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| | | | | | Counter increases with every markerby Chris Tarroza 2 days agoI have a project where I am essentially counting the number of times a word is said in a video clip. I will have an animating number on screen that increases per mention of that word. Seeing as how th | | | | |
| | | | | How was this transition done?by Chris Tarroza 2 weeks agoI watched this transition over and over again, frame by frame and can't quite figure out how it was done. Any ideas http: reels.creativecow.net film call-of-duty-transition Freelance Video Editor and | Re: How was this transition done?
by Chris Tarroza 1 week ago
Thanks Cassius. I believe I enabled people to download the original file, that would be as good as it gets it terms of quality. I have a some stock footage of smoke and have been trying to use liquify
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| | | | | Video: Call of Duty transitionby Chris Tarroza 2 weeks agoCall of Duty transition Trying to figure out how this transition was done. Any ideas watch video | Re: Call of Duty transition
by Tim Vaughan 2 weeks ago
Trapcode Form is my best guess. I've seen a lot of tuts done on that (RedGiantSoftware), and the particules look very much in the Form vein. But again, a guess... Tim Apple XRAID, XServe, 2008 2x3 GHz
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| | | |  | Time Lapse of Large Imagesby Brute Wolf 3 weeks agoI'm having trouble controlling the sequence settings when importing an image sequence for time lapse. Back in my FCP7 days, the image sequence would maintain the size of the photos, allowing me to zoo | | | | |
| | | | | Kona LH No Video Outputby Chris Tarroza 6 months agoJust as the title says, I am not getting any video out of my Kona LH. Whether SDI or Component, through the KL-Box or straight from the card, I got nothing. I am getting audio though. Any help would b | Re: Kona LH No Video Output
by AJA Sales Department 6 months ago
Please feel free to contact AJA Technical Support for assistance if you have not already. You may reach them via phone or email between 9am and 5pm PST Monday through Friday. -- AJA Video Systems +1 (
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| | | | | Review pulldown video without a monitorby Chris Tarroza 6 months agoI have a commercial, shot in 23.976 that's going out to broadcast in 29.97. I have followed settings from other posts, testing with both After Effects and Compressor to get my final file. I followed D | | | | |
| | | | | Gigantic Project File Sizes CS6by Chris Tarroza 6 months agoMy .prproj file for the current project I am working on is currently at 271 MB. I imagine this is the reason why opening and saving the file takes really long. Other than about 10-15 AE dynamic link s | Re: Gigantic Project File Sizes CS6
by Karl Soule 6 months ago
Worst-case scenario - create a new project, and import the extra-large project into the new empty one. That usually corrects the issue, and the new project is much smaller. Karl Soule' blogs.adobe.com
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| | | | | Tough iphone screen trackby Chris Tarroza 7 months agoHi there I need some help tracking this particular shot. An iphone being held and I need to do a screen replacement. After many attempts through mocha AE, I'm back at square one with nada. Could be th | Re: Tough iphone screen track
by Chris Tarroza 7 months ago
Thanks guys. You're right no need to roto the fingers as I can just key it. The problems happen both near the beginning when the hand on the left grabs the phone and then towards the end when the phon
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| | | | | Green screen and projectorsby Chris Tarroza 8 months agoI will be working on a commercial that features a projector as the selling product. Obviously, said projector will be used in the spot. I am being told that they will be projecting a green image from  | Re: Green screen and projectors
by Vishesh Arora 8 months ago
Main problem will come if there is something that will come in between of the projector beams. So you keep the projector at a good height to avoid any conflict. For tracking, Use some small(so that no
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| | | | | 3D Tracking to a Moving Objectby Chris Tarroza 11 months agoI have a project coming up that involves some tracking work. I have a general idea of how this MIGHT work, but I'm not 100% sure and I would like to avoid any potential headaches! Here's a storyboard | Re: 3D Tracking to a Moving Object
by Chris Tarroza 11 months ago
By "move in 3D" I meant that it follows the camera movement and sticks to the cyclist. I did do a quick run through with AE's Camera Tracker. It's not perfect but it's pretty close. It does a real goo
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| | | | | ARRI Alexa and CS6 Workflowby Chris Tarroza 12 months agoI will be working on a project that will be shot on the ARRI Alexa. I'm thinking of cutting it in Premiere Pro CS6 seeing how it "should" be faster than FCP7. The other side of this is that I'm pretty | Re: ARRI Alexa and CS6 Workflow
by