Simon Bonner
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Animation is an intermediate codec. Use it when you have to work with the clip elsewhere, e.g. in your editing programme. If you need a compressed QT, try h.264. You may need to install the newest version of QT.
Simon Bonner
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You can’t de-parent, but you can split your camera into two layers (ctrl+shift+d) at the point where you no longer want it to be parented. Unparent the second layer.
Simon Bonner
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Since CS3, Encore has been bundled with Premiere. If you want Encore, you’ll have to purchase Premiere. I think you get On Location too.
Simon Bonner
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Not strictly. You can only apply tracking data to a layer, not a mask. One way to solve your problem would be to apply tracking data to a null, and then parent the layer with the mask to your null. If the layer with the mask is your footage layer, duplicate it and remove the mask from the bottom layer. Then set the track matte of the bottom layer to alpha / alpha inverted, depending on how you want the mask to function.
Simon Bonner
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When you scale the image using the comp panel, hold shift to constrain X and Y proportions (i.e. keep the width and height the same relative to one another).
If you want to scale it to fit the comp in terms of width, right-click the image in the comp panel (or do whatever it is you do if you use a Mac to show the context menu!), choose Transform and then select the option to scale to comp height or to comp width.
Simon Bonner
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Try precomposing the text and the white bar. Then, back in the original comp, use the rectangular mask tool to draw around the part of the precomp that you want to keep (the part of the bar that is to the right of the button). This should do it.
Simon Bonner
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I don’t use Vegas, but maybe you could get around the problem by rendering the footage Straight rather than Premultipled. You could then composite the RGB with the Alpha in your editing software. I assume you could, anyway. Aharon has done a podcast somewhere on the Cow explaining the concept, so that should help you get to grips with it.
Simon Bonner
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When you say you move it around with the hand tool, do you mean the move tool? The move tool – arrow – will select and move your layer, but the hand tool will just move the ‘view’ you have of the layer.
What are the settings of the comp? Are they the size of your large jpeg? You’ll want to choose one of the preset comp settings, e.g. PAL DV, 720 x 576.
Or perhaps you are just zoomed in too much. At the bottom left of the comp panel is a dropdown menu for setting the zoom level. If you’re using standard def’ comp’ settings the whole thing should be visible at 100% zoom, assuming your monitor resolution isn’t really low.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Not sure how to change the text colour, but you can change the BG color by going to Edit, Preferences and choosing the options for user interface colours.
Simon Bonner
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You could also:
1) Duplicate the keyed footage twice and put both duplicates on top of the original. Turn the eyeball for the bottom layer off for now.
2) On the middle layer, delete the keying effect and set the transfer mode to Alpha.
3) Add the simple choker effect to the top layer and shrink it so that the edges are removed. Then add the fast blur effect and set it to a value of about 15 (or a value large enough that the edge is not stark but that the blur doesn’t overlap the area where the original edge was).
4) Turn the eyeball for the bottom layer back on.This should give you what you want, with the added bonus that you don’t have to keyframe a mask. I’ve written this without AE in front of me, so if you run through it and it doesn’t work, let me know and I’ll try to steer you right.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx