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Benjamin Ausmith

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February 22nd 2012
67 Posts
How to use the Light layer that acts as a light that shines on my face but not make the whole video dark
by Sebastian Lee 5 months ago
I went through a lot of trial and error but still not getting what I want. I want to make, umm.. let's say a torch shine on my face (in the footage), so I put a Light layer on top of that footage laye
Re: How to use the Light layer that acts as a light that shines on my face but not make the whole video dark
by Benjamin Ausmith 5 months ago
For an even simpler method, just make an adjustment layer with increased brightness or exposure, and make a feathered mask where you want it. Light layers are useful for 3D layers but overkill for bri
Premiere Pro CS6 is not playing back
by Jack Slattery 7 months ago
I recently came back to a project i was editing on Premiere Pro CS6 on my Mac OS X. However when i press spacebar or click the play button, it doesn't move. Not even a frame. I did adjust a couple of
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 is not playing back
by Benjamin Ausmith 7 months ago
Give this a shot: http: bourkemedia.com cs6-nvidia-card
best vfx music video this year ... any idea how they made it?
by Paul Baker 8 months ago
Anyone have any idea on what plugins, or other programs than AE were used to create the visuals in this music video http: youtu.be I_K5bNLy3FA Bassnectar - Vava Voom Directed & Produced by Joey Garfie
Re: best vfx music video this year ... any idea how they made it?
by Benjamin Ausmith 8 months ago
Going to have to completely disagree that this is 'good VFX.' It's completely chaotic-- an overwhelming mash of tons of effects that don't evoke any single emotion from me. Am I supposed to be intrigu
Importing 3D .PSD?
by Ben Hartley 8 months ago
Hi everyone, I am trying to import a 3D .psd layer that i have previously imported into Photoshop from a .3ds file (new 3d layer) and then saved as a .psd. When I import into after effects there isnt
Re: Importing 3D .PSD?
by Benjamin Ausmith 8 months ago
It'll work in CS5 and 5.5, though. Until they fix it in CS6, try AtomKraft: https: atomkraft.hk aftereffects Benjamin Ausmith Post-Production Assistant Monadnock Media, inc.
Rectangle-Tool doesnt work
by Tim BIos 8 months ago
Hey there, sorry in advance for the stupid question ... I am a ae-beginner (I do have basic knowledge in FCP Motion)! But to me this seems to be a really weird problem. Actually it shouldn t be a big
Re: Rectangle-Tool doesnt work
by Benjamin Ausmith 8 months ago
You're probably working in the layers tab. Make sure you're in the 'composition' tab at the top of the screen. Benjamin Ausmith Post-Production Assistant Monadnock Media, inc.
Copy/Paste title attributes?
by Benjamin Ausmith 8 months ago
Hey everyone. Is there a way to copy the parameters from the titler tool into all my titles I need to change the color, font size, and leading on about 80 captions. Don't want to do them individually.
Re: Copy/Paste title attributes?
by Benjamin Ausmith 8 months ago
Interesting. Saves me a couple of clicks, but doesn't apply the font size by default, nor does it seem to keep my leading. Still, better than nothing. Thanks
Weird glitchiness upon export
by Benjamin Ausmith 9 months ago
Things on my project were working fine for a while. All of the sudden, I get some WEIRD glitches when I export. Some involve the image on screen jumping around, being repeated many times inside the fr
Re: Weird glitchiness upon export
by Benjamin Ausmith 9 months ago
My sequence is HDV720p at 23.976fps. Outputting using the Vimeo SD H264 setting at 23.976, just to show to clients. It's somewhat encouraging to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem, thank
Buttons over looping movie
by Benjamin Ausmith 10 months ago
Hi there, apologizing in advance for the total noob post, but I can't seem to figure this one out on my own. I need to make a DVD that starts on a movie that's looping continuously. At any time, one c
Re: Buttons over looping movie
by Benjamin Ausmith 10 months ago
And how does one do that (I'm working in CS6.)
Can't export XML from Premerie CS6
by Benjamin Ausmith 11 months ago
For one specific project I'm working on, whenever I try and export XML, the status bar gets about a third of the way through, then stops. I have to force quit Premiere to end anything. I've tried trou
Re: Can't export XML from Premerie CS6
by Benjamin Ausmith 11 months ago
Hey, I figured it out! I had a weird file in my bin-- probably not an .mov, but it somehow got an .mov extension. Deleting that made the XML work. whoooo
Unable to relink subclips to masters
by Benjamin Ausmith 11 months ago
We've just received a drive with master clips, and a bin that contains subclips and appropriate metadata for each of the master clips. Everything worked fine on the machine from where we got the foota
Re: Unable to relink subclips to masters
by Benjamin Ausmith 11 months ago
Figured it out, mostly. We needed to download Calibrated MXF in order for our machine to even read the video files. Once it was able to do that, Avid was able to relink them. Not sure why those files
Transparent GIF animation?
