Steve Roberts
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Did you hit the V key to revert the tool?
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Did you Google “MOV to MPEG-2” “windows”, or “MOV to DVD” “Windows” … you get the idea ….
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I never do frame-by-frame painting (so far, anyway) for the reason you’ve mentioned.
You’ve done the tracking, so apply that tracking data to solids that are the same color as your background, so they can cover the tracking markers. Maybe draw masks on them to shrink them to the size of your crosshairs. Apply whatever animated effects you need (fill? curves? levels? ramp?) to make them match your background.
You can also apply the tracking data to a copy of the footage, mask it to cover the tracking markers, then use the pan behind tool to move the footage (slightly) behind the mask. This should replace the tracking marker with the area of footage right next to the tracking marker. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it works for a few frames, then you need to reposition the BG footage, covering the marker with a new part of the footage.
Does that make sense?
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Of course, Todd and I are speaking about OpenGL with regard to After Effects.
However, with regard to 3D apps, OpenGL is very relevant.
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Ah, yes … “contretemps”. Thanks for the laugh, man. 🙂
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Oh yeah?
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Yeah … it’s become less “my platform vs. your platform” and more “different horses for different courses”.
At least among us pros, anyway. 😉
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Hmm … I don’t think that was me, Dave.
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I’ve used AE on both platforms, and the user experience was identical to me, except for the cmd/ctrl key thing.
AE is very processor-dependent. On a faster machine, AE runs faster.
Drive speed is relevant when accessing frames, but as the composition gets more complex, drive speed’s role in the speed equation is reduced.
OpenGL performance is irrelevant. It’s not good on both platforms, so most people switch it off.
Nit-picking system configs for speed gains is just that to me: nit-picking.AE is not the reason to pick one platform over another. If you want a specific 3D app or video editing app or you’re really used to one operating system, then those are good reasons to pick one platform over another.
Personally, I now use macs because for me, I’m faster using them outside of AE.
Inside AE, it’s all the same to me.
That’s just my opinion — you may be faster on Windows outside of AE, and that’s cool. -
Yes. 3D systems often have an infinite floor available.
There comes a time in every motion graphic artist’s life when he moves from AE to 3D. It may be your time, Rowan.