[Raine Parrish]

Hi V.
Thanks for the reply. Sounds like you’ve got some great stuff going on. Congrats on the new gig.
I’ve worked on a lot of commercial sets, gearing up to direct an indie feature. I dabble in just about everything creative! But not a pro- just know enough to be a danger to myself!
I can’t remember- did you post a link to your new gig?
rp

[Raine Parrish]

Hi V
Thanks for reply- great as always.
I ended up doing a simple dissolve up and a couple keyframes later dissolve down.
Now I have to recut the footage into a PR piece- so it’s changing a bit- I think I need to throw a glow on the text as it comes up and down. Haven’t tried yet- but maybe Starglow will work?
How’s everything going your way?
Getting hit with the last snowstorm of the year right now.
Yikes.
rp

[Raine Parrish]

Hi ya V.
Plugging away on this prmo- gotta do a simple dissolving text- never done it before. Did a quick search on the AE but nothing came up- by any chance do you know of any tutorials?
Just need some numbers to dissolve up then a beat and expand a bit as they dissolve.
Thanks much!
rp

[Raine Parrish]

Thanks!

[Raine Parrish]

BTW. I couldn’t download the file either- so I just set up a camera and shot it off my monitor, just so I could pull it into Premiere and disect it a little.
Thought it was a Bleach By Pass too- but looks too light to me- so I puimped the contrast on my fotage then pulled out the saturation, it looks pretty good. I think I’ll roll some very transparent solid layers thru the foot every now and then etc. to give it some more character.
The second tutorial is great, thanks for that one too.

Hey V. stupid question- but what key commands set the work area to the exact length of my footage- so when I render out- I don’t have any extra frames?

Later pal!
rp

[Raine Parrish]

Thanks V! Too much fun.

[Raine Parrish]

Oh man Vince, the tutorial is PERFECT, exactly what I needed, thanks for that- you see the weird effect they’re doing- looks like the frame is cut in half- a horizonal cut with the next clip- is that just masking off the footage and laying the other on top?

And if you don’t mind Obie Wan- how do i do the little frame fly bys- never attempted any 3D stuff yet- mostly making all of this up as I stumble along. LOL.
Thanks again
r

[Raine Parrish]

Thanks Vince-I’ve got the vignette tackled- I think- did a couple black solids with various opacity settings- then created a mask and inverted it.
I’ll check out the other effects you talked about- thanks so much for all of your thoughtful info!!
I love how layered and busy the footage is then beats of clarity. Nice way to make pristine beta footage look interesting.
I’ve got Magic Bullet suite version 2- with a handful of preset looks- but nothing like what I’m looking for.
I think your links will do the trick, again, thanks much.
I posted something on the AE forum- but you’re suggestions are hands down, the most helpful.
Thanks again pal
r

[Raine Parrish]

Thnaks Thomas- I’m running win2000 so I can’t run the new Looks- was looking at the site- so I’ll have to do it the bast I can by layering stuff and playing with noise and try some masking.
Thanks much
r

[Raine Parrish]

Thanks much for reply.I’ve got the older version of MAgic Bullet Suite, V 2.0- but all I’ve ever seen in the looks department are the preset looks. HAve never seen a special effects slot. Maybe I’m overlooking something? Or it’s new to the more current versions.
I wonder if there’s a way to create it with solid layers and noise? I’ll keep trying!
Thanks
r