same name, but aren’t the same .ttf file. I reinstalled the necessary font on my new workstation, and got the same error you’re describing. It wasn’t until I tracked down the same filename download as my original on a different free fonts site that my problem went away. I hope this is your problem, because it’s much easier to solve than replacing every instance.
I see several different Blue Highway fonts and families on several different websites, and they’re not in any way the same. Some are all caps, some are upper and lower case. Look on the machine which is working correctly, find the font in the Windows/Fonts folder on your C: drive. It may well be that the font name is something like 0024734.ttf, and not bluehighway.ttf. If you can do a search on that actual font name (if it differs from your new install) and find it, you’ve got the problem licked.
Joe Bourke
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Philip –
I think you may be able to use one of the built-in Behaviors in After Effects. Here’s a short tutorial which doesn’t focus on the ones you need, but will show you the list, which looks like there may be useful stuff there:
https://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/news/behavior-presets-introduction/
I see “Fade in Over Layer Below”, “Fade In and Out Frames”, and “Fade In and Out msec”. I’m not in front of AE, but I believe these automatically adjust to the length of your still.
Joe Bourke
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Sony ACID Pro and ACID Music Studio have the same type of multi layer capabilities. I own ACID Pro, and its’ capabilities for loop creation and music creation are astounding for its’ price. I can plug my MIDI instruments into it and record while I have a digital audio track playing back, and all sorts of other things. They sell loop collections (there’s also tons of stuff free online) as well as what they call 8 Packs, which are tracks which have 8 editable tracks to vary the sound of the track, and arrange your own versions.
Joe Bourke
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Steve –
The ML focus peaking works like a charm! I was just using it today to experiment with some rack focus shots. Some of the other features you listed (rack focus, follow focus) I think would be at their best with the new STM lenses. In my experiments with the ML rack and follow, the increments seemed a bit chunky, not the smooth movement you can get with a hand pulled focus.
Joe Bourke
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I use my old Nikkor prime lenses on my Canon T2i, and have successfully used the Fotodiox adapter:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Shop-by-Brand-FotodioX/ci/4/phd/4025101186/N/4294255798
I went for the cheapest “dumb” model, since I shoot video in manual mode, so I didn’t need any of the electronics, just a mechanical connection. When I attach the lens and turn on the camera, you get an error message saying there’s no lens – bypass it and you’re good to go. I think I bought my Fotodiox adapters on *Bay, one for each lens, since it’s a pain to swap out the adapter. And also get some Canon rear dust protectors, since the Nikon ones won’t fit any more. Simple, inexpensive, and it gives you a whole new/old arsenal of creative possibilities.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com