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  • Tom Scott

    August 27, 2008 at 1:43 am in reply to: Add a ballon or bubble as in a cartoon

    First, from my own observations, cartoons don’t use “thought bubbles” or “speech balloons” at all. Cartoons usually use audio for thought dialog, usually with a touch more reverb than spoken dialog (as an example, look at old episodes of “Married With Children”, noting how the dog “talks”). Comic books use “thought bubbles” and “speech balloons”.

    While it’s probably a matter of personal preference, I find the use of “thought bubbles” and “speech balloons” in video/film to look corny (which is okay if you’re making a Monty Python-like video). Personally, I’d use close-ups of the cat, in conjunction with a vocal track (with extra reverb).

    As to your question, you really only asked one thing:
    “I was wondering if, after I complete editing this video, and export it out to a .mov file, if I could import that .mov file to AE, scrubb along the timeline to the spot where I would like to add the text ballon, and add it to the movie in AE, and then export it back out (with its audio, etc) with the added cartoon like balloon?”
    And the answer is simply, “Yes”.

  • Tom Scott

    August 27, 2008 at 1:17 am in reply to: Free Tutorials

    I only looked at one (the explosion tute) and I thought the content was pretty good (based on the audio). It’s just a shame you can’t see what’s going on. Had the video been clear enough to watch, I’d have looked at your other tutes.

  • Tom Scott

    August 15, 2008 at 2:04 am in reply to: poor quality export

    “I could not see the example you put up… the link dosen’t seem to be active… ”

    Take the period off the end of the link.

  • Tom Scott

    August 12, 2008 at 1:57 am in reply to: AFX CS3 Pete’s Plugins

    My situation is the same as Thad. I didn’t need to do anything out of the ordinary to install the plugins.

  • Tom Scott

    August 4, 2008 at 1:07 am in reply to: Chroma Key paint?

    [Jason Allen] “I actually work in the Australian equivalent of Home Depot’s paint department”

    You mean you work for Bunnings?

    I got a saturated green from Bunnings, that works great for keying (yes, it was a Dulux formula). The only problem I had were the odd looks I got from the Bunnings employees, when I said what I wanted it for.

  • Tom Scott

    July 28, 2008 at 2:06 am in reply to: How would you do this….

    [mi wa] “I tried it with the fractal noise of after effect but I didnt get the right effect.”

    What exactly do you mean by “the right effect”? Without knowing what effect you’re going for, nobody can really help you. Sure, we could all give you what we consider to be “the right effect”, but that may not be what you envisage.

  • Tom Scott

    July 24, 2008 at 2:37 am in reply to: .mov in AE impossible

    “i can’t do nothing more “

    This would suggest that you can do something more.

    Perhaps you meant “I can’t do anything more“, or “I can do nothing more“.

    No, I was never an English teacher. LOL.

  • Tom Scott

    July 22, 2008 at 9:47 am in reply to: Circle distort

    I’m just guessing here, but I think what you are asking is how to wrap that image around into a cylinder.

    If I’ve guessed right, try the CCcylinder effect.

  • Tom Scott

    July 22, 2008 at 9:40 am in reply to: Chroma key problem

    [Todd Morgan] “Keylight hates DV footage and you will never get a decent key.”

    Rubbish!!

    I’ve managed to get some pretty decent keys, using Keylight on DV footage. Anybody who says it can’t be done either hasn’t made the effort or has a dislike for DV (probably due to jumping on the anti-DV bandwagon).

  • Tom Scott

    July 21, 2008 at 7:14 am in reply to: Earthquake tutorial?

    The videocopilot earthquake tutorial loaded fine for me.

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