Steve Roberts
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1. Look in the Help under “alpha channel” or “transparency”.
2. Either make a small project and import it when you need it or save the effect as a Preset (check the Help).
3. Make a small project and import it when you need it.
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Got a screenshot of the offending timeline with the other layers visible?
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Click the little triangle at the top right of the comp window and go from there.
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It depends on how close you are and how much the model moves. Another option would be to try this:
1. Print a real t-shirt with a grid on it in the graphic area. (maybe the grid could have 10 lines by 8 lines)
2. Shoot the model wearing the t-shirt. No green necessary.
3. In AE, make a comp of 10×8 proportion and apply the grid effect to a comp-sized layer, 10 lines by 8 lines.
4. Drag that comp into the main comp, over the model.
5. Shrink the layer down and apply the mesh warp effect, using 8 columns by 10 rows (or whatever).
6. Keyframe the mesh warp to match the grid on the model’s t-shirt.
7. When done, add the new graphic to the comp that contains the grid. It will be distorted to match the t-shirt.You should shoot a test.
Caveat: I haven’t tried this … I just made it up right now. Or maybe I saw it done somewhere. -
Effect>time>echo might do.
Echo needs to work with moving stuff. Apply it to:
– a movie, or
– a comp, or
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Check the Help for “live update”.
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Yes, “AVI” isn’t enough information. What codec has it been encoded with?
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[Dave LaRonde] “It’s built for quick ‘n dirty compression…”
… or very little compression, for high-quality files to be delivered somewhere else for more processing.
(just preventing potential misunderstanding in the audience …)
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An f-stop is double or half the amount of light. An f-stop over is twice as bright, and f-stop under is half as bright. The Zone system is based on f-stops, so Zone IV is half as bright as Zone V, which is half as bright as Zone VI. Zone V is middle gray, the same as an 18% reflectance gray card, which some quote at R=G=B 117 for gamma 2.2.
However … regarding RGB, apparently Lee Varis sets the R=G=B values at this, for zones 0 to 100:
0-33-51-72-94-118-143-169-197-225-255.Now if you’re a really anal Zone guy, you might want to do your own densitometer/paper testing as gamma (among other things) are an issue. Your mileage may vary.
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If the movies that came out of your shop looked fine, it’s not your problem.
… but I wouldn’t compress to H.264 twice in the future. I’d have exported out of the FCP sequence at Current Settings, rendered out of AE in the Animation (or PNG) codec, then used QT Pro to Export that to H.264. Would that be possible?