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Michal S.
Inspiring
April 16, 2018
Question

freeze frame not working

  • April 16, 2018
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I expected it to freeze the frame on the layer wherever the playhead is, so I can pull (extend) the footage further in time and only the last (freezed) frame will be visible. - that's how it works in Premiere at least.

In after effects, it didn't seem to do anything ? Just showed time remapping is active on that layer, but I couldn't achieve the effect I was going for.

Any tips on how to get the above mentioned done ?

More specifically, I have a background layer (video of a street), the second layer of a masked out guy, without background (so the street layer is visible). As 3rd layer I have his hair masked using the roto brush and refine edges. Since he's not moving, I wanted to freeze the processed hair layer (few frames) and stretch it over the whole sequence.. so the robo brush doesn't have to process the whole length of the video.

But no matter what I do with the freeze frame, everytime I extend the hair layer further, to the point where the roto brush has not been applied, the original (unmasked) video appears.

    1 reply

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    April 16, 2018

    AE creates keyframes to freeze a layer and after that you cannot just arbitrarily extend the layer. You still have to honor the standard time-remapping behavior. I would suggest you simply read up on this stuff, such as pre-composing or pre-rendering your rotoed stuff and then generating a freeze frame or re-importing a still generated from the original sequence.

    Mylenium

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      Michal S.Author
      Inspiring
      April 16, 2018

      yea, but I just need to freeze that one frame.. and then use it throughout the whole sequence.. just like a static image.

      This is what freeze frame does in Premiere.. I thought it would be the same in AE.

      Rotoscoping the whole clip if I don't actually need the movement seems like a huge waste of resources and time..

      not to say, I've tried it and it keeps crashing my system.. that's why I am desperately looking for alternatives, as I need to get the project done by today.

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      Michal S.Author
      Inspiring
      May 30, 2018

      Hi Michael S,

      Did you complete the project? Let us know how you did it or if you still need help.

      Thanks,
      Kevin


      Hi Kevin,

      yes I did. Thanks.

      All good.

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