Simon Bonner
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I can see that it might seem easier to bring in one fully edited QT file instead of bringing the videos in shot by shot, but, as you are experiencing, this leaves you unaware as to where the cuts occur. I’m not sure what editing software you’re exporting from, but if you use premiere you can either import the timeline into AE rather than rendering out the video. This would preserve the cuts.
Or, if you really need to render, you could add timeline markers at every cut in Prem (alternately tapping the * key on the numpad and the page down key will do this) and then import the prem project. Replace the video files in the imported comp with the rendered QT and use the timeline markers (which will also have been imported) as a guide to recut your single QT render. Place the CTI where you want to cut and hit ctrl+shift+d to split the layer into two.
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Have you tried re-importing the flv back into AE to see if the programme registers the alpha channel? If you can toggle the chequered background on and off in the usual way you’ll know that the alpha channel is there. I am not entirely familiar with how flash players interpret transparency, but maybe they just show it as black.
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I can’t be sure if there’s not something else happening here, but I have often experienced a problem with Keylight and masks whereby the influence of the mask appears to be off. It always happens when I add keylight AFTER the mask. Most of the time if I ‘cut’ the mask and then re-paste it, the issue is solved. If you’ve not tried this, it might be worth a go.
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It’s been a while since I ran through this tutorial, but you may be having problems with cropping because your work area (that may not be the technical term – anyway, I mean the ‘paper’ size) in illustrator is not wide enough. Try resizing it before you start processing the frames – I think that might be what I did. If I remember correctly, it doesn’t have to be the exact size of the frame, just large enough for the frame to fit into. Good luck!
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This could be happening because the render is too large (lossless avi, perhaps) for your machine to play in realtime, giving the impression that the audio isn’t synced up (when it actually is). Try a compressed codec (e.g. h.264) and see if that works.
You may also be using compressed audio files, such as mp3, which AE doesn’t realy like. If this is the case, use lossless wavs instead.
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It really depends what kind of project you’re working on. You might need to take just one shot into AE to add an effect, or you may take a complete project from Prem to AE to do overall colour correction.
You can use dynamic link to achieve this more efficiently, or just import a prem project into AE as you would any other asset.
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Format-wise, it depends what you’re using the footage for. If you plan to do more work on a video file you should aim for a lossless codec or one that uses minimal compression. Try lossless avi or QT animation / photo JPEG. These files may be too large to play on your pc, but since they’re not intended for playing (they’re for doing more work on) it’s not a big issue.
When you ask what a good codec to use for rendering from AE so “you don’t have to go back to premiere” I assume you mean a high quality but compressed codec to allow playback or upload to the web. Try DivX or QT h.264, or mpeg2 if you’re going to dvd.
To get your prem projects into AE without rendering, just import the whole prem project into AE as you would a normal video file. Be aware though that some effects applied in prem won’t work correctly in AE.
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Not sure what you mean by a ‘pre render’. Do you mean when you ram preview? Ram previews by default should include sound, so make sure that you have the speaker button checked towards the left of the switches on the timeline panel.
If you mean, there’s no sound when you render, this may be because you are using the default render setting which is for a lossless avi with no sound. When you add a comp to the render queue, click on the codec name (lossless by default) next to the Output Module. Then check the box at the bottom of the dialogue box to render with audio.
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You need to orient the layer to camera. You can do this by right-clicking on the 3D layer and selecting Auto-Orient from the context menu. Then choose Orient to Camera. This should help to solve your problem.
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Or you could precomp the text and apply the mask to the precomp.
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