Naveen Mallikarjuna
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Yep. Thanks.
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Actually, I am connected to a video monitor. Maybe I wasn’t clear:
I have some footage, shot on DVCAM, lower fields. When I bring it into AE and RAM Preview, it looks slightly different, as if it had FilmFX applied to it. My thinking is that it looks different b/c the RAM Preview is rendering it progressive and outputting to the monitor, where it is again broken up into fields. So the video is going from fields to progressive back to fields.
So, in order to preview the video in its natural, “fielded” state, I should change the Current Settings to “Lower Fields first”. Thus the video stays in fields all the way through. Make sense? And if so, does this work, not work, or does this not even matter?
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Well, if this is an animation with no video footage, and if the DVD will only be viewed on a computer monitor, then you don’t need to field render (just set it to “Off”).
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Ben, thanks for the reponse. Fielding was the major issue I was dealing with, but I was wondering if I could preview compression as well.
After I posted, I went back to my copy of Creating Motion Graphics with AE Vol. 1. According to the book, RAM Preview is calculated using the Current Settings Template.
So, if you go into that particular template and change the fielding from “Off” to either Upper or Lower, I guess the RAM preview should now calculate with fielding in mind. Of course, if someone could give me a “Yes, that’s what will happen.” I’d really appreciate it so I know I’m on the right track.
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Check out commarts.com, look for portfolios and winners of design competitions.
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As Richard says, CS 2 shows you the fonts in the Character palette, when you click the drop-down for the font faces.
Of course, you could also go to the Character Map utility under Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools.
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Better than a tutorial:
1. If you haven’t already, read the camera chapter in Trish and Chris Meyer’s Adobe After Effects Essentials Vol. 1. Do the examples. Reread the chapter.
2. Find examples of effects camera work you like in commercials/promos/etc. Try to replicate them yourself using what you learned in #1.
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Stay in PS. Once you’ve got the person cut out, just duplicate the layer 12x and use as each one as a clipping path.
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What type of design? Web? Print? Broadcast? Check out http://www.commarts.com, http://www.pixelsurgeon, and http://www.designinteract.com for links to top-level work. Also, Adobe and Macromedia often profile good designers on their sites (Adobe not as much as they used to).
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Which OS are you using? And what do you mean by “see” the fonts? Just looking for a list, or what the fonts actually look like?