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Jon Chambers
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Jon Chambers
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‎Aug 10, 2017
07:08 AM
Every time I google this, I must be using the wrong terminology, because I can't find the answers, so I will explain this in long form here: I'm working on a project with a team member that's using Audacity, but I'm using Audition. He's doing the foley, while I'm doing dialogue and music. To make life easier for me, he works in multiple tracks so that two sound effects aren't ever fused together. That way, I can move them separately, adjust the volume separately, and so on. However, to get this many tracks, there is a lot of complete silence in between. When I say "silence", I don't mean "microphone is recording but nothing is happening" silence (as my google searching seems to keep defining the word) but total zeros in the wav form silence. No sound at all. (Please, someone tell me the correct professional term for that. Complete silence? Utter silence? Absolute silence? Air break? Dead air? Silence that is actually silent? Negative infinity decibels? No idea.) So, what I should do, now that I've dragged and dropped the foley tracks into place, is get the blade tool and mark every point where the silence starts or stops. Then, manually click and delete every silent clip, so that the only clips which remain are clips with noise in them. From there I can adjust the timing, volume, and other properties of each individual clip without adjusting the track as a whole. I can also glance at a section of silence and know with absolute certainty that there is no sound in that section, because instead of being in a bright purple rectangle, it's the dark grey of there being absolutely no clip in the multitrack editor at all. Doing this manually would take forever, and I might delete an actual sound by accident because I didn't zoom in far enough to see the subtle wave form. What is the automated way of doing this?
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‎Jun 25, 2017
09:56 AM
Shame. I'll put in a feature request.
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‎Jun 25, 2017
09:23 AM
I just discovered the centered auto scrolling feature, and it's awesome! However, sometimes I want centred auto scrolling, and sometimes I don't. Is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut that turns it on and off?
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‎Jan 22, 2017
12:19 PM
Could you give me the step by step idiots guide to recovering from recovery file? Because normally it opens automatically
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‎Jan 22, 2017
05:59 AM
Yes, I know it's lost forever. It's a common story I've heard before, and although I would try anything to get it back, I'm not holding my breath. My real question, is how do the professionals avoid this? Should I stop clicking save and start clicking save as, along with a long version number? Is there an extension or program or windows setting that makes recovery past a bad save possible?
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‎Jan 19, 2017
03:36 AM
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online. *Below is copied text from my first attempt at sharing this. Hopefully it will work this time.* I've just finished making my first ever puppet, and I'd like to set it free on the world. So as from right now, it is officially public domain. You don't have to give me credit, or notify me (though if you feel so inclined, it's Jon Chambers and @q4tproductions on twitter). Feel free to share it onward again, use it in tutorials, make money from it, tell people you made it, or whatever. I don't care, nor do I require any royalties. This is my first ever puppet, so be gentle when critiquing it, because I hardly knew how to use Adobe Illustrator at all before I started this project, and I certainly didn't know what Character Animator was. So what's in it for me? Several things: -Warm fuzzies knowing my first digital child is making it out in the world on his own. -Given that it's modelled on me, it would be cool to see all the zany adventures I get up to out in fictional worlds on the internet. -I'm unemployed right now, so it would be awesome if it could not only be in my portfolio, but if I'd need to carry the original reference photos as proof that yes I created it, and yes, it actually is me. (Let's face it, other people's work is so much cooler if the first time you see it, you don't believe they really did it.) -People tend to give much more detailed feedback on what worked well and what didn't if it's work I'm doing for them rather than work I'm doing for myself. So, it's yours now. How did I do? If anyone can officially list it as an Adobe Asset, that would be a badge of honour I would wear with pride, and will look awesome on my resume, even if not my bank balance.
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‎Jan 18, 2017
04:30 AM
Free Puppet.zip - Google Drive I've just finished making my first ever puppet, and I'd like to set it free on the world. So as from right now, it is officially public domain. You don't have to give me credit, or notify me (though if you feel so inclined, it's Jon Chambers and @q4tproductions on twitter). Feel free to share it onward again, use it in tutorials, make money from it, tell people you made it, or whatever. I don't care, nor do I require any royalties. This is my first ever puppet, so be gentle when critiquing it, because I hardly knew how to use Adobe Illustrator at all before I started this project, and I certainly didn't know what Character Animator was. So what's in it for me? Several things: -Warm fuzzies knowing my first digital child is making it out in the world on his own. -Given that it's modelled on me, it would be cool to see all the zany adventures I get up to out in fictional worlds on the internet. -I'm unemployed right now, so it would be awesome if it could not only be in my portfolio, but if I'd need to carry the original reference photos as proof that yes I created it, and yes, it actually is me. (Let's face it, other people's work is so much cooler if the first time you see it, you don't believe they really did it.) -People tend to give much more detailed feedback on what worked well and what didn't if it's work I'm doing for them rather than work I'm doing for myself. So, it's yours now. How did I do? If anyone can officially list it as an Adobe Asset, that would be a badge of honour I would wear with pride, and will look awesome on my resume, even if not my bank balance.
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‎Jan 17, 2017
04:00 AM
Update: Further experimentation reveal that the bone tool just sucks. It doesn't matter where I put the anchor point, if it is reposed over enough key frames, bones will slowly come out of their sockets, no matter what.
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‎Jan 16, 2017
08:36 AM
I'm on a budget. So, although I could upgrade both, I'd rather upgrade one properly. Also, which one is doing the heavy lifting? Does Animate actually max out my GPU, or is the bottleneck in the CPU? I don't want to upgrade both if only one of them is causing the problems.
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‎Jan 16, 2017
06:48 AM
I don't think "Playl" is a real word. I tried googling "SoundMixer.Playl", and this forum post was the only result I could find. Perhaps delete the "l"?
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‎Jan 15, 2017
11:09 PM
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online. That's my work in progress if you want to see what I'm talking about. As I animate with the bone tool, the bones seem to move out of their sockets at the speed of about a pixel a minute. This may not seem like a big deal, but over ten minutes it can really add up. So, how can I prevent this from happening? Is it possible to recover this, or should I start over? What caused it?
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‎Jan 15, 2017
01:03 AM
Definitely not the RAM. I checked. The CPU was running at 34%, so not too sure what to make of that.
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‎Jan 15, 2017
12:56 AM
Processor Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz Manufacturer Intel Speed 2.7 GHz Number of Cores 4 CPU ID BFEBFBFF000506E3 Family 06 Model 5E Stepping 3 Revision Memory RAM 16 GB Video Card Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Manufacturer NVIDIA Chipset GeForce GTX 580 Dedicated Memory 1.5 GB Total Memory 4.0 GB Pixel Shader Version 5.0 Vertex Shader Version 5.0 Hardware T & L Yes Vendor ID 10DE Device 1080 Plug and Play ID VEN_10DE&DEV_1080&SUBSYS_086A10DE&REV_A1 Driver Version 21.21.13.6909 Operating System Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 (build 14393), 64-bit Service Pack 0 Size 64-bit Edition Version 10.0.14393 Locale 0C09 BIOS BIOS BIOS Date: 08/01/15 00:19:26 Ver: 05.0000B Version American Megatrends Inc. P1.20 Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc. Date 08/01/15 Sound Audio 1 Sound Device Microsoft® LifeCam Studio(TM) Driver 10.0.14393.0 Audio 2 Sound Device Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.7614 Audio 3 Sound Device NVIDIA High Definition Audio Driver 1.3.34.15 Audio 4 Sound Device NVIDIA High Definition Audio Driver 1.3.34.15 Audio 5 Sound Device NVIDIA High Definition Audio Driver 1.3.34.15 Audio 6 Sound Device NVIDIA High Definition Audio Driver 1.3.34.15 Audio 7 Sound Device NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM) Driver 1.2.40.0 Drives DVD PLDS BD-RE DH-8B2SH CD PLDS BD-RE DH-8B2SH Drive 1 Size 1.7 TB Free Memory 1.5 TB Drive 2 Size 120.0 GB Free Memory 4.1 GB Software Internet Explorer 11.576.14393.0 Chrome 55.0.2883.87 Firefox Safari Java Flash 18.0.0.203 DirectX 11.0 .NET 4.6.2 QuickTime Adobe PDF Reader
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‎Jan 14, 2017
10:23 PM
Without going into specs, my GPU is definitely due an upgrade more than my CPU, but if I bought a new GPU, would Animate even use it to its fullest? As my animation is getting larger, I'm finding it will occasionally freeze for a minute while editing. It doesn't do it often, but it would be nice if the freezes were shorter.
