I guess I could say as cheap as possible… I’d like to keep it below $1000…

As I’m trying to pivot, what is a decent beginner’s camera for someone on a tight budget?

I used the Dynamic Link to work on a couple clips in AE (removing my finger from the frame) Everything seemed to work fine, except I now realize I should have had no composition open at the time. Two problems now: 1. the link seems broken and I have a red screen, and 2. the content-aware fill in the AE file is now blinking for some weird reason.…

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Please let me know if this should be in the Premiere Forum… I used the Dynamic Link to work on a couple clips in AE (removing my finger from the frame) Everything seemed to work fine, except I now realize I should have had no composition open at the time. Two problems now: 1. the link seems broken and I have a red screen, and 2. the…

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I got on with Apple. It seems their new Music Player defaults to copying media files to the main hard drive. I changed that Preference, moved the files to my external hard drive, deleted them from the MacHD, and managed to update all the latest Adobe apps and start AE just fine.

I have the 8GB of RAM with this model. Yes, I restarted, and yes, I purged everything off this hard drive and moved it to the external. I’m trying to run an update, and I’m being told I don’t have enough disk space to even do that…

I bought my Mac Mini because it was all I could afford, and, it got rave reviews for its speed. Now, i’m constantly getting this error and can’t even open a file in AE. Is anyone else having this problem, and what can I do to fix it? I’ve already assigned a folder on my external drive as my scratch disk.

did you layer your text over your video and then post it to IG? What format did you export it in?

I tried following the tutorial as well – and I’m getting the CAP layer as 2D text sitting out to the side …

I’ll try other tutorials, but like Graham said, this may be done more simply…

I’ll try that on my Mac – I don’t think I have the admin status on my office PC. In the meantime, I did manage to Add To Render Queue, save an .AVI file, and open that in Media Encoder – I saved my animated GIF, and I’ll test other configurations later.

It doesn’t seem to matter what video profile I choose, it just… sits… there…

Are you on a Mac or PC?

Still doing the same thing… I’ll try again…

I’m trying to export a simple experiment as an animated GIF. I choose Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue, Media Encoder opens, and it just… sits… there… While in ME, I try dragging my file into the queue, and it’s taken about an hour to import and still… nothing… happens…

So far, I’ve only had the time to try this on my office PC -…

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I’m also trying to figure out a good workflow between the two. I did a short video; stitched my two shots together in Premiere, but exported to AE and added my intro and transition and outro, from which I rendered in its final format… Would it have been better to add the AE elements in Premiere?

Draft 3D… That was it… Funny how so many tutorials leave out little details like that…

I was just beating my head against the wall, since I followed the exact steps in this (and other) tutorials …

Thanks everyone!

I was playing with those a little – it still feels too loose and imprecise… I guess I need more practice…

Am I going insane? I’m following all the steps of this and other tutorials, and I’m not getting a shadow… Is there something that’s been updated?

It looks like effects on a masked layer to me…

I’ll have to try that next…

Thanks for the tip!

Still experimenting… How do you go about getting your desired camera angles? I know this will take practice, but do you use the virtual X, Y, and Z axis controls, or do you do it numerically in the Transform panel? I’d like to hear some opinions about your workflows…

Again, with my tight budget, I got the cheapest Mac Mini (which is now $150 less, of course). It does give me warnings of a full hard drive and too many apps open at once if I don’t manage my workflow. I’m contemplating another one to work in an array if I have to get any larger projects…

I also had to switch back to the Classic 3D render instead of Cinema 4D… It’s perfect now!

Thanks! I was playing around with the blur Effects, but not getting what I wanted. It figures it was something simple…

Is this the way other designers have learned? I see something and want to replicate it… Last week I saw this short video while shopping online:

The “flipping” effect on the logo and product shot caught my eye, and I discovered how to do it by making my…

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My elderly iMac was dying, and I had to upgrade. Since I was on a budget tighter than a Victorian corset, I went for the new Mac M1 Mini. It’s even faster than the “professional” level PC at my office. Although I did have to invest in an external hard drive for project storage, the connection is more stable than the old iMac as well.

What I eventually had to do was recreate the web banner native in Animate, and add the clickable buttons there. I had to find a cheap host to test it, but it worked! I found out this is the workflow some banner designers have to do …

There’s the Free Music Archive, run by WFMU. A lot of it is Avant garde, but can be good for background sound…

https://freemusicarchive.org/

I have a WordPress domain, but I’m looking for some place that lets me upload raw code and art files. I’m also trying to create a portfolio site of working HTML – banners, emails, etc.

