Steve Roberts
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Buy Trapcode Lux?
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Separate fields on the footage (file>interpret footage>main), then drop it into a 59.94 fps comp (twice normal) that’s the same frame size as the footage. Then you will see each field as a frame as you step through the comp. Do the roto in that comp.
Then you drag the 59.94 comp into a 29.97 comp and field render that.
Sorry, don’t know about animation in PS.
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It sounds as if you’ve run out of RAM while rendering. You might need to use the Secret settings. Hold down the Shift key, and select Edit>preferences>General. Keep holding the Shift key down until you see the large preferences dialog box. Look for “secret” as the last choice in the dialog. If you don’t see it, do it again, holding down the shift key longer.
In the Secret dialog, try setting “purger frames” to 5 maybe. Render again, but keep Task manager open to watch RAM usage.
Let us know …
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If I understand you … I’d drag the footage into a PAL square pixel comp. So now it’s normal-looking, but in square pixels. Then I’d drag that comp into the tall 576×1024 comp and scale it up. Then do your usual insert, rotate and render?
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DV doesn’t like red. It actually doesn’t like graphics. Try knocking down the saturation of the red.
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Sorry, but Word is awful. Nasty. It really doesn’t play well with other apps. I wouldn’t bet a nickel that AE would be able to read its formatting.
But … try saving the Word doc as a PDF. Import that into AE. I can’t guarantee that the text would be editable in AE, though.
If that doesn’t work, you should copy the Word text, then paste and reformat in Illustrator, then import that AI file into AE. You might have to go back and convert text to outlines in Illustrator. Be sure to save a copy before doing that.
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Since version 4 or earlier, you’ve always been able to keep an old version of AE on your machine. There’s no need to uninstall the old version — the installer doesn’t overwrite “after effects”, it writes a new app under the new version number.
But if you do choose to uninstall the old version, you won’t lose the projects. But you will lose the old preferences, and probably any Render Setting and Output Module templates you’ve made … unless you specifically saved them as a file.
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Hmm … I’m not sure what Proshow Producer can do that Flash can’t, but I’d look at Flash, especially if you’re exploring interactivity.
… because AE can’t do that, of course. Good luck!
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You could just lay the low-res shot over the high-res shot (same X-Y position), then set its mode to Difference, then move it in Z-space until it turns all black, and therefore matches the apparent size of the high-res shot.
Difference mode is a good trick for matching one thing over another identical thing.
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To add to Dave: “It’s a pain. Don’t do it.”
Edit the timing of your program in your NLE (Vegas), using placeholders for the effects shots if necessary. Once the timing is ***locked***, render the appropriate shots that need effects, then import those into AE. Work the magic, then render the shot and drop it back into the timeline of your NLE. That’s one way of working.
To use a metaphor, NLEs are “horizontal”, AE is “vertical”. Mostly.