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Ken Simmons
September 4, 2006 at 1:06 am in reply to: compositing and HDV…is it any easier to pull mattes that regular dv??

Thanks for all the responses…it looks like my best bet is to rent an HDV camera and do a few tests…anyting I discover I’ll be sure to post…thanks guys!

Ken
Ken Simmons
September 3, 2006 at 2:50 am in reply to: compositing and HDV…is it any easier to pull mattes that regular dv??

that’s kinda what I was thinking, I’ve edited HDV footage before but never comped it, you’re totally correct about the data rate, it’s virtually identical to the dv settings I usually use. Anyone else have any thoughts/experience with compositing green/bluescreen with HDV footage???

I’d appreciate your thoughts
Ken
Ken Simmons
September 2, 2006 at 9:32 pm in reply to: compositing and HDV…is it any easier to pull mattes that regular dv??

oops, I forgot to mention, I’m talking specifically about pulling mattes off of green/blue screen footage shot with HDV cameras.
Ken Simmons
July 27, 2006 at 5:25 am in reply to: anyone know the answer to this annoying problem (about black solids/masks)

ah also a good call…this problem has plagued me for some time…thanks for the suggestion.

K.
Ken Simmons
July 27, 2006 at 12:36 am in reply to: anyone know the answer to this annoying problem (about black solids/masks)

Wow
ok will do, thanks for the tip

btw I picked up a copy of the AE serious effects & compositing…excellent stuff!

K.
Ken Simmons
June 9, 2006 at 5:38 pm in reply to: Colour Correction

also you might want to make to try rendering your footage in 16-bit colour space instead of the standard 8-bit…By default AE uses 8-bit, but there is a simple way to switch it over….it might get rid of the posturization that you’re encountering (it’ll smooth out some of the gradients between colours) In your project viewer (the one where all your footage and comps are) you’ll see at the bottom next to the trash can icon it says “8bpc” …ALT-click on it and it should change your comp into a 16-bit colourspace…be warned though, this will seriously increase your render time!
Ken Simmons
June 8, 2006 at 11:47 pm in reply to: video in 3D space pops through solid layers

this problem happens to me too…I’ve never figured out why….maybe I’m a dumb-head…but when working in 3-d in after effects is their anyway to change the measurements of the z-axis…like from pixles to inches/meters/feet…anything!? 1 pixel means very little to me when trying to reproduce accurate dimensions within a pseudo-3D space…I dunno, I’ve never been able to get very far with the 3D layers in after effects without encountering this same problem….

would also love to know why this happens

word is bond
Ken Simmons
June 6, 2006 at 1:44 am in reply to: CC Light Burst 2.5

probably you need to precompose your layer first…select the layer you’re applying the effect on then go up to “Layer” and choose “precompose” (way at the bottom of the selections). Precompose it and you should be able to apply the effect to the whole comp area.

usually the problem you reffer to happens to when someone trys to apply an effect to a text layer….this is the quick way of getting around this annoying problem

good luck
Ken Simmons
June 4, 2006 at 6:29 pm in reply to: custom brushes in AE…like the ones in PS? (please say yes)

Woops…forgot to mention, I realize I can make those angled brushes as well…what I’m looking for is something more akin to the “spongy” type preset brushes in PS….maybe someone knows of some presets I could download, etc….

thanks again
also, word is bond
Ken Simmons
May 17, 2006 at 7:03 pm in reply to: short film shot at 23.98 for broadcast to tv/dvd

I actually didn’t shoot it myself but I put a call to the dp and he said he used the regular 24p….so It’s all good.
Thanks again for the reply!

K.