Those look like the CS6 presets. I am not at my computer at the moment, but you want the Adobe Media Encoder CC2014 ProRes Presets for CC2014 and newer.  Unfortunately, they do not install with the Creative Cloud Desktop application and must be downloaded and installed from the AME Add-ons page. -Warren ... View more

Was the file recorded on the iPhone and, if so, which app was used? Do you have Adobe Clip insalled on the iPhone and, if so, will it import the file? On your computer with Premiere Pro, will the file open in Apple QuickTime Player or Telestream Switch (Switch can supports many common QuickTime CODECs without the QuickTime system driver being installed. Switch used to ne free, but the most recent version 4 is $10. ... View more

So, you had to code the plug-in such thay ot is unbounded, correct? ... View more

Upgrading to the latest version of AE will also require upgrading the OS. You can install CS6 and CC2014 on the same machine.  Maybe try using CS6 again just for this.  Adobe Creative Cloud has a option to install previous versions, you just don't want to confuse it with the option to launch and update previous versions that are already installed (if any). Alternatively (if you have some time to kill and a spare hard drive), you could create a separate boot drive with either macOS Sierra (10.12 or macOS High Sierra (10.13) and AE CC2017.  If trying this, I'd go with Sierra 10.12 and CC2017.  There's a lot to think about with High Sierra, compatibility with CC (Illustrator and InDesign have some know issues that I've already ready about)) and there's a new drive formatting scheme by Apple.  I plan to wait at least 2 to 3 months before going to macOS 10.13. ... View more

Are you using macOS or Windows?  If macOS and you've upgraded the OS while sticking with CC2014, you could be running into an issue with the deprecation of QuickTime.  While the MOV file format is sicking around, QuickTime as a system driver for time based media is not (Apple announced the deprecation of QT and the move to AV Foundation Frameworks to developers back in 2013). ... View more

It sounds like the Speed/Duration clip setting in PR is introducing something that AE is not able to recreate for source footage as expected. Have you tested if this happens if you don't apply the speed change? Assuming that clips without a speed change never have black frames when you get to AE, you could nest each clip that's been retimed in the PR Timeline into a subsequence, render those and then replace them with the rendered, retimed version prior to going to After Effects.  This will render a new file with the correct timing and (in theory) eliminate the miscommunication between PR and AE. It's going to be a lot of futz work if you've never done it before and be sure to use a mezzanine CODEC (one that's good for editing) like Apple ProRes 422 or GoPro Cineform. I haven't had to so this for this specific issue, but I have had to do it now and again to avoid having to manually redo in AE what was already done in PR. -Warren ... View more

This is an image sequence, correct?  Have you double-checked the Sequence Footage frame per second setting in the Import Preferences?  That could at least explain why your rendered output isn't matching the image sequence.  ... View more

To split the project into parts, try opening it with the source footage offline.  If the project and source footage are on an external drive, that's pretty easy to do.  Copy the project to the Desktop and unmount the drive.  if you try this, make a copy for each part (or scene, if you're organizing the animation work by scenes).  Then open each one (again with the source footage missing), delete what's not needed for that part and save.  Repeat as needed and then copy the ducpliatze back (name them accordingly as well). In macOS, there's a UNIX command line in Terminal for purging RAM.  (I don't use it enough to remember it.)  I also use a utility called Free Memory Pro that's specifically for freeing up inactive RAM and was very helpful back when the 2 or more frames error popped up more frequently. For what it's worth, I've been very, very, very happy on my main desktop workstation since going from 16GB to 64GB.  My laptop of choice currently only supports 16GB.  I'm hoping that by time I'm ready to upgrade that 32GB or more will be supported (and that my freelance work will cover the cost and my family won't wring my neck for spending that much I usually spend on a laptop). ... View more

