[Mark]

Add a camera to the scene, or go to the pulldown at the bottom of the comp window and change from active camera to custom camera

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

IT could be under the OpenGL pulldown at the bottom of the composite window, or in the preview tab of the preferences…for me though, that button usually fixes the problem you are describing.

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

This is a master button on the top of the timeline that is not set properly…I am not in front of AE at the moment, but try them all….I believe it is the one on the left that looks like two sqaures, one with an X, but again am not in front of AE.

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

Try opening your files in Quicktime player before sending them….if the Qauicktime player displays them correctly, and the info on the clip is correct, then the problem is on his/her end. If it is not correct, then your render settings are not right.

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

I do see your point, but I do disagree. If they are ready to bring in a translator to work with you, then you have no reason not to do the work. the company you work for pay your salary, and as long as the work falls into the realm of video editing, for which you are paid, then I think that it is your job. If my company asked for an Italian, or German version of my work, then I would have no problem doing the work, so long as I had a well prepared translator with me.

I am not saying that this work would be demo reel material, but unfortunately not everything we get to work on is demo reel material. Bottom line for me, is that my company pays me to edit 8 hours a day…My arse needs to be in the chair at least 7 and a half (union breaks), and I need to edit what they ask me to edit. As senior editor should I be making DVDs and WMVs ??? Absolutely not, the night assistant should be doing that, but if they want to pay me what they do to do DVDs, then I will do DVDs.

There is some work that I hate doing, but I bite my tongue and get it done. As long as it falls in the realm of my paid duties, then I will do it…it is my job, and it is what puts food in my kid’s mouths.

I understand your point, but you really have to see the companies point…if the work needs doing, and you are their employee, then it is only normal for them to expect you to do it…again, they have to make sure that the pieces for you to accomplish this work are there.
As for learning Spanish….I probably would go for it, not because I had to, but at some point you may want to make a go of it on your own, and as the previous poster mentionned, you may lose contracts due to this.

Respectfully,

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

We shoot 59.94, then use Magic bullet in AE to create the 23.98…this is then rendered out with 3:2 to give the film look. I am very happy with the results.

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

If the original tapes are DV, then I don’t see the advantage of going to 1:1 resolution….I always think that it is better to stay in native resolution….but you can render the effects into 1:1 by changing the resolution in the media creation setting…

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

I actually don’t work with 720, but more with 1080i…I usually capture and render to DNXHD145…I used to use 220, but found that I could not see the difference, plus I got to save lots of drive space….so to answer your question, i am not really sure.

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

You would have to delete your preferences….on a windows box they are in : c/windows/documents and settings/your username/application data/Adobe/After effects. If you do not see the application data folder, then you have to set windows to see hidden files and folder in the folder options in the tool menu.

If you are on a Mac, well someone else can surely help you…..I really don’t know Macs….sorry

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

Create a duplicate of your sequence, then drop that into a new bin…Now right click on the sequence and select transcode….Now make sure that you are in the transcode mode and not consolidate and then go through the options in the window..make sure you do not erase original files etc….

Regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports