You are trying to copy keyframes from a video clip to a solid? ... View more

If it's Camtasia, I'm pretty sure it has a feature built in TO highlight the curser. Eric ... View more

I assume you are trying to highlight where the mouse is going for some reason.  If you have tried these other methods, you may have to do it manually but I'm not sure how long this video is. That fact that it's move fast, would make some of those movements easy with motion blur, etc. BUT, here's a thought, maybe NOT highlight the entire way and just bring in the highlight as it approaches each destination and pause if necessary to ensure the viewer sees it long enough to digest. Again, I have no idea how long this is or whether it's like a tutorial or what. Eric ... View more

All this talk about the illegal video aside, I don't really see the effect you are looking to achieve here.  What choppy video?   I see poor quality but not going to watch it from :30 to the end.  However, you can go to youtube and search good choppy video tutorials for after effects and I'm sure you'll find tons of stuff. Eric ... View more

I think what you are looking for is an exact answer with specific details on how to accomplish it.  What we expect you to do is take the multiple suggestions, complimented with some research, and give it a try. You've asked two simple things.  How to blur background and how to make video look old.  Both are easily found on youtube. So, I'll leave you with this.  Use Google and YouTube and do a bit of homework using the suggestions we've provided. Eric ... View more

I see that you have just reposted the same video that we've been providing numerous responses to and this is beginning to look more like spam. If there are further questions, feel free to post but I'm considering this one closed. Eric ... View more

There are too many tutorials and you should see several to get after what you want.  Here is what I suggest. Go to youtube and search for tutorials on achieving depth of field and how to make film look old, etc. Add "After effects tutorial" to pretty much anything you want and you will find it. But, as I mentioned before and as the gentleman above mentioned, right in after effects are blurs and grain and numerous other effects that you can use right away to make a clip look "bad". It's really important that you maximize the use of those resources and you'll find that things will come to you much easier as you learn. Eric ... View more

The best way to get that depth of field is naturally by settings on your lens (if it has that ability).  You won't get much of that if you don't have a good lens.  I would direct you to youtube on how to properly adjust your lenses for that because there's a ton on that. If you are unable to do that, certainly some manual stuff can be done but it can highly complicate things if you are trying to blur background only with moving shots. Could require rotoscoping, etc. I presume you want to make the footage low quality and blurry for some particular effect.  There are effects right in after effects for that, whether it's adding grain or simply adding a blur to entire video.  And there are numerous plugins you can purchase for that too. I'd really suggest you make good use of youtube on this because there are so many ways to do it, it would be more efficient and give you a better understanding to research. Eric ... View more

Yes, this is the type thing I was mentioning to him but he is looking for something entirely different. lol ... View more

We must not be looking at the same thing. Now, looking at 1:35 - 2:40, all I am seeing is a conversation at a bar between a woman and a bald headed guy. What is the effect?  It almost sounds like you as talking about depth of field and the background being blurry.  Truth be told, the entire footage is pretty low quality and blurry though. I think you are talking about simple depth of field which is nothing more than how you shoot, type of lens, and the lens settings. Eric ... View more

It's ok.  Adobe Premiere is the associated editor in the Adobe products but using CS6 tells me you aren't a subscriber to the Adobe Creative Cloud where you would have all of these products and updates. It is the video editor by Adobe.  You must be editing your video in some form of editor right? Eric ... View more

Ok, so you are trying to achieve this effect of swinging around people and those quick shots around that limo, etc. This can be very complex or cheated and there are tons of tutorials out there on that. For example one of the easiest ways to cheat a look similar to that is to have your subjects remain as still as possible to give the feel that it's ultra slow motion and you pan the camera around them, to them, etc. In this segment, based on what I'm seeing, they may have even used stills of the people, did the shot without them and then added them in with some tracking data to keep them in place. Eric ... View more

After Effects is meant for building those effects where necessary for your project but after that, you should conduct your editing and reviews in Premiere.  We all start out new at some point so it's a learning point. So, assuming you are editing in Adobe Premiere, that's where you would review. Eric ... View more

You realize, you posted a 45 minute video? What effect are you looking to recreate.  Try pointing to the precise time hack so we can tell what you are after. Eric ... View more