My two cents: Pre-rendering and setting Comp Proxies is a good idea. More RAM is also a good idea.  (Really, if your workstation supports more RAM, click over to Crucial US | DRAM, Solid State Drive (SSD) & Memory Upgrades  and order larger RAM chips right now.) Breaking the project up into scenes is a good idea.  You could assemble and finish in Premiere Pro as well. Yes, the 2 or more frames needed error still pops up now and again (not nearly as much as it used to).  I've found using a utility or common line to purge inactive RAM can be helpful (instead of restarting).  This is OS level, not application level. AE does check source footage regularly so that the user does not have to manually reload it via File > Reload Footage.  It's actually very helpful. (It's not a bug nor a flaw.) ... View more

In keeping with what Angie suggested, you can also increase the Artboard Size in Illustrator such that none of your objects go into the AI Scratch Area (that is, all object are within the Artboard).  Edit > Edit Original is probably the easiest way to make the round trip.  After you save the change to your AI file and return to AE, your footage will reload automatically at its new spatial resolution. If you imported the AI as a Comp, you'll have to make the same change to the Comp size in AE as you made to the Artboard Size in AI. lf you've already started to align your layers in AE or started to animate, sometimes changing the Artboard Size can leave you with some adjusting to do as well. ... View more

guyman: Did you post how much RAM you have installed?  Most likely, you're going to want to double whatever you have now to be able to work with the Pixity-land files. -Warren ... View more

The AEP file is 1GB?  That's pretty large.  Would your workflow allow you to create duplicates and reduce it such that each project file contains 250MB or so? Does the VideoHive template have system recommendations? -Warren ... View more

To get work done, I'd go back to the days before being able to preview work from RAM and create test renders.  It's not nearly as convenient as being able to preview directly from the Timelind, but doable.  For long Comp where I usually run out of RAM anyway, I have a few custom templates for Half Resolution and Quarter Resolution Render Settings that use Photo-JPEG compression at either 75 or 35.  They render quickly, don't take up a lot of disk space.  But again, you really do want to be able to work with previews as expected. Do you have utility that will test your RAM?  I use both TechTool Pro and Atomic by Micromat to test memory when it seems to be needed. Do you have another system that you can move your project to?  I guess the real challenge here is determining if there's something about your workstation that you can tweak to get or if it needs to get submitted as a bug report (which probably wouldn't hurt) with as many details as possible.   Do you have the URL for reporting bugs? -Warren ... View more

We need a coder who happens to peruse the AE forums to chime in on what lines of code are needed to such that a plug-in can be unbounded.  I know a few.  I'll email them and report back. ... View more

How is this progressing? Your client should be able to drag and drop the SD card to any location with read/write access on the Macintosh HD.  That's the just the macOS (no QuickTime or other drivers involved). If you need really quick instructions: In the Finder, choose Go > Computer to open a Finder Window that shows all mounted drives. Press the command key and then drag and drop the SD volume to the Macintosh HD.  A green plus symbol will appear to indicate that the SD card is going to be copied.  (If a curved arrow appears, then the command key is not being pressed and a shortcut is being created). After the copy completes, the data will be at the root level of the Macintosh HD and can be moved to another location from there. If your client is using a version of macOS that shows the AVCHD directory on the SD card as a package instead of as a folder, that can be tricky to work with at the Finder level because users are expecting to see a folder full of video files instead of something that behaves like an application when you double-click on it.  A right-click or command click on the AVCDH package will display a "Show Package Contents" option that will open it like a folder; however, as stated in some other posts, you probably want to keep the SD card data in its entirety.  For my own projects, I drill down to the Streams folder to copy MTS files directly all the time.  For clients though, it's much wiser to preserve exactly what you ere given in case something later doesn't work as expected. ... View more

When it comes to creating source footage from scratch in Photoshop, I commonly design at 2x and animate at 1x.  Part of that is also to make sure that design elements can float.  (That is, be moved around as needed for different aspect ratios).  Even in video post, if the edited master is 1920x1080, I push for 3840x2160 source to allow for reframing shots.   I wish it were more common.  ... View more

It is still lingering, just not as often as before. ... View more

As the bottom of the paper moves out of frame, you many need to finish by tracking something that remains in the frame, calculating the offest, and then combining the result with your earlier track. ... View more

