[Michael Bernard]

I figured out a workaround, which is just make the sequence one frame and render out a tiff sequence… but I’m still curious as to why the save frame as function was being weird. hhmm…

[Michael Bernard]

Thanks for your help. I think due to the nature of the rig, that route didn’t do what I needed it to but could definitely be helpful in the future. Expresso is an intimidating beast. I ended up getting a great plugin called NitroBake. It’s awesome. I’m pretty sure it bakes anything and everything into keyframes.

[Michael Bernard]

Thanks for all the great input. Looks like I’ll be trying Adobe Media Encoder. I don’t know why I never learned about that to begin with. I’m trying to get the best quality for my Vimeo upload, but apparently Vimeo re-encodes the file anyways. I don’t understand how there is such professional looking quality on that site, but my upload quality always gets stomped on.

[Michael Bernard]

Thank you sir!. That’s a cool solution that I’ve never heard of. Works pretty well.

[Michael Bernard]

figured it out. Leave the opacity alone and just fade down from the previous clip, so the whole thing fades together. Sorry for wasting anyones time, Thanks!

[Michael Bernard]

Thank you Joseph. I was unaware of the drop shadow only switch. That helps a lot.

[Michael Bernard]

Camera mapping the lid! Great idea. Could probably do that easily in C4D. Thanks! Yeah the reflection is a whole other issue, but I may just put a piece of paper there, since that’s what a scanner/coppier does. That way I wouldn’t have to show the reflection since you wouldn’t see the glass.

[Michael Bernard]

I’m sorry I left out a few details here. I’ll try to explain it better this time. Dave- The actual picture is giant in comparison to the comp size I will be using, so I won’t really have to zoom in at all. I’ll just move the pictures less far into z space to make it feel closer. The shot is flexible in terms of possible camera moves. It will be far out in z-space even when only showing about half of the printer. Dan- The actual shot I’m using was done on a white background so I do have that flexibility as well as the shot of the printer closed. It’s the in-between movement I’m trying to mimic. My poor example photo was only to illustrate the angle by which the printer was shot at. These two methods are definite possibilities I think, but I was wondering if there are any other methods that just aren’t coming to mind at the time. Thank you for your responses though. I appreciate any feedback.