Steve Roberts
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If your AE comp is set to 640×480, square pixels, and your Output Module does nothing to change that, then the movie is correct. Try opening the movie in Quicktime to check.
If it is correct, then in FCP, hit cmd+9 to check how FCP interpreted the movie.
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Search the COW for “caustics”. It might help.
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Yes. You lose your work done since the last save.
Enable auto-save in the Preferences next time. If you have an older version, increment and save every now and then. The interval between saves is up to you.
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You have shy layers enabled, no? You may have a shy 2D layer between the light and your 3D layers.
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They changed the nature of solids at one point, Dave. It was a big deal, if I recall.
Well, to us AE geeks, anyway.
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.. or layer>solid settings. (cmd+shift+Y).
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I think it’s the compression. This is FLV, right? Make a version compressed to Animation or PNG codec and compare a frame. If the compressed version looks soft, your AE project is fine — it’s the compression.
You could post in the Compression Techniques forum to refine your compression technique, but to my eye, this looks normal for web-capable video. But I’m not a compression expert.
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Just overexpose the shot, using levels and see if you can get any detail in there. The thing is, the most detail is in the midrange of a shot, with less detail in the highlights and shadows. Generally. So if you bring up a shadow area like that face, you’ll probably get a flat gray blob with a little bright mouth.
If detail wasn’t recorded in the first place, you can’t invent it. Unless you’re an illustrator, and draw a new face in there.
Your friend should fire the DP.
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Yes.
1) make a high-quality, lossless video in AE, then
2) compress that video to MPEG-2 using something like Encore or Compressor, then
3) import that video into one of the DVD apps Ted mentioned, author and burn a DVD.