You'll want to establish the sustained data trasnfer rate required of your video (depending on your format, the Premiere Properties window may show this, but you can calculate it manually by dividing the file size by the duration).  Then, run a benchmark utility that tests your storage media for read and write speeds. You'll probably find that your storage media is not exceeding the bandwidth requirements of your source footage and/or Preivew settings and Export settings.  If not, then It's something else. What happens when you set your Playback Resolution for the Source and the Program to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16 (how low you can go depends on your frame size)?  Just making this change can allow for smooth playback - the trade-off being lower image quality. -Warren ... View more

It sounds like it's the dirctory structure of the Sony storage media that you're fighting against. If your client wants to send you the camera originals, he'll want to create a Zip archive from the root level of the Sony storage media.  That, or he'll want to transcode that data structure to files just appear as MOV or AVI or MXF (something that an edit system can easily import directly). If you use the Media Browser in Premiere Pro, you should see the clips from the SD card as expected in PR on Mac or Windows. For what it's worth, being able to easily view AVCHD at the Finder level on a Mac used to be QuickTime and is now AV Foundation Frameworks.  The player is still called QuickTime Player and the format is still the QuicKTime format (that is, a dot MOV); however, the system drivers are no longer QuickTime. -Warren ... View more

Hi Tsjanith: There is a significant difference between your two YouTube posts.   The difference reminds me of the days of creating content for interactive press kits that had to fit on a HD Floppy Disk with a "whopping" one megabyte to work with (at the time, that was large compared to SD Floppy Disk with just 800KB).  Then there was cramming video and audio onto CD-ROMS.  The key back then was high quality audio for source, edit and edited master and then IMA audio compression that maintained the full range of audio while dramatically reducing the file size and bandwidth requirements.  (I have to add, this was back when Windows98 was brand new and you had to do this on a Mac because you literally could not produce multimedia content on a Windows machine because neither the necessary hardware nor software was readily available for Windows based platforms at the time.  Things certainly have changed in that respect.) You clearly care about audio (and rightly so).  Have you heard the phrase "garbage in, garbage out"?  The tricky thing today is that you can have a source file that sounds great, but is meant for delivery (that is, the end of a workflow) and will not hold up to being used as source at the start of a workflow (that is, you'll hear compression generation loss).  Many of the formats that you listed as possible source are great for delivery, but to be avoided as source. I recommend that you establish a workflow that uses only WAV, AIF, AVI or MOV with audio that is uncomprsssed at 44.1KHz and 16-bit or better.   Then, use those settings for editing as well as generating an edited master (note:  Premiere Pro allows you to skip creating an edited master and encode right to your delivery setting).  You can encode your files for delivery (let's say YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, SoundCloud, Instagram, etc.) and you should be happy with the results.  This isn't Premiere Pro specific.  You'd want to follow these guidelines for Audition, After Effects, Prelude, Avid Media Composer, ProTools, Apple Logic, Sony Acid, SoundForge (if that's still around), Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro Classic, SoundTrack Pro, so forth and so on. -Warren ... View more

You're upgrading from a 2012 MacBook Pro?  You'll noticed a very good performance increase. ... View more

I would love to see native animated GIF support come back to After Effects!  GifGun (GifGun - aescripts + aeplugins - aescripts.com ) does a great job, but that's an extra $29 if you need more than the free version offers. Long live animated still images formats! ... View more

If you want to stick with a PS CS6/macOS 10.11 configuration, you may need to roll backd your OS (10.8 or 10.9 should be fine), install PS CS6 and then upgrade the OS to 10.11.  In that order, CS6 should run fine. Are you using FCP classic or FCP X?  If using classic, macOS 10.12 is that last macOS that it'll run under.  ... View more

I'd suggest combining Photoshop and InDesign for this one.  Use PS to create all of your artowrk and the InDesign Calendard Wizard by Scott Selbert for the page layout. Calendar Wizard Home -Warren ... View more

Any MacBook Pro with 16 GB or RAM and as large of an internal hard drive as its your budget and you're good to go. ... View more