The Crabster
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Hey thanks a lot guys. That is my 2004 edit so I will be updating it very soon hopefully, if I ever get the time. Keep an eye out in the demo reel section. I am also going to be doing a tutorial very soon also. It will be more design and coolness based, which it seems a lot of them are more technically based. You might want to check it out.
Thanks again,
Christopher R. Abbey
“Motion Graphics Artist”“You gotta love our jobs!”
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That effect is relatively easy to avchieve. All you have to do is animate a mask. Look up how to animate a mask in the search, you should find help that explains the process.
Good luck,
Christopher R. Abbey
“Motion Graphics Artist”“You gotta love our jobs!”
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Sounds like you are on the right track, but unless you have a lot of experience with the cameras in AE, a move like that could take a while to get just right. Are you only adding Ease In and Ease Out or are you actually adjusting the velocity curves by hand? This is definately not a job for the presets, you will have to adjust everything manually. Also, I never liked animating the camera with it’s tools. I always add a null and parent the camera to that null. I find that it is easier to animate the null and I always end up with much better results.
Anyway:
1. Parent camera to a null
2. Manually adjust velocity
3. Lots of freakin’ time= Great camea moves…
Good luck and I hope that helps.
Christopher R. Abbey
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“Motion Graphics Artist”“You gotta love our jobs!”
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Well, I have never used that codec, but assuming that your friend has the codec installed also, it should work. What you need to check is import the file into AE. Then right click on it in the Project Window. Choose Interpret Footage > Main from the Menu. Then under Alpha, select whatever alpha you rendered. (most likely Straight) or click on guess. Then hit OK. That should hopefully help you out.
Christopher R. Abbey
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Yes that is what alpha channels are for. All you need to do is export the After Effects video with an alpha channel. I export as a Quicktime with the animation compressor.
When you go to Make Movie, click on the word Lossless. It will bring up another window entitled: Output Module Settings. Then Click on: Format Options. It will bring up another window called: Compression Settings. It should be set to Animation already, but if it’s not, use the drop down menu and select Animation. Then use the Depth dropdown and select : Millions of Colors +. The “+” enables the alpha channel. Put the quality at best and click OK. When you arrive back at the Output Module Settings Window, you will notice that next to Format Settings is a channels dropdown. It should now display: RGB + Alpha. This is another way to add an alpha to the render. (but you must have selected a codec that supports an alpha). Finally, you want to use the dropdown for Color and select Straight (Unmatted). And voila…
Hope that answers your question. I tried to be as specific as possible since you are not familiar with Alphas.
Christopher R. Abbey
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I personally prefer to animate a camera around the comp rather than the comp around the camera. I think that it is easier to do. First, I would create a null object and postion it somewhere near the center rear of the comp. then I would create a camera and parent it to the null object. This way you can get that swooping motion of the camera. Now all you have to do is animate the rotation and position properties of the null object. Don’t do anything with the camer properties. It should look very similar.
As for the reason that Illustrator is not copying to the clipboard, there is a preference that you have to check. It is in Illustrator under Preferences > Files & Clipboard. Just click the box that says Copy as: AICB. This should fix your problem.
Hope all of that helps and is easy to follow.
Christopher R. Abbey
“Motion Graphic Artist”
https://www.crabbey.com