[Satyen Guru]

[Jason Jenkins] “…expressions that will rotate tires to match chassis movement!”

What you are looking for might not be this simple, but….

‘Rotating the tires according to the chassis movement (on just x-axis)’ is what you are looking for? Then you can simply pick whip the tire controller’s Rotation to the chassis controller’s Position X-value.

[Satyen Guru]

[Michelle Blioux] “I feel like it’s something simple but….”

Yes, for me, it looks a simple (but, clever) technique.

The artist takes a transparent sheet (something like an X-ray scan sheet but, with blue tint, much thinner too), wraps it around his body (in fact, it’s wrapped just front side, he pretended it such a way to look a full body wrap), finally, moves it upwards.

Same with the other shots too but, with a different prop/material (the other looks like an elastic ring with jelly kind of look).

In the final shot, the artist holds a metal ball (kind of) in his mouth and just moved into the frame from down to up upwards with camera placed upside down or flipped the image in post.

This is all with the shoot. And the trick in the post. As Mark suggested, they played with Time Effects in AE.

This is what my understanding is. And it can vary to the actual implementation.

Hope this helps you.

[Satyen Guru]

If you are using CS4 or higher, you can use dynamic link.
Check out Using Dynamic Link with Encore.

[Satyen Guru]

Tried the plugin (in fact,the script). It’s working pretty well. Thanks Gui for writing and sharing it.

Any contact email for future suggestions?(Searched the site, couldn’t find the contact email)

[Satyen Guru]

If you are planning to use this laptop as your primary machine, then I will suggest you NOT to go for it.

It has more ‘cons’ than ‘pros’ with respect to AE usage.

Firstly, the processor. Pros generally don’t suggest AMDs for the video works. Even best of the AMD processors have got very low ranking in the bench marks when compared to mid range INTELs.

Second, the speed of the processor. Though it’s quad-core, the speed of it is too low for video work. Processor speed will definitely effect the way AE behaves.

Lastly, the memory. From specs, it says that memory is Upgradeable to 6 GB only which again is less when compared to counter INTEL machines with minimum of 8GB upgradeable. AE is a big memory eater, so the extra memory will definitely benefits it.

All in all, I recommend you not to go for it, instead, I will suggest a machine similar to this which is of more or less in same pricing range. Though it isn’t quad-core, it’s speed & performance will definitely satisfies your needs.

Recently, we have finished the following short-flick edited in 1080P with PPro and motion graphics in AE entirely done on this machine with smooth work-flow and with out any issues at all.(Don’t know whether this model is available in UK region)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev_oMsEJlh8&feature=channel&list=UL
Hope this info helps you.

[Satyen Guru]

Here is your best chances of getting good music.

You can find music free for commercial use too. Go to Advanced Search option and search according to the type of music you want. Of course, need some patience 🙂 (Tight on budget ==> More patience)

Since all of them are licensed under Creative Commons, please give the credits to the artists. (You can find how to give a credit in ‘More’ info of the music)