[Markofcain]

You can try

Effects –> Filters –> Center Channel Extractor.

there are some presets to try and some values to change for yourself.

What you are trying is like the attempt to get the white off of snow — you generally ruin the snow in the process.

The problem is that the human voice generally fits into a frequency range of 85 HZ to 3500 Hz when you consider fundamental and harmonics. There is also a whole lot of music that fits into that same range. Thus to remove most of the music would mean removing most of the voice as well.

Here is a work around. Who says you have to use the song to drive the characters mouth? Sing the song Acapella into a recording then run two audio files, the Acapella file to drive the mouth movement and the full mix for the hearer.

HTH,

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL

[Markofcain]

There are perhaps a few different ways to do this. Here is one way:

include a counter in your script at the point where the opacity is changed so that when the number is even change the opacity, if the number is not even continue with the opacity of the last loop:

var beats;
var off_beat;
beats++;
off_beat = beats % 2;

if (off_beat) {
// code to change opacity here;
};

The logic of this code skips every other beat. disclaimer: untested.

HTH,

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

Your audio is most likely still there. You need to replay it in a way that plays the audio or render it out in a format that supports audio. Near the top center of the website is a “search” feature.

Type “audio” in the search term. Select the “After Effects” forum and click search. Select “6 months” in the “time frame” selection.

This exercise will take you to several audio issues that have been covered in the past 6 months which will lead you to a solution for your problem. At the same time you will be introduced to an invaluable tool that you will need as you continue your After Effects journey.

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

You can check out CamStudio — you’d be surprised at those who use it. It’s free!

https://www.camstudio.org/

Another that has some specific uses for me is

https://www.fraps.com/

HTH,

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

What are your options?

It could be possible that you have a setting on the image that restricts the number of options for saving the file e.g. the mode of the image. What is the mode setting? Perhaps it is still possible to use File –> Save for Web…

HTH,

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

I am assuming that you are using a PC

Select the color with the marquee tool or wand or lasso, right click and choose either “layer via copy” or “layer via cut”

HTH

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

What is your machine like? OS? Drive Capacity? Free Space? What other software and drivers are running? When was the last time you defrag the drive?

I would pursue this avenue — because these problems (if there are problems here) — could also affect the rending of the finished project.

HTH

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

I had a crazy noise that would show up occasionally, — like a heart beat — maybe once every 20 seconds — but it was only on one channel. It would show up while listening and while recording. I had no idea what it was and for the most part tried to live with it — then one day I discovered a “hot key” monitor for my video card that was being loaded at bootup.

I removed the driver (just for that hot key) and voil

[Markofcain]

Will it work after the move and view to hit Ctrl-Z to undo the new keyframe?

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA

[Markofcain]

Here is Adobe’s support answer for that type of problem:

https://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=319210&sliceId=2

Adobe’s Knowledgebase is well developed and you would help yourself in the long run to spend the time to get familiar with it. As there may be another issue in the future where it might come in handy.

HTH,

Mark Cain
Sarasota, FL USA