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Mike_Abbott
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Mike_Abbott
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‎Feb 07, 2020
11:54 AM
It's designed to be like that. You're looking at the 'current time'. That shows the current time of the playhead - the blue vertical line in the timeline - also called the 'Current Time Indicator' (CTI). When you preview you'll see a red line - the 'previewed frame indicator' - moving through the timeline. The blue line stays still - so the current time display doesn't update - until you stop the preview. At that point the CTI moves to the last previewed frame* and the current time display updates.
* That's assuming you have default preview settings.
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‎Feb 07, 2020
06:49 AM
1 Upvote
Assuming you're looking at the title sequence... not really a whip pan, but I get the similarities...
Very simple really:
One portrait layer. Animate from off frame right into centre frame. Copy the centre keyframe and paste in a second or so later to give you the pause. Add another keyframe to move the layer off screen.
Move your playhead to the position of the last keyframe and hit Alt/Optn ] to trim the layer.
Duplicate your layer.
Select your new layer. Hold down the Alt/Optn key and drag a new 'portrait' from your project panel onto the selected layer. Release the Alt /Optn key. You've just done a source layer replacement.
Repeat those last 2 steps for as many layers as you need.
Select your first 'portrait' layer, shift click on your last 'portrait' layer. Animation menu: Keyframe Assistant > Sequence layers. Click OK.
Enable motion blur for all those layers.
Now go to Composition settings > Advanced and set the shutter angle to a high value - anything up to 720. Bigger number = more blur.
Once everything is done, pre-compose all the 'portrait' layers. Add a feathered mask over the central area to fade the images in / out as they move through the frame.
Add other background / foreground layers as you require.
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‎Feb 07, 2020
05:44 AM
1 Upvote
Effects > Stylize > Find Edges
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‎Feb 07, 2020
02:29 AM
Is it just this one file / project? Or a general problem?
Try the following menu option: File > Purge > All memory and disk cache.
Any improvement?
Check: Preferences > Previews > Audio: Is mute audio when preview is not Real-Time checked or not?
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‎Feb 06, 2020
08:44 AM
OK - I can see what's going on. I thought your transparency was correctly set up. My wrong assumption.
What to do:
Layer 1: 'Mode' menu should be 'normal'.
Layer 2: 'TrkMat' menu should be 'Luma Matte "name of layer 1" '
(Note: The visibility 'eye ball' for Layer 1 will automatically be switched off when you select 'Luma matte' for layer 2. That is correct. Leave it switched off.
You should now have created your transparency = an alpha channel. Check it with the transparency grid button I mentioned above. Render this out as before and you should be good to go.
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‎Feb 06, 2020
06:54 AM
...All of a sudden I realised we might be overthinking this... : )
Have you set up an luma track matte between your two layers? Your first screenshot isn't big enough for me to visually check.
NB: Edited: was 'alpha track matte' - I meant to write 'luma track matte'
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‎Feb 06, 2020
06:43 AM
Are you rendering via Media Encoder or Render Queue? What format / codec?
Its an 8 bit per channel project?
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‎Feb 06, 2020
04:19 AM
1 Upvote
I've not tried Change Default easing. Flow is top quality.
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‎Feb 06, 2020
03:10 AM
1 Upvote
If you've rendered this correctly - and from your description it reads like you have - your file does have an alpha channel. If you're viewing it in a typical 'consumer level' video player - VLC, Windows media player etc - they won't show the transparency / alpha, so you'll see black.
Import the rendered file back into After Effects. Here are a few things that are useful to know:
1. When the file is selected in the project panel, look at the thumbnail and information to the right of it. The last line will say: Millions of Colours... but if it also has a "+" that's telling you it has additional channels of data = an alpha channel.
2. In the project panel menu (the three short lines in the tab) you'll find the option for 'thumbnail transparency grid'. This will show the transparency in the thumbnail.
3. If you what to check the transparency at full size: double click the movie in the project panel and it will open in the 'footage window'. Toward the bottom lower left you'll find a 'transparency grid' icon - black and grey checkers. That can be toggled on / off to show transparency. The same icon is also available in the Composition and Layer windows.
So, please check it and report back. Does your file actually have an alpha?
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‎Feb 05, 2020
01:19 PM
As Rick says - no known pref for this, but there are a couple of related scripts available you might want to try:
Change default easing
Flow
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‎Feb 05, 2020
12:30 PM
1 Upvote
Not a problem. Continuous rasterisation (collapse transformations) was going to be my very next question : ) That should be off. There shouldn't be any quality problem at all.
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‎Feb 05, 2020
10:47 AM
Did you follow my exact suggestion above - or did you use the Pre-compose command?
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‎Feb 05, 2020
07:22 AM
1 Upvote
Take careful note of Mylenium's advice here. Clock speed is much more important than core count for Ae. Obviously it depends what generation of i7 you're moving from - but 2.2GHz is not much more than half the clock speed of a good i7 or i9 chip. As far as Ae work is concerned - you could easily be heading for a downgrade. You might want to spend some time reading related articles here: https://www.pugetsystems.com/
They're a well regarded system builder who have done a lot of testing into hardware for Ae and related applications.