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‎Jan 13, 2017
09:47 AM
Also, you know how the drag tool in illustrator snaps to the centres and edges of things? It would be nice if all the handles, staples and pivot points did likewise.
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‎Jan 13, 2017
09:38 AM
Almost all of them can be summed up as Character Animator behaving more like or integrating better with Adobe Animate. At the moment, I need After Effects to composite the two together, but it would be nice not to have to resort to such work-arounds. If I had to pick one feature, it would be the ability to round off the timing of all visemes to the nearest whole frame, then frame by frame, be able to swap visemes out (like I would with Adobe Animate). What would be even more awesome, is if the lipsync feature were just imported to Adobe Animate directly. Bringing the bone tool to Character Animator would also be awesome. Importing vector animation would be another feature I'd use, rather than only importing PNGs, so an animation could be created using shape tweens and motion tweens in Animate before being pushed over to Character Animator.
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‎Jan 13, 2017
07:44 AM
the latest CC version. Odd, that's exactly what I wanted to do, yet I couldn't do it. I'll sleep on this one and try again tomorrow.
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‎Jan 13, 2017
07:21 AM
Wow, I never would have guessed that. Also, even if that information exists somewhere, I would've never figured out the key words to find it. You're a life saver. I couldn't have done it without you.
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‎Jan 13, 2017
06:42 AM
That's what I thought, but I get an error message. It says it MUST be a movie clip. I could have a graphic symbol inside the movie clip, but then I can't control it from the timeline. Maybe I've misunderstood you. Could you mock up a quick *.fla?
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‎Jan 13, 2017
06:33 AM
I'm using the bone tool to animate, so the parts must be movie clips. However, I also have 5 different possible hand gestures, so a graphic and frame picker would be perfect for cycling through them and choosing the correct one as required. How do I get the functionality of both?
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‎Jan 13, 2017
06:29 AM
This should be such a simple thing, but I can't for the life of me figure it out: After using the bone tool, I zoom in to find that my rig wasn't in EXACTLY the right place. How do I nudge it over without taking my work with it? I only want to move the rig while the actual object parts remain in exactly the same place.
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‎Jan 13, 2017
04:50 AM
I understand and respect that talking about an upcoming release can be easily misunderstood. "We're working on X" can be misunderstood to mean "There will definitely be X" "I expect it will be ready by Y" can be misunderstood to mean "It will definitely be ready by Y" Still, any news? I've got some character animator tasks to do, and want to know if it's worth waiting for the update before starting.
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‎Jan 09, 2017
01:33 PM
Yes, that's because I'm a moron, that should've posted this file instead Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online. I'm pretty sure that file is corrupt, as it has not run since it was created. You can try playing it yourself if you really want, but I wouldn't bother.
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‎Jan 09, 2017
01:10 PM
Stand by everyone. This problem runs deeper than I thought. Turns out the audio file wasn't playable at all from the moment it was created. This falls outside of Adobe's jurisdiction now.
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‎Jan 09, 2017
01:05 PM
I used those exact settings. It's a *.wav file by the way. Error message: "One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them."
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‎Jan 09, 2017
06:38 AM
Unless there is a button in Audition that says "compatible settings" that I've missed, I think you've misunderstood my question.
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‎Jan 09, 2017
05:17 AM
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online. The link is an audio track. I already know the bitrate is too high, but even brought down to 16 bit, Adobe Animate still can't handle it. What do I do next? I don't want to reduce quality more than necessary.
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