[Sam Moulton]

id make your projects pal then have a post house convert them to ntsc. scaling down is always better

[Sam Moulton]

you can use alpha, alpha edges, or other channels to generate the shine. each of these will give a different look. You can also change the transfer mode. these options have always been sufficient for me.

[Sam Moulton]

a dub from a good machine costs about 50 bucks and always looks great. I think it’s the most efficient and best looking way to from ntsc to pal or pal to ntsc. you can do the job in ae, but it takes some testing, some levels and color work which is seldom mentioned, and some fussing with the interlacing. i’d rather spend the 50

[Sam Moulton]

you must use care when scaling a layer to fit the comp and make sure the x and y scale values are equal. I always use ctrl/cmnd + alt/option + h instead of F so that the scaled layer fits horizontally and the pixel aspect ratio is maintained.

[Sam Moulton]

If you’re shooting white porcelain it is going to reflect green from everything and will be a mess. there is just too much gloss.

I was given a greenscreen shot of a white toaster oven to try and key out. we had to re-shoot.

[Sam Moulton]

did you add the expression sliders?

[Sam Moulton]

did you add the expression sliders?

[Sam Moulton]

I left off some instructions.

there are two sliders
one renamed value
one renamed multiplier

Animate the value slider and or the multiplier. If you want 3 commas you’ll have to add some more code.

[Sam Moulton]

I left off some instructions.

there are two sliders
one renamed value
one renamed multiplier

Animate the value slider and or the multiplier. If you want 3 commas you’ll have to add some more code.

[Sam Moulton]

copy and paste the expression below to a source text layer with an expression slider added.

Found this on the web. can’t remember who I got it from.

s = effect(“value”)(“Slider”);
m = effect(“multiplier”)(“Slider”); //use for numbers greater than 1 million
v = s*m; //value of counter

function digits(Val, Digits)
{var n = Val.toString();