[Malcolm Desoto]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…I need that.

[Malcolm Desoto]

Your CAPS lock key hurts my eyes.

By writing on video, do you mean making seperate elements appear until they complete the original frame?

[Malcolm Desoto]

As far as the chemical burnt paper goes, I’d just make a dulpicate layer of my paper layer and get it lookin sweet in photoshop, i.e. play with some layer modes and grunge brushes. Then I’d import that back into AE and parent it to my original paper layer. Then animate a mask around the acid splash, making it expand accordingly.

Good luck.

Oh, and sometimes some really nice, convincing sxf can really help sell the effect.

[Malcolm Desoto]

cool, thanks for the inpt guys!

“Did the client pay your invoice?”

ah ha, yes. She was over joyed.

Oh, thanks for pointing that out Dave LaRonde! I didn’t catch that! I’ll go and fade that layer out before I deliver the final cut.

Thanks.

[Malcolm Desoto]

Goog idea. I was thinking of something along those lines.

[Malcolm Desoto]

I shot all the green screen elements in one day, created all the graphics over the period of one week, and then took one additional week to complete all editing.

Thanks for the input. I might make them a wee bit smaller.

[Malcolm Desoto]

I don’t know about 5.5, but in 7, it’s just under the material options. Just twirl down the little arrow and you’ll find it.

[Malcolm Desoto]

Andrew Kramer also has a tutorial on the Mac/ipod light streaks. You could probably achieve what you’re after with a few tweaks to that method.

[Malcolm Desoto]

I don’t even use AIFF. I go with the wave.

[Malcolm Desoto]

You could morph the then and now photos. Might look a bit cheesy, but you could play with it and see how ya like it.

I don’t quite get what you are describing as far as the wall/grid background.

good luck.