[Jsloman]

I really wouldn’t know what to tell you as far as the size and arrangment. I would imagine some thing rectangular would fit the widescreen proportions better. This is really up to you though. If nothing else, try both.

Each box would be it’s own layer if you wanted to have the colors appear in the most random way possible. However, if you aren’t all that concerned. do about 10 – 20 of them and precompose the selection of layers. Then duplicate the precomposed composition and arrange it to fit your needs. Also, precompose the selection of boxes that create the lip, do the same Hue/Sat effect, except stop the Hue loop on red.

Creating a camera is just as easy as creating a solid, go through the same process except choose camera. The camera will control all of the layers that have the 3D box active. This way, you don’t have to animate each box individually.

This could also be achieved by using photoshop to create the boxes if you thought that would be faster. You could then plug the still into the timeline few times and mask off areas to colorize.

I’m probably going to fall asleep soon, but I’d be happy to help through e-mail or IM, just send me your info if you’d like.

Jared Loman – jtechproductions.com

[Jsloman]

Well, I’ll answer this in such a way that assumes you have a moderate knowledge of After Effects…If not, perhaps others will add to this or if not, you can just let me know what you have trouble with.

The only way I can really think of to achieve this effect would be to create a bunch of black solids the size you want your blocks to be.
Make all of the boxes 3D layers, create a camera, and zoom out. This will assist you in arranging them in the shape of a lip depending on the size of your blocks.
For the color alterations, apply a Hue/Saturation effect with the colorize box checked.
Bring the saturation up to 100 and the lightness to about 25 (depending on what shade of colors you are going for).
Then key the Hue to the desired speed you wish the colors to change.
Now key the camera fit the footage of the lips you have. Hope this helps. Let me know if you still have trouble.

Jared Loman – jtechproductions.com

[Jsloman]

I use my Powerbook G4 (1.67Ghz – 2GB RAM) primaraly for AE. Unless you are into gaming, I’d save yourself loads of trouble, and get a nice Powerbook.

Jared Loman – jtechproductions.com

[Jsloman]

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Jared Loman – jtechproductions.com

[Jsloman]

Hello there,

I am certainly not an expert, but I think that your file size depends alot on the compression you are using. If you are rendering a 10sec clip at 320×240 uncompressed, it would likely turn out to be in in that file range. However, using quicktimes h.264 compression, even at best quality would probably come out around 1-2mb. Does this help at all?

Jared Loman – jtechproductions.com

[Jsloman]

Hello,

Simply click on the text, choose the inspector tab, then choose the style menu. The color control among others is located there. Hope this helps.

Jared Loman – jtechproductions.com