Vince Becquiot
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I don’t believe so, although I never tried it.
Vince
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The 6.5 version should have the wiggler (I don’t think it was under effects in 6.5, maybe animation ? … I forgot already !) Although, I’m not just what actual version you have.
As an alternative, take a look at Random expressions. Here’s a tutorial:
https://www.creativecow.net/articles/ebberts_dan/ae6_exp/index2.html
Cheers,
Vince
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The 6.5 version should have the wiggler (I don’t think it was under effects in 6.5, maybe animation ? … I forgot already !) Although, I’m not just what actual version you have.
As an alternative, take a look at Random expressions. Here’s a tutorial:
https://www.creativecow.net/articles/ebberts_dan/ae6_exp/index2.html
Cheers,
Vince
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It’s never an easy task to convert to 16:9, unless you shot for 16:9. You have to take in account the fact that you are losing about 30% of the vertical areas in your picture. That may mean losing valuable composition area, cutting heads, etc.
You could use various tools to move the picture down and keep it framed, but it’s not a weekend job if you want it to look good.
Now, if you get really good at it, your skills might be very valuable soon as HD comes in.
Some other methods include expanding the horizontal ratio to match the width. (I wouldn’t do it). That might be where “Does the camera make me look fat?” expression came from.
And converting to HD, well wouldn’t do you any good as far as quality goes, and it would in fact reduce it as you would have to recompress to a different format.
Sorry if that’s not the answer you were looking for.
Vince
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well, I prefer the Flash import method, you have a few more options there, but that means exporting uncompressed from Premiere first. That mean time and space requirements.
As far as quality goes (700 Kbps in my case), it’s the same compressor so no changes there. Of course, it would be quicker to just export to Flash from Premiere.
Cheers,
Vince
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In some cases, a noticable difference in quality… It obviously depends on the motion and noise in the original footage, as well as the encoder itself. I would definitely choose the second pass if it’s going to a picky client, or to projection.
Cheers,
Vince
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Was this shot in DV ? And in what format was your export ?
Vince
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I would try reinstalling the ATI media software, or even an update if there is one on their website.
Could be something as simple as a Windows update that messed things up as well, I would check in the Add / Remove section to see if any of those update were installed around the time things started to go awkward.
Cheers,
Vince
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Please do a search on the forum, there is a new thread in this about every two days, and it turns out it never gets anywhere.
If you like FCP better, wait for that Intel Mac and stick with it 😉
Cheers,
Vince
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Hi,
I believe the only thing you can really do is “group” clips, which will only allow you to move them around together.
You are likely stuck applying effects to each clip individually, but using the cut and paste method, it should be relatively quick. (Unless you ae working on a 20 hour project 😉
Regarding your audio question, you best option, by that I mean the one that will give you the most control, is the Dynamics plugin. There you will find a compressor and an expander, which are the very tools you need for what you are trying to achieve. That requires a bit of knoowlege of audio dynamics, but there’s always a manual 😉 There are also presets that might work for you on the top right of the effect. Either way, these will serve you again and again if you do editing on a regular basis.
Cheers,
Vince