If I'm reading this right, are you expecting to see the entire 3 minutes in RAM preview?  If so, that's a bit of a false expectation.  That's way too much to try and buffer.  It's intended to preview short parts to ensure an effect, etc are properly placed and working but not so much to preview the entire clip. Eric ... View more

I think this might just be a simple procedural thing.  Try watching this.  The ordering is important. Magazine Page flip Tutorial for Adobe After Effects - YouTube Hope it helps. Eric ... View more

When you say the composition gets smaller, you mean the actual display of the movie/video/project, or the area where your layers and effects are located?  Not so sure you are moving the play head or resizing the work area is kind of where I'm going here.  Otherwise, simply moving the play head would have no impact on the work space or the visual display of the project. The fact that it all bounces back is odd too.  A screenshot for sure would be helpful. And by "stage", you are talking about this display window? Eric ... View more

This could be all sorts of things but let me understand what you mean. When you say it is "blank", are you saying when you hit LL to see the waveform, there is nothing there?  A jumpy playback could be system memory related issue but I'd at least first turn off all other layers with effects and try to play the audio since audio itself tends to be one of the least memory use items. I suppose the most important question is are we talking about a specific audio track?  You mention you can bring it in as a group where others play fine so just wondering but a lot going on there with your description. Sounds like a combination of corrupted file or some file type support issue. Eric ... View more

I'm curious why Primatte is the prime suspect?  Is there something pointing to think that?  I'm only curious because I've had and routinely use Primatte for years and have never had a single issue like that. Eric ... View more

Does the above answer your question? ... View more

You could simply speak the sounds yourself.  I think the key to figuring out how best to use would be to determine how long the clip is.  The eyes would begin in the close state and blink via sound to open.  In that case, essentially, they would be closed more than open, so long as there were no sounds.  Now, that said, you could easily just play with some keyframes after the fact to adjust. For example, I'd probably make one sound and just duplicate it. So, if one syllable sound opens the eyes, probably 2 key frames. That means that if on first keyframe they are closed, second keyframe they are open and would now remain open.  They duplicate those again at a point in time of your choice and she will blink again.  To remain closed a bit longer, you'd just copy the keyframe in which they are closed and slide out the open eye keyframe to the right.  That would then keep eyes closed for longer period. A combination of the automated and manual procedure. Eric ... View more

If I understand the question, you are asking if the .psd that already has all 10 layers composited in to a single file is better than leaving them separate?  My answer.  No.  So long as there has been no change to resolution or other factors, doesn't really matter. Eric ... View more

Hey Scooter, That's great news!  Glad you found a method that works for you. Eric ... View more

Glad you found.  That is exactly what I was thinking too.  I presume now, you have gone in to composition settings, extended the length and then extended your images (or video). Eric ... View more

I would take it in to after effects and do it.  In terms of how to do it, the first thing that comes to mind to me is to use a script called Lip Synch which I think would be good for this.  It essentially would split at points you define.  It would require that you keep or copy the eyes as a layer in background (and remove on top layer), apply the effect on the eyes, relatively straight forward. The start point would be to bring the eyes closed, then use sounds to open them (like 1 syllable - blink, blink, blink, or whatever). I can tell you more if you like. Other manual ways would be to, again, make the eyes a separate background layer with the eyes cut out on the top layer.  Then use and animate the eyes closed with Mesh Warp.  That's probably the simplest way. Eric ... View more

I'm going to ask my first question again.  Have you tried opening other projects to see if it's just this one?  I've experienced this same symptom before and it is often associated with a corrupted project.  Eric ... View more

What you need to do is isolate the "effect" and describe what you are looking to do then figure that out.  What I saw in a short few seconds was some sort of a glitch effect, maybe a shift channels or something but most effects have a combination of things going on that the artist designed. As noted below, snow and other things have a ton of different ways from snow plugins to more controlled things like Trapcode Particular and in each of these, it requires study to figure out how to achieve the effect. Eric ... View more

Have you done some troubleshooting, like attempting to open other projects to see if it is only affected by one? ... View more

Plenty of answers here but seems simple, strike an arrangement and pay or it's not legal. ... View more