Todd Kopriva
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If I understand what you’re going for correctly, you could probably make use of the ability to create a motion path from a mask path.
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It’s possible that you’re running into known problems with QuickTime’s handling of gamma.
Here’s a technical support document on an issue that may be related to what you’re seeing.
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The third-party plug-ins, including Color Finesse, are installed by default when you install After Effects CS3. It is possible (if I remember correctly) to uncheck a box at installation and thereby prevent these third-party plug-ins from being installed.
I don’t have CS3 installation discs around to check right now, but I think that you can insert the installation disc, start the installation again, and just choose to install these missing components.
But I’m no expert on installation issues, and my memory of installing CS3 is fuzzy by now.
If you continue to have problems, I recommend calling Adobe Technical Support, since this is exactly the sort of question that they should be set up to handle easily:
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Color Finesse isn’t a “preset”. It’s an effect. This isn’t picking nits. The distinction matters a lot when you’re trying to determine if the right files are in the right places.
Was Color Finesse working for you before? Are you not able to apply it now in the same manner that you were able to apply it before?
Are you using a trial copy of After Effects?
from “Effect plug-ins”:
“Adobe provides many third-party effect plug-ins with After Effects. Keylight, Color Finesse, and Cycore FX (CC) plug-ins are installed by default with the full version of Adobe After Effects software. These plug-ins are not included with the trial version of Adobe After Effects software.”———————————————————————————————————
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from “Separate fields and determine field order” in After Effects Help:
“If you want to use interlaced or field-rendered footage (such as NTSC video) in an After Effects project, you get the best results if you separate the video fields when you import the footage. After Effects separates video fields by creating a full frame from each field, preserving all of the image data from the original footage.
Separating fields is critical if you plan to make significant changes to the image. When you scale, rotate, or apply effects to interlaced video, unwanted artifacts, such as crossed fields, are often introduced. By separating fields, After Effects accurately converts the two interlaced frames in the video to noninterlaced frames, while preserving the maximum amount of image quality. Using noninterlaced frames allows After Effects to apply edits and effects consistently and at the highest quality.
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When you render a composition containing field-separated footage, set the Field Rendering option to the same field order as your video equipment. If you don’t field-render the composition, or if you field-render with the incorrect settings, the final movie may appear too soft, jerky, or distorted.
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After Effects automatically separates fields for D1 and DV video footage items. You can manually separate fields for all other types of video footage in the Interpret Footage dialog box.”
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> I hear that AE CS4 is 64bit only on PC too.
That’s false.
> How important is your video card for final render times?
Not at all.
Concentrate on RAM, multiple fast local disk drives, and a set of fast processors.
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From the “Preparing and importing Photoshop files” section of After Effects Help:
“Layered Photoshop (PSD) files need to be saved in RGB or Grayscale color mode for After Effects to import them as a composition and to separate the layers. CMYK, LAB, Duotone, Monotone, and Tritone color modes are not supported for layered files; After Effects will import a file that uses one of these color modes as a single, flattened image.”
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The “Keying introduction and resources” page includes links to several good resources about acquiring footage for keying. There’s also a link to the KeyerforDV animation preset, which helps a bit with keying DV footage.
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Regarding question 2: Here’s a search that pulls up several utilities for moving back and forth between FCP and After Effects.
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Yes, After Effects can do this.
The gist of the job is that you will want to track the motion of the cards onto which you are placing the video and then apply that motion-tracking data to layers for each of the YouTube videos.
You’ll almost certainly be doing some masking/rotoscoping, too—such as to prevent the fingers that are holding the card from being covered up by an embedded video layer. (Though you may be able to use cards of a distinctive color, like green, and use color keying to avoid most of the tedious masking/rotoscoping.)
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
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