[Michelle Aubrecht]

A project file would be good.

I made something I like in After Effects. It would be nice to be able to make it in FCP as an alternative.

Thanks so much for your help.

[Michelle Aubrecht]

I am working on creating a lower 3rds wipe and would like to try this. However, I looked up nesting and I can’t figure out how to nest the gradient wipe inside the lower 3rd title.

[Michelle Aubrecht]

Aside from all the discussion about robots taking over the world, I think that even if a computer can beat a master at Chess, we have to remember that the computer is not embodied. (Think I Robot) It cannot think like a person because it lacks physical sensation. We are not thinking separately from our bodies. George Lakoff’s Philosophy in the Flesh reframes many assumptions in Western thought regarding disembodied reasoning as understood by Kant, Descartes and others.

I am studying video games as a way to teach because I think that visual communication combined with just-in-time information and engaging the learner can teach students in profound ways. Because the field is changing quickly, I’m learning how to find the similarities in software programs and build upon that. I’m also learning how to learn new software all the time. Teaching students to think and reason and do research is more important than the subject matter – because it might change.

I’m 48 and learning a lot of new things but I already knew how to reason, research, and figure out how to discern credible sources. Recent studies indicate that playing video games and probably using software is like learning a second language, it changes the way the brain develops. But if students don’t learn to think analytically, then Robots might really take over the world.

This is Sarah Connor.

[Michelle Aubrecht]

We have been using computer screens currently (however, this will be projected on a very large screen, so any shaking will be very noticable) – there is a problem with the motion blur in Maya (so it was not used) however, I found a thread about it in Creative Cow and passed on to the person working on that part. That might work – (a black halo appears when motion blur is enabled in Maya.) I was trying to find a way to fix it through AE if possible.

We are considering buying a plug in but were hoping to find a way to make it work. We don’t have Shake, but we do have Combustion. That was my next thought – to try a more sophisticated compositing program. Do you know what I could try in Combustion? Should I just try all the motion blurs I can find as I did with AE?

Thanks for sharing your ideas – Michelle