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[Eric Jordan] “Well, lets assume I’m using Adobe Encore, or some other high end DVD authoring program. Is it safe to assume that I can use my widescreen render to create a DVD that will adapt to all situations? What do companies use to create DVDs for mass distribution in Video stores? They always adapt to whatever equipment I have, no matter what.”
No absolutely not. This is a myth. So far I haven’t seen a DVD that does this flawlessly as well as there is no DVD-Player ou there that conforms to the standards 100 percent. You are also forgetting that many movie DVDs use a lot of trickery to work at all. 16:9 should be quite safe, though, if your equipment can make use of it in the way it is meant. Like Steve said, ask some of the more specific questions on other forums, this is getting too much off topic.
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[Eric Jordan] “So I guess the answer to my question, is YES, I should make different versions for 4×3 and 16:9. And im assuming when I encode my DVD, it will ask me to add both versions to the project? Or do I need to encode seperate DVDs altogether (ie: widescreen DVD and 4×3 DVD)?”
That largely depends on what program you use for authoring. Many tools will only allow one global setting for the DVD, but technically each program chain (different menus and videos)or entire title sets can have their own settings and you can mix them. You have to take this into consideration and take care of it. You may be able to export everything as intended from AE, but it’s all no use if your DVD authoring program does not maintain the ratios and set the correct stream flags.
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Well, like Steve said, you can’t really beat the Meyer’s explanations. In more mathematical/ programming terms it’s simply a switch to make AE consider original data and apply operations to it instead of working with already calculated values. This is a very complex topic and your question opened a whole can of worms, so it’s better to let the matter rest before falling into endless discussions.
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Hi Steven,
Great work again. I’ve added a view lines in the comments field for the download request, maybe you’ll give the matter some consideration.
Cheers
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Nope, you can’t track masks directly without third-party tools. All you can do is track the layers that holds the mask. In case you need to directly access masks, try to pick up Useful Things or Expression Effects, both of which are no longer officially around, though.
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Nope, you can’t track masks directly without third-party tools. All you can do is track the layers that holds the mask. In case you need to directly access masks, try to pick up Useful Things or Expression Effects, both of which are no longer officially around, though.
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[chicagoEditor] “Hey all,
I’ve been an editor and AE user for 10 years, but have never really touched the world of 3d. Can someone recommend software that is the most like After Effects for 3d work. Price is not an issue really, so feel free to mention the “big guns” if those are easier to learn.
Thanks.”Well, the big guns are the hardest to learn (simply due to their massive number of features, most of which you will never use and especially not as a beginner), so stay away from them. I’ve used Maya ever since v1 but most of the time only 205 of its features were relevant for what I do, if at all. XSI Foundation is perhaps still okay, if you are not scared of highly efficient, but somewhat abstract node-based shading (for defining the look of your objects, textures etc.). Honestly, the classic recommendation is still the best: as a MoGraph-only artist, go for Cinema 4D. It’s affordable, easy to learn, comes with excellent documentation, renders fast and offers even some stuff you will only find in more pricey packages. Lightwave is also okay, but as a long-time user I know so many quirks and bugs in it, that I wouldn’t blindly recommend it.
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I doubt it since they are completely different both in code and implementation (there is simply no equivalent to G-masks in AE). If copy& paste from one prog to the other doesn’t work, I guess you are out of luck. The only thing I can think of is to copy masks from AE into Illustrator and then import that Illustrator file into combustion*. It’s a complete one way road, though.
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[Salinger] “Is there a codec (or client / conduit or even an AE expression) that will enable the movie rendered in it to be opened as a layered Photoshop document, with the frames as layers??? Sort of like Filmstrip but as layers and not one giant flat document. I’m working on a 30 sec spot, so cut-n-pasting 900 frames is not the solution.
If not, could somebody write one? It’ll be SO useful.
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No, not really. It goes against how AE’s rendering pipeline works currently and would cause major RAM consumption problems. If you use the “Save Frame as layered PSD” you clearly can see that it’s more or less a workaround/ trickery. Personally I also don’t think it would be super-useful to render entire sequences as PSDs just to massage them in Photoshop, especially not such long ones as you describe. If you are thinking about using layer styles and such – normally just rendering out the layer affected (e.g. your animated text) as an image sequence with Alpha would work just as well.
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[Salinger] “Is there a codec (or client / conduit or even an AE expression) that will enable the movie rendered in it to be opened as a layered Photoshop document, with the frames as layers??? Sort of like Filmstrip but as layers and not one giant flat document. I’m working on a 30 sec spot, so cut-n-pasting 900 frames is not the solution.
If not, could somebody write one? It’ll be SO useful.
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No, not really. It goes against how AE’s rendering pipeline works currently and would cause major RAM consumption problems. If you use the “Save Frame as layered PSD” you clearly can see that it’s more or less a workaround/ trickery. Personally I also don’t think it would be super-useful to render entire sequences as PSDs just to massage them in Photoshop, especially not such long ones as you describe. If you are thinking about using layer styles and such – normally just rendering out the layer affected (e.g. your animated text) as an image sequence with Alpha would work just as well.
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