Steve Roberts
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Did you install the Cycore effects from the AE installation CD?
(If you have the educational version, they may not be available)
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Check out Conoa — I think their 3D layer will do this.
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Umm … alpha channels don’t apply when it comes to projecting light (film or slides) on something. Think about it, when you’re projecting black on a set, it doesn’t add anything to the existing light on the set. When you’re projecting white, you’re lighting up the set with the projector bulb.
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Looks like Particular. Did you try the Trapcode COW forum?
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Well, sometimes DVD authoring apps compress the file as part of the authoring process, so in and of itself, going straight from uncompressed movie to DVD authoring app shouldn’t be a problem. The MPEG-2 compression had to have taken place at some point in the process, or the DVD wouldn’t have played at all.
We (here) just compress as a separate step to allow more control over the process.
Anyway, keep us apprised.
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It’s a good idea to render uncompressed before compressing to MPEG-2 for DVD. However, we won’t be able to test the playback of that uncompressed movie, since it’s too big to play back smoothly. That’s normal — uncompressed movies are meant to be sent between apps, not played back.
So. To make sure that the movie is fine before going to the DVD app (or MPEG-2 compressor), I recommend you take the uncompressed AVI and make a WMV or something out of it. Just to check playback. It’s not perfect, but it’ll do.
Naah, uncompressed AVIs are great for passing movies between apps. I just work on Mac, so I use Quicktime.
Anyway, make sure the movie is fine before MPEG-2 compression, and if it is, the problem lies in the apps following it in the workflow. Let us know.
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You should change the “wrong-looking” video to match the “right-looking” video. 🙂 Maybe the writers are assuming that the background has been colour-corrected. They might also mean “light the foreground to match the background”, since, presumably, you have control over the foreground lighting, and the background has already been shot. They might be referring to the *quality* of light, that is, sharp, high-angled, soft (etc.) to match the sunny or overcast light of the background.
Sorry, I don’t know of any options aside from using standard colour-correction tools and my eye.
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I don’t think the problem is the vector-calculation you described.
We have to isolate causes and apps here. Do the credits play fine when you play them as a rendered Quicktime movie straight out of AE? Have you tried rendering them as a low-data rate movie out of AE for testing?
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Along those lines:
(assuming you want to print at 300dpi)
Modify your comp size, calculating the comp size to be 300 X printed size (inches). So if you want your logo to print at 5 inches wide, it needs to be 1500 pixels wide in the comp. So the comp should be 1500 pixels wide plus any space around the logo. That’s the comp you should render to a still.
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I’ve used Wacom (“wakkum”) tablets for years — love it. Right now, I’m using the Intuos 6×8. The size is a good balance of accuracy and footprint for this desk. It comes with a mouse, when precise double-clicking is needed in NLEs and such. But I also use a regular USB mouse for a change of pace. Yes, you can use both … on the Mac, at least. Probably on Windows, too.