Steve Roberts
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Well, I like Sorenson Pro 3 for Quicktime — you have to actually buy it. All the Apple Trailers were done with it, though maybe there’s something new. Apple’s new H.264 seems like the shiznit, but I believe it requires QT 7 to play … a version which is best avoided right now, or so I hear. Try searching the COW on it.
Windows Media gives surprisingly (to me) good quality on Windows boxes. There is pretty good flexiblity when encoding WM from AE on Windows. Good for client tests.
When encoding to the web, it all depends on your audience: designers like to view Quicktime, clients like to view Windows Media. Another reckless generalization. 🙂
Hope that helps,
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I’ve had that error every now and then, and restarting AE helps.
Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful, as I don’t know the cause. Perhaps upgrading to 6.5.1 would help?
Steve
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Or … if you want to flop the image horizontally, but still be able to scale it up and down easily, flop it first by entering a scale width of -100 under effect>distort>transform.
(or enter -100 for height for a vertical flop)
Then you can scale normally.
Steve
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There should be a set of Effects Help docs on your AE install disc — they specifically describe PP.
Steve
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Are you using edit>purge>image caches between previews? You should.
Steve
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You should never render with PAR correction on. It is only for previews, to make non-square pixel comps look right on a computer. Non-square pixel comps will look correct on a TV.
For more info, search the COW for “strangepixel”.
Steve
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Basically, you choose composition>make movie. This opens the render queue. The render settings determine how the raw frames are rendered, then the output module settings determine how they are compressed, and to which format they are rendered.
“Best Settings” and “Lossless” are just templates, containing certain settings for the Render Settings and the Output Module. You can change the settings at any time and make your own templates through the preferences, under templates, if I recall.
Reckless generalization of codecs and their delivery platforms:
-web: quicktime Sorenson 3 or Windows Media 7 or 9.
-CD-ROM: same.
-Hard drive playback: Photo-JPEG
-DV tape: DV
-Transferring between apps: Quicktime Animation or Photo-JPEG, or lossless AVI if necessary.Hope that helps,
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There’s nothing wrong with working in a 720×540 comp then dropping into a 486 comp for rendering. However, if my sources are interlaced, I like to work in a 486 comp and occasionally use PAR correction until render.
1. Which layers are looking jagged and which do not?
2. Do you have any imported interlaced footage in the 540 comp?
3. Do the jagged layers look bad in the comp window or after a render?Steve
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Moving the null & camera should create motion blur as long as motion blur is switched on for the comp and for each visible PSD layer … ?
Steve
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You don’t change the mask direction, you animate the start and end parameters of the stroke differently: start with both parameters at 100, then animate the start parameter down to 0.
Unless I missed the question … 🙂
Steve