[Markmc]

Dv codecs don’t contain alpha channels Choose the animation or none for codec.

[Markmc]

shift control alt N E will make a copy of all layers merged to it’s own layer

[Markmc]

And experiment with apply modes of the projected video eg:hard light,overlay ect.If you can take a copy of the room video track make it grayscale and use it with a displacement filter as the pixel chooser track you might be able to get the appearance of wrapping the projected video around 3d objects. I think I’ve seen a tutorial for After Effects that does something similar with using a grayscale image to control the distortion of a displacement map- not 100% sure though.

[Markmc]

I used to use Premiere 5.1 up to version 6.0 before I abandoned that ship. I’ve messed around a little bit with PPro too. Originally got Vegas for it’s audio mixing abilities but gradually used it more and more for video.One of the things I like about it is how easy it is to navigate from one place to another in a project. Using a wheel mouse with one flick of your finger you can go from viewing your project in it’s entirety to a single frame view. You can resize your track height by grabbing and dragging the edges.Audio waveforms are drawn very quickly and accurately making syncing 2 and 3 camera shoots a breeze (get ready for a sales pitch to follow). You can make editing changes while you are playing the timeline and it won’t stop! Make a selection and loop it while making audio filter changes as it’s playing in realtime. The interface is customizable-I use dual monitors and my right monitor is my preview window and audio meters left side it timeline. Overall the workflow is just a lot more efficient than Premiere.

[Markmc]

I downloaded your wmv and IMO to pull this off you really need alternate camera views:top,side ect.Maybe it’s possible using the z space controls to pull this off but without multiple camera views you have a difficult time figuring out where the heck your camera is.I can tell you for sure it can be done in After Effects because that is what I use whenever I do anything similar to what you are trying to do.I’d much rather use Red if I could because I just prefer the interface over AE.It’s the same situation with lights in Red also.

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Here is the simple answer: you can’t. This is a feature that AE has had since verison 5.The cameras and lights in Red don’t really exist in 3d space like they do in other applications. But then again Red is only a compositing app with some 3d capabilities but for the money I’d expect it to have at least the same features that it’s main competition has had for a couple of years.Mmmmnn…upgrade my After Effects 5.0 Production bundle to AE PRo 6.5 for $200 to $300 and get Color Finesse free or upgrade Red to it’s next version(which will happen when?)?