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MOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo! Congrats Barend & Ingrid. And for a long while I was worried that Barend was perhaps spending too much time in his hometown’s cafe’s. At least we’re assured that he put his rendering time to good use.
Now all we need from Barend is a tutorial on how to get productive while rendering. 😉
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Roland Kahlenberg
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It should be right-click and then Replace Footage. As long as you didn’t move the the source files or change the directory structure of the files from the imported AEP, you’ll only need to link to one of the missing files for AE to pick up the rest.
In the future, learn to use the Collect Files feature under the File Menu. It’ll help to move all your source files into a central location. A good way to tidy up and messy file/directory structure you may have.
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Roland Kahlenberg
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Select all layers in the timeline and CTRL+ALT+F. Does the same thing but only after the clips are in the timeline. You could also batch them in Photoshop.
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The problem with TurbulenceDisplace for such an effect is that it creates a ‘sticky’ look to the pixels. Normal Displacement would be better. And perhaps WaveWorld the best. There are COW Tutorials on both of these.
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Effects>Channel>SetMatte
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Roland Kahlenberg
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I assume that they are asking for 1024×576 because that is the default setup with which their broadcast equipment ingests broadcast-ready footage.
720×576, 16:9 is anamorphic and works fine as a distribution aspect ratio. Again, different strokes for different equipment.
I would also suggest that you think about working strictly in square-pixel aspect ratio as not all pugins work well in non-square comps/layers. In fact, with AE’s 3D render engine, you may notice slight abberation’s when trying to finesse non-square layers.
When 16:9 is sent out for broadcast, it is in effect, 1024, where it is anamorphic 16:9 or 1024×576. If it was 720 in both cases, then there wouldn’t be a widescreen effect unless the 576 was reduced. But that just doesn’t make any engineering or aesthetical sense.
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Roland Kahlenberg
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Take a look at this COW tutorial here for a different plugin that may help.
You could also try to use CameraComp and set DOF appropriately.
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Roland Kahlenberg
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A second key on the dots would work well. If there are issues, there’s always good ole’ rotoscoping.
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Roland Kahlenberg
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If you shot him standing on a flat floow, then you shouldn’t have issues getting him to stand on a CG floor, in AE’s 3D environment.
If you’re concerned with the walls and ceiling going out of their relative positions, then parent all the relevant layers to the floor, except for the couple, while you adjust the fllor. Hold down te CTRL key as you scrub to make minor tweaks to the floor’s rotation/orientation.
HTH
Roland Kahlenberg
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If you proxy a nested 3D comp, they become 2D nested comps but perhaps you already knew this. Secondly, your proxies should share identical aspect ratios as the target. Other than this you can choose any setting you want. I normally use 1/3 rez of the original with QuickTime’s video CODEC at 75%. If I need an Alpha Channel for my proxy, I’ll use Animation at 75%.
HTH
Roland Kahlenberg
https://www.broadcastGEMs.com – Adobe After Effects project files
https://www.myspace.com/rorkrgbspace