My latest hurdle: finding a free web host. (I’d sign up for CodePen Pro, but I really can’t spare $100 for the first year right now)

I did a basic AfterEffects web banner as a spec piece at work – of course now they want clickable links to go to our social media sites. So, after some research I realized it was better to just recreate it in…

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My marketing manager is looking for specific buttons…

So, I’m nudging my marketing director with some of my conceptual pieces – and I’m finally getting some positive feedback. Now, he’s asking if I can add clickable links in a web banner I designed in AE and exported as an animated GIF.

Is this possible? Do I have to export it into Animate and add the interactivity there?

So, it looks like the animation of Starry Night was done with different looped layers? It looks like the movement is done as an overlay of the original painting?

Well, my first videos didn’t sound like mud, so I’m hoping I can at least get passable quality. Again, I have ZERO budget. I just hope none of my potential viewers don’t mind low-fi, DIY aesthetics…

I am on a ZERO budget, but I need to be able to record audio to accompany some videos I’m making. What’s a decent, cheap (preferably free), Android app that sounds passable?

More Adobe questions as I dive into the deep end… Is Premiere Rush worth learning? …or is it a fun toy to do basic edits on a tablet before taking a project to Premiere/After Effects?

This might be basic, but I’m going down a rabbit hole of tutorials. I shot another “how-to” video with really lousy lighting (please don’t recommend lighting rigs, they’re not in my budget). The bottom half of my video is in shadow, and I’d like to brighten that up with some color correction using some masking. I doubt I’d need to track it, but…

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Thanks! Someday I’ll get beyond Newbie status…

I’m working on a simple “how-to” video, with an animated intro, transitions and outro. I stitched two clips together in Premiere, and exported to AE. The animated, native to AE sections, are previewing fine. However, the video clips are sloooooow at first, then stop at about a 15 second chunk of time, then loop. If I stop playback and…

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Thanks for the review. Considering my limited funds, this is the upgrade I may go for. My one big question: can I slave my old iMac to it as a monitor and external storage? What about migrating my apps folder and upgrading all my Adobe apps?

Thanks! I should take a poll of everyone’s preferred workflow between the two apps.

The section I’m trying to blur is a constantly changing shape… (my hands are moving in front of my computer screen that I don’t want anyone to see) but most of the tutorials show blur-worthy sections that are more easily tracked by a simple rectangle or…

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I’m masking out a blurring some background on a short video. However, the tracking is really inconsistent, and having to set the tracking over and over is really time consuming… Would it be better to take care of editing my clips, and exporting to After Effects to mask out the sections of background? I’m creating an animated intro, lower…

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Draw it as a shape and tween to get the effect?

Thanks again! Every day I try to study, it’s another rabbit hole of ideas…

Thanks Brendon!

Like I’ve posted elsewhere, I’m trying to pivot to motion graphics from a career in print. So, I’ve come up with the idea of simple videos on a YouTube channel to display my evolving technique. And, of course, now I realize I need a lot more background skills to show off just the mograph portfolio…

My brain hurts… <g>

Thanks – still learning… My brain is overloading…

So, how would you merge both components together? Create the opener in AE, and export as MP4? Is there the same variety of text effects for the lower third, or should that be an exported composition from AE as well?

Thanks for the input… I’m so new at this, and I dont’ know if there’s a “right” way to do it, or just what’s “right” for a specific project…

I realize AE and Premiere have their strengths. How do the pros have them interact with each other? For example, I’m making a simple “how-to” video, about 5 minutes long. I have two pieces of footage on which I’m adding an intro, bottom third, and transition (maybe funny asides and an outro). Would you do it all in AE, or just add the intro…

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I’ve been studying Adobe Animate for a while, just for fun. I like the vector based workflow, and the potential for interactivity in web banners basic app development. However, I’ve read on the grapevine that Adobe isn’t supporting it very much, and abandoned Flash. Is it worth my time to keep studying and designing portfolio pieces if there…

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I think I figured it out… Since I have these paths on both layers operating as masks, it somehow gets in the way of copying/pasting… I tested this on a really basic comp. Without any masking, it works fine, but with masking (and a few edits to the path) the only thing pasting is the first version of the shape I made… Also selecting the…

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