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Kevin Cotterill
June 3, 2013 at 2:35 am in reply to: A question about green screen, AE and Premiere Pro. Which comes first?

Also, with AE, I really like the way I can create a custom background using a solid layer, and also position my logo on the background. I don’t see that option with Prem Pro and I wonder if I would have to create the bg in PS and import it in (I don’t know PS).
Kevin Cotterill
June 3, 2013 at 2:03 am in reply to: A question about green screen, AE and Premiere Pro. Which comes first?

Thanks for the tip Steve.

From what I have been reading and watching online, it appears the consensus is that KeyLight in AE is far superior.

I have Prem Pro CS5 and it does appear that I have Ultra Key.
Kevin Cotterill
June 3, 2013 at 12:28 am in reply to: A question about green screen, AE and Premiere Pro. Which comes first?

First of all, thank you for taking the time to help me. It’s very much appreciated.

Editing before compositing makes sense to me. But, with me still being a learner (I started learning about AE / Prem Pro only a week or so ago), I’m unsure of the practical process involved.

Let’s say I put all my segments together in Prem Pro <<< not sure if that's the correct technical terms. Basically I put all my shots together, add the intro, the end, transitions, audio etc. Do I then render the whole thing and composite in AE from that or do I render individual segments, in which case, how? Doesn't Prem Pro merge all the segments together when rendering? In terms of sending items to After Effects from Premiere Pro using Dynamic links, I haven't experienced / learned that yet 🙁 I'm getting there slowly but surely. Thanks!
Kevin Cotterill
June 2, 2013 at 11:28 pm in reply to: Rendering: Either slow to play (lossless) or poor quality (H.264). What am I doing wrong?

Using AME, I can only see presets. I don’t see where I am able to ‘render a CBR 5mbs H264 in a QT (mp4) container’.

Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. I know I’m missing something and it’s probably very simple 🙁

Thanks.
Kevin Cotterill
May 30, 2013 at 9:47 am in reply to: Rendering: Either slow to play (lossless) or poor quality (H.264). What am I doing wrong?

That makes sense. But practically, how do I do this? I’m currently using AME for compression.

Thanks.
Kevin Cotterill
May 29, 2013 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Rendering: Either slow to play (lossless) or poor quality (H.264). What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the list of alternatives. Would AME be a viable alternative or do you recommend going with one of the others you listed?

I don’t mind a little loss of quality, but for all the hard work and effort I will be putting in, I don’t want to see a drastic loss. I’m a perfectionist also.

I tried what you said about importing a comp into AME and it worked a charm. I formatted to H.264. There is definitely a loss of quality but it’s only small. And it was super simple to do.

So basically it means I don’t have to render a lossless file and then compress. I can just compress direct from the project, right?

Thanks!
Kevin Cotterill
May 29, 2013 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Rendering: Either slow to play (lossless) or poor quality (H.264). What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the tip. I didn’t realise playing a lossless format would cause choppy playback. I thought I was doing something wrong with the rendering. So thanks!

I’m a complete noob – can you elaborate a little more on this:

“render a CBR 5mbs H264 in a QT (mp4) container”

Thanks!
Kevin Cotterill
May 29, 2013 at 8:48 am in reply to: Newbie Q: How to achieve that fast, multiple frame, long scene effect?

Johnny,

Do you mind explaining why I should create a second comp (called Final)? What’s the benefit?

Sorry, still learning 🙁

Thanks,
Kevin
Kevin Cotterill
May 29, 2013 at 5:40 am in reply to: Newbie Q: How to achieve that fast, multiple frame, long scene effect?

Thanks a bunch Arne.

I came across this site https://diyphotobits.com/ which allows me to control my DX40 with my laptop.

Although if I can get a similar effect using the camcorder and some editing, I’ll probably go with that.
Kevin Cotterill
May 29, 2013 at 4:19 am in reply to: Newbie Q: How to achieve that fast, multiple frame, long scene effect?

Absolutely no need to apologize. You’re totally awesome! Thanks so much for this.

I did some more research and came to the conclusion I needed a STILL camera and time lapse to get this effect but if I can just shoot footage as normal using my camcorder and edit in AE, GREAT!!

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