[Mark]

I learned a lot from the Meyer’s books. I also learned a lot from total training. Andrew Kramer’s DVD is also an excellent product with some great tutorials.

[Mark]

Although I am fairly new to an Avid, I have been using NLEs for many years, and most of those years have spent using a tablet.

We recently bought a Symphony Nitris and I use it with an Intuos 3 tablet. I love the shortcut buttons and strips as I can program them to do whatever I need, including Macros.

I use one of the touch strips as a shortcut to zoom in and out of the timeline. One of the buttons is used for home-mark in, end-mark out. It was a move that I found I used on a regular basis. I also have another button to do the same type of macro, but performs a collapse at the end….These macros can sure save some time. Because they are relative to keyboard shortcuts, it makes them quite easy and quick to program.

I also do a large amount of motion graphics, so the tablet makes AE a more enjoyable experience.

I originally switched to the tablet due to shoulder and neck pains. I have been using a tablet now for probably about 7 years and would never think of going back to a mouse. The other editor who shares the suite uses a trackball, but after seeing the tablet in action may very well switch.

Regards

Mark

[Mark]

Add the sphere effect to a layer, then right click and select transform-auto orient to camera….the front face of the layer will automatically spin so that as a camera moves the front face is always looking at the camera.

[Mark]

Dave,

The sphere should follow the camera if you tell it’s layer to auto-orient to the camera….I haven’t tried this, but I am assuming…maybe I am wrong….

[Mark]

Very cool Andrew….really nice usage of Motion tile.

Thanks

Mark

[Mark]

What video card are you using ??? It is possible that your video card does not fully support OpenGL. Also, have you tried turning off openGL while working ?

[Mark]

That is excellent. Thanks so much for sharing. I love color correcting, but now feel that after reading this I have some new knowledge to apply to my projects!

Mark

[Mark]

Adjust the leading and all should be fine.

[Mark]

Dynamic Link enables you to bring a composition or a timeline between AE, Premiere Pro and Encore….it also enables you to bring stuff into Audition. Final render depends on where you use Dynamic Link…

Lets say you create a DVD open in AE…instead of rendering into a Quicktime, then bringing into Encore and comressing to mpgeg2, link to the composition inside Encore. Even though it is not a rendered file Encore will display it and let you use it in your DVD. The render will happen in Encore (although if you look at your processes in windows AE will be running in the background).

This can be become very useful in Premiere as well….it enables you to take video in and out of AE without rendering……great for making changes and really speeds up workflow.

[Mark]

add the text, then parent both layers to a null and add some camera shake to the null….not too much, but it could help sell the shot.