[Tim Kurkoski]

There is a 3D Glasses effect in AE that will do this for you. It’s under Effects > Channel > 3D Glasses.

I’ve had some fun with this filter, using graphics only and not footage. I used a 3D animated cube (cobbled together out of 6 square solids and pre-comped) that bounced in an out of 3D space, and a camera with the depth of field set fairly shallow. Looked great through my 3D glasses, but hurt my eyes after a while (I suspect it was the computer monitor doing that).

[Tim Kurkoski]

Odd. This is working fine for me. Try using some clips that have lower timecode start values and see if it’s any better. I know Premiere Pro has occasionally had problems with timecode values over 1 hour.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Each *.tpl file contains multiple presets. So, in essence, what you’re seeing on the hard drive are preset sets.

[Tim Kurkoski]

If all the clips need to be slowed down at the same rate, you can nest the clips in new sequence and apply the time changes to that.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Try saving to a different location. Specifically, try creating a folder on the root of your C: drive.

One thing to note- I noticed the accents in your name, and sometimes characters like that can confuse programs. (Yes, they should work, but sometimes programmers miss those sort of little things.) Make sure not to use anything like that in the file name or the file path you’re saving to. That could be it, or it just could be something with the folder you’re currently trying to save to.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Premiere Elements 2.0 can do this, but no other version of Premiere can.

Unless that’s what you happen to be using (and in some cases, even if you are), you’re best off ripping the DVD files to the hard drive. There are programs out there that will do this for you automatically (see VideoHelp.com for suggestions), or you could just copy over the .VOB files and rename them to .MPG. Either way, you’ll still be best off if you also convert them to an AVI file.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Try using this:

(clamp(thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”), 0, 10))*-1

I suppose just putting the minus sign at the front might also work:

-(clamp(thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”), 0, 10))

Just tested that. Yes, that will have the same effect, and is probably simpler. Sometimes my brain does things the hard way first.

Will e-mail my project file to you.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Provided an e-mail address, I think I can do that.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Simple: Select the layer, Layer menu > Create Outlines. Mask is applied to a new solid layer.

[Tim Kurkoski]

Both of these issues can be solved with expressions.

Out of curiosity, I reproduced your setup by making a little Pac-Man character. Instead of copying and pasting the keyframes, I linked the jaw’s rotation property to the audio keyframes with an expression. You can then alter the expression with “*-1”, which will invert the value and fix the up vs. down problem. (Another example: In my first attempt at reproducing this, I had the layer rotated 180 degrees, which caused the jaw to become unhinged when the expression was applied. Using “+180” on the expression fixed it.)

As for the amplitude problem, one solution would be to normalize the audio first (using Audition or another application). That will cut down on the big spikes.

To do it with expressions, though, use the “clamp” argument. It works like this:
clamp (value, limit 1, limit 2)

In my comp, the finished expression looks like this:
clamp(thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”), 0, 10)

The value is the value of the slider in the Audio Amplitude layer, the minimum value is 0 (closed mouth) and the maximum value is 10 degrees. Note that I don’t have any modifiers on here like the “*-1” I suggested for you above.

If you’re really interested in getting into expressions, check out Dan Ebberts’ site, motionscript.com. Dan also posts on the AE forum on CreativeCow.