by Daniel Distré 12 months ago
Well, I wrote a thread in the "Adobe PhotoShop" section for not too long ago. Where I aimed on how I can save an transparent GIF animation (with no background), which turns out that I actually can't (
Re: Transparent GIF animation?
by Benjamin Ausmith 12 months ago
After Effects CS4 could export animated GIFs, but 5 and on apparently can't. I'd export an TIFF sequences, making sure to export RGB + Alpha, then import that into Photoshop, and then export the GIF f
Copy Pixel Motion vectors?
by Robert Dodson 1 year ago
Hi, I have an idea for an effect, but I'm not sure if it's possible to accomplish in AE. What I'd like to do is copy the Pixel Motion vectors from one clip to a different clip; say I put Timewarp on C
Re: Copy Pixel Motion vectors?
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
You're not talking about datamoshing, are you http: www.youtube.com watch v=tYytVzbPky8 Benjamin Ausmith Post-Production Assistant Monadnock Media, inc.
Text following a subject - is there a plug in
by Eve Myhill 1 year ago
I've seen this on a few adds and wondering if there is a plug in or 'cheat' to anchoring text to a moving subject or even keeping it fixed to a subject as the camera moves around. I want to keep the p
Re: Text following a subject - is there a plug in
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Seems like this is really easy to do in CS6 using the built in camera tracker! Haven't had the chance to get my hands on a copy yet, though.
Work Flow Question
by Dave Simpson 1 year ago
I have a project that will be delivered on DVD to be played on a large 16 x 9 Screen at a Theatre. I am working in NTSC with AE CS5.5. The video is a preview of the upcoming season where basically we'
Re: Work Flow Question
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
I've had success exporting directly from After Effects using the DVD preset.
Animated grunge textures
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Allo everybody. I'm working on abstractifying some video. In photoshop, I've done some cool things in the past where I've taken grunge textures (a quick google image search will let you know what I'm
Re: Animated grunge textures
by Kevin Camp 1 year ago
you can do a lot with fractal noise, just keep playing with the settings... basic dirt-on-film look can be achieved with by increasing the contrast and brightness to get the amount of dirt wanted, the
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Rolling an egg
by Eric Olson 1 year ago
Hi, I'm trying to animate an irregular shape, ie an egg, so it looks like its rolling along the ground. Is there a way that I can pin the path of the egg shape to a particular spot while I rotate it I
Re: Rolling an egg
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
I gotta disagree with that. The anchor point needs to animate-- otherwise, the egg will either overlap the surface, or won't touch the surface, since the shape is uneven. I'm curious about how to solv
Bullet time? Variable speed? What to call this?
by Rosa Jurjevics 1 year ago
Hello, all! I've been driving myself nuts searching the forums for the technical term for an effect in which one subject moves in realtime and others move in fast or slow motion (usually slow). My goo
Re: Bullet time? Variable speed? What to call this?
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
I guess the technical term is variable speed, but there might be a flashier name. The easiest way to do this in After Effects is probably to right click on your layer and select 'enable time remapping
How to animate text to do a barrel roll/spin
by Nick Dyer 1 year ago
Hey guys, I am trying to get my text to roll on itself but every time I try, the text disapears while it is doing the barrel roll effect. I am trying to create the same effect that is at the end of th
Re: How to animate text to do a barrel roll/spin
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Press R twice and shout "DO A BARREL ROLL!"
Masking a single layer in a complex comp.
by Kyle Tobias 1 year ago
OK I'm working on animating this (I'm still learning so I know a lot of things could be improved). http: null-entity.deviantart.com gallery catpath=scraps# d4w0y76 I am trying to add a few rotating gl
Re: Masking a single layer in a complex comp.
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Track mattes. http: library.creativecow.net mcauliffe_kevin You-Ask-I-Answer_Track-Mattes-AE 1 Benjamin Ausmith Post-Production Assistant Monadnock Media, inc.
How do I add a camera click to sequence of stills?
by Rob Such 1 year ago
Hi, Anyone know how I can add a camera shutter click, recorded as a wav file, to a sequence of stills Just wondering if there's a quick way to do it, rather than having to duplicate the sound and manu
Re: How do I add a camera click to sequence of stills?
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Pressing 's' turns off snapping in Premiere.
Teardrop Effect
by Steven Probets 1 year ago
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction to create a teardrop falling from someones eye I cannot find any tutorials on this kind of thing. Thanks! Steven
Re: Teardrop Effect
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Here's a wonderful tutorial on this kind of thing: http: www.youtube.com watch v=svwy5M9Ic-M
quick fix?... cant see my anchor point cross heir...
by Adrian Le Roux 1 year ago
how do I get it back please Thanks for your time.
Re: quick fix?... cant see my anchor point cross heir...
by Benjamin Ausmith 1 year ago
Are you sure it's somewhere in your viewing window Rotate around it, to make sure it's physically where you might be able to see it. If it's not, try Layer Transform Center in View Benjamin Ausmith Po


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