Tudor "ted" jelescu
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precomp lines- apply track to precomp. Use Mocha if you have it.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
Yep- running AE and Premiere in the same time (except CS5) will kill your machine. AE is a RAM hog- at least 2Gb/processing core.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
Here’s a great tutorial that can help you understand better compositing in AE and may shed some light on your issues:
https://library.creativecow.net/rollason_ben/lens-flare/1Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
“Return of the Jedi”- great vfx!
Dave is right- that’s the way you do it in production. However there may be ways to do it in AE- but that depends a lot on your shot. Do you have a storyboard you can post? This way we may be able to provide other options.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
Like Dave said, Mocha can help, but here’s the “old” way of doing it:
render out a still with the car where you can see as much of the plate as possible. Bring in Photoshop. Paint the new number in- use liquify and distort to match the existing plate with the bend. Bring in AE the new plate and track/corner pin.
Or you can just make a slightly bigger plate, without distortion and place it over to completely cover the old one.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
It may help to set up markers on the VO in Premiere, import in AE and open all layers, select all keyframes you need to move and position them based on the markers. There may be an expression to do something like you’re asking- post this in the expression forum.
Also, if you do not mind speed changes, you can use a time remap on the precomped animation. Set keyframes on the events (beginning and end of camera moves and animations in your timeline) and then move to match VO.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
“QUESTION 1: can i work on a project in a lower resolution say 720:430 and then when i render the project improve the quality to HD resolution? “
AE allows you to set your viewer at smaller sizes (50%, 33%….) and at smaller resolutions (half, third, quarter…). You will find those options at the bottom of your viewer window. Also, you can set the RAM preview at a lower resolution ( half, third, quarter..)and you have the option to “Skip” frames. All these enable you to preview higher resolution projects. If you are using artwork that you are producing, it is best to use Illustrator and import the vector files in AE (check the continuously rasterize switch on those layers). If your output should be HD, then all files you use for the project need to have HD or higher resolution for it to look good.
Check out also the use of proxies on the adobe site.“QUESTION 2: is it easier to create multiple rendered pieces and then put them together in another application (like Premier Pro or final Cut) or is it ok to do them all together in After Effects?
example: intro credits (1’4″), title credits (32″),
short film (7’30”), end credits (1’46”) “Although you can edit in AE, it is best to do your graphics/effects in AE and then use Premiere or FCP to edit the final piece. One piece of advice- when you render your AE shots, use uncompressed or frame sequence (tga or tiff) and render out final compression using Adobe Media Encoder.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
Do you have the same frame rate on both projects ( 29.97 or 25 or 24…). Are both AE and Premiere projects interlaced or progressive?
If you got these two exactly the same, then it may be the fact that you are using compressed footage – look for Dave’s Stock Answer #1, great advice. Render out uncompressed or tga/tiff sequences from AE then import in Premiere and render.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
As far as I know you have to render a RAM preview to hear the sound.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
Don’t be down on yourself- you’ve not only posted your first on the Cow but you also gave an answer- even if it is to your own problem. Not expecting a quick fix from others and continuing to work it out on your own will help you get better at it with time.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro