Patrick Depuydt
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Hey Martin!
Largely, this is your fight to win, not After Effects. After Effects can only do what you ask, and we can really help you with problems you encounter with the software you try to make your dream a reality.
That said, I’d suggest you take a look at logo introductions you like, and brainstorm. See what other studios and individuals are doing, and what you’d like to see with yours.
The title tutorials on https://www.videocopilot.net are a great place to start getting some ideas. Start small, and then try to make it happen. This is all you, so make it good!
All the best,
Patrick
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Andy,
Don’t feel bad at all. After Effects sometimes has the weirdest work-arounds for problems, but sometimes the problem is so confusing it’s difficult to know what to do that you neeed. You’re using an exciting piece of software where if you aren’t frustrated, you aren’t making progress. Keep at it!
The Creative Cow forum is different from other tech forums I’ve read where people tear each other apart. We’re here to support you, not mock you.
All the best,
Patrick
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Try exporting a H.264 Quicktime .mov with lowered quality settings.
In Adobe Media Encoder, after adding a source file, double click the preset and click on the “video” tab. Scroll down on the right side to “Bitrate Settings”. Bitrate, among other things, controls quality. The lower these numbers, the faster it will render.
However, depending on how long the clip is, it still might take longer than you’d like. ESPECIALLY with HD footage that needs to be deinterlaced. If someone asked me to do a same-day edit and preview, I would politely inform them such a thing was unrealistic.
Hope that helps.
Patrick
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Hey Art!
Can you explain a bit more what you mean? I can’t tell what you’re looking for from the description you gave.
All the best,
Patrick
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Hey Jessica!
What format is the footage from the 7D in? As in, what is after the . in the file name. For example, a quicktime movie can be quickly identified by its suffix, .mov.
After Effects supports a wide variety of formats, so you may not have to worry about what it likes. But you will have to export it from After Effects when you’re done so you’re going to want to use the format you’ve been using in Final Cut.
All the best,
Patrick