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Shawn Rossi
October 7, 2013 at 5:05 pm in reply to: when I shrink a object it get distorted

Go to Transform Panel > Uncheck ALIGN TO PIXEL GRID.

I was having the same issue in Illustrator CC. This fix will apply to CS5 and CS6. The big pain is that this is on by default and I do not see how to turn if off in the Prefs. I have to manually uncheck this box for each new document I open.

Moooo!
Rossi
Shawn Rossi
September 13, 2007 at 4:54 pm in reply to: QuickTime Whites are Gray

I found a post on Apple’s forum for Windows QuickTime.

Open Quicktime 7
Click on Edit tab and go to preference,
then click on Quicktime Preference.
One that opens click on Advanced tab
You will see a selection for video or direct X.
Click on Safe mode (GDI only)
Then click on Apply, then OK.
Restart Quicktime and play a movie to test.

Be sure to restart QT or the changes won’t take effect.

I am seeing PURE WHITE again!
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Shawn Rossi
September 13, 2007 at 3:08 pm in reply to: h264 render/export problem

Are you by chance on a workstation running WinXP Pro 64-bit? I am posting similar issues with QT codecs. However, mine are coming out too dull.
Shawn Rossi
September 13, 2007 at 3:06 pm in reply to: QuickTime Whites are Gray

Thanks for the advice. I tried MPEG-4 and now it looks blue-ish, in QuickTime. I come from a print background and I do have my monitor calibrated. Anyone else have any suggestions? Thx-
Shawn Rossi
May 30, 2006 at 7:55 pm in reply to: How to achieve this effect?

After viewing the example I can say it was a mixture of 3D and 2D overlays to achieve that effect. I can see evidence of texture stretching in some of the three-quarter cheetah shots with the muscles, which would indicate 3D. There are other things that lead me to believe this was a 2D/3D combo.

You would start with a clean plate of the video footage and overlay 3D and/or 2D over top. It’s not hard to rotoscope the 3D elements over the footage in many 3D apps. It’s just time consuming. One of the best mid-range priced tracking solutions is Boujou Bullet (https://www.2d3.com/html/products/boujoubullet_overview.html)

I worked with this workflow on a Ford spot that needed tracking of 3D elements seamlessly. Footage > Boujou Bullet > Softimage|XSI > Rendered Plates/Mattes/Frames > After Effects over Footage > Final Output.

Cheers!
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Shawn Rossi
May 25, 2006 at 10:17 pm in reply to: How is this effect done?

OR if you don’t want to rely on a plug-in, you can create a solid for each video screen. Enable 3D space. Create a “center” Null Layer then position each video section around the Null Layer. This way you only have to animate the rotation of the Null Layer and the rest will follow.
Shawn Rossi
April 11, 2006 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Wispy Text in AE

I am trying it out now, thanks for the link!

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