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‎Feb 05, 2020
05:04 AM
3 Upvotes
No - I don't belive there is, and it's a pain. Two issues as far as I'm aware: 1. You can only reference timecode, not frame count, in AME. 2. If you render a partial sequence from AME the frame numbers will start at _000.
I think your best option would be: 1. Set the work area in AE to the section you want to render - you can then reference the frame number count in AE. The work area will be the default render area in AME. Add to Media Encoder Queue. 2. Render your image sequence patch into a different folder from your main sequence. 3. Use a batch file renaming tool to rename your files to start from [your starting frame number] rather than 0000.
4. Copy or Move your patched files into your main sequence folder to overwrite the old ones.
5. Add your vote to this request on the Adobe User voice for Media Encoder ; )
Adobe User Voice - Media Encoder
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‎Feb 05, 2020
04:07 AM
1 Upvote
In the file import dialog, when you select 'tif sequence' you should also find an option for 'Force alphabetical order'. Enable that and you should be OK. Your sequence should import in order and as you expect - importing all the frames you have, but not adding frames for the numbers you're not using.
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‎Feb 04, 2020
03:34 PM
Are you rendering out through the Render Queue? Or Media Encoder?
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‎Feb 04, 2020
09:24 AM
1 Upvote
How about duplicating your masked solid and using it as an alpha track matte for your mp4 ?
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‎Feb 04, 2020
08:57 AM
1 Upvote
I think it's just an accuracy limitation with the stroke effect. Use a shape layer - stroke only, with a trim paths modifier. Apply your expression to the trim path start or end value. That seems to work fine from a brief test.
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‎Feb 04, 2020
08:28 AM
4 Upvotes
1. Type tool. Click - don't drag out a box. Type your text. Make sure the text paragraph is aligned left.
2. With the type layer selected, add a circle mask.
3. Twirl open the text layer to find 'Path Options'. Open that and select 'Path 1' from the path menu.
4. Adjust the parameters that are now visible in the path section.
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‎Feb 04, 2020
06:41 AM
1 Upvote
OK - I think how I would approach this is:
Create a 1,920 (high) x 1,080 (wide) Comp and build your animation in that. Once you've got everything done create a conventional 1,920 (wide) x 1,080 (high) comp and drop your original comp in that. Then rotate the comp layer through -90 degrees so it's sideways in view and fills the landscape comp.
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‎Feb 04, 2020
03:11 AM
1 Upvote
As Oussk says - you can make your video whatever size / orientation you need.
However... One thing you want to clarify here: You say the aim is "... to play the video on a television screen". Is this just going to be a standard TV - but physically rotated and mounted 90 degress from normal orientation?
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‎Feb 04, 2020
03:02 AM
You'd have to check with the authors of the plugins you're using to see if you could temporarily transfer / use them on another machine. It depends on their individual licencing arrangements.
One final thing I would suggest: Do you have to render at that size? Could you render at 50% or 75% size and scale up the resulting video once output?
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‎Feb 03, 2020
01:41 AM
You will probably need to do a 3D camera track of the scene. If you're not familiar with that, here's a introductory tutorial:
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/after-effects/how-to/add-3d-text-video-footage.html
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‎Feb 03, 2020
01:34 AM
Unfortunately, with the laptop you have - a Macbook Air - I don't believe you can upgrade the RAM, as it's soldered onto the motherboard. So, rather than buying a new computer... please let us know:
Why do you need output this big - what are you doing with it? Does your composition / layers have effects applied, and if so what are they?
If we have this information we *might* be able to offer some help in rendering out this composition with the computer resources you have. Otherwise you'll have to find someone who can render this for you on a machine with more RAM.
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‎Feb 02, 2020
11:07 AM
...particularly for such a large video frame (9,600 X 5,400 px). The length of the composition is irrelevant, but Ae needs enough memory to render each frame. Do you have effects applied to that layer as well? If so, which?
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‎Feb 02, 2020
06:32 AM
How much memory (RAM) does your computer have?
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‎Feb 02, 2020
06:27 AM
You'll need to render out through Media Encoder: Composition > Add to Media Encoder queue.
Once in Media encoder drag and drop the following sytem rendering preset onto your composition output line:
Broadcast > H.624 > Match Source - High bitrate.
For more details see part two of this page:
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/after-effects/how-to/render-video-composition.html
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‎Feb 02, 2020
06:16 AM
Can you upload a screen shot of your timeline? Select the two layers you are working with and type "UU". This will show the expressions. Drag the lower boundary down to make sure we can see the full expression.
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‎Jan 31, 2020
09:16 AM
2 Upvotes
Try:
styleA = thisComp.layer("text2").text.sourceText.getStyleAt(0);
styleB = styleA.setFontSize(500)
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