Lazlo Hollyfeld
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The newer versions of AE can handle (import) SWF–sometimes only. You can also install FLASH, import the SWF, then export to tiffs.
Hope that helps!
Arie
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The music isn’t for you, it’s for potential clients. Make sure they don’t put their hands over their ears because then you won’t get a call. But don’t bore them to death either.
Arie
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You should just get a plugin that simulates rain fall. Final Effects has one. Use that as the start, then tweak it with other effects. Keying rain will not work.
Arie
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How about changing the size of the .jpg? Resaving the .jpg? Reimporting the .jpg?
Arie
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A great question and post indeed.
The most innovative techniques are the ones that use the tool in an unprecedented way. Many of the awe-inspiring motion graphics you’ve been seeing are made by self taught compositors. The usual stuff you see are made by compositors who took class after class learning how to do something from somebody else. Too many people don’t want to bother experimenting. You DO have the time to mess around with effects. It took me about six months just to develop one technique that I reuse over and over–and YES, I have a day job. But when you’re dedicated, you’re dedicated.
The MOST IMPORTANT thing to remember is to learn the CONCEPTUAL MODELS from which the tools are designed, NOT the tool itself. Once you know what concepts the tools are based on, you can then enter unchartered territory with the tool itself. For example, it’s important to know CONCEPTUALLY what an alpha channel is before you can use it innovatively. If somebody tells you “this is what the alpha channel is for,” you’re less likely to experiment with it on your own and develop your own true sense of the alpha channel. For compositing, your best bet is to pick up Ron Brinkmann’s “The Art & Science Of Digital Compositing”.
Scratch your head, bang your head, get pissed. Once you get that “ah-hah!” feeling, you will then become a master, and people will want to know HOW you came up with your creations. You’ll get there in no time 🙂
Arie
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The Pan tool is just for viewing. You need to key frame the the x position of your graphic and also keyframe the mask shape within the mask itself.
Arie
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That’s a real bummer. I suppose you could uninstall and reinstall AfterEffects, although that would take about a couple of hours of your time. The other option is to hunt through Adobe’s website for issues.
Arie
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In Illustrator’s preferences, under the File Handling & Clipboard category, you must ensure that AICB is selected. Hope that helps!
Arie
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I’m not sure what the problem is? When you freelance, you end up at a place where their software is not activated? Why would this be the case if they purchased the license to use the software? They only have to activate it once. Isn’t that the case for ALL software, you only have to activate it once, don’t you?
Arie
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There are a number of reasons:
1. Your processor may not report its operating times accurately.
2. At a certain point in your comp you have a severe amount of effects. Animation is not what makes a comp take long to render, it’s the amount of effects you have.
3. You are running more than one program along with AfterEffects that is giving it problems.
4. You may need more memory because AfterEffects may be using a swap file after it fills up your system’s memory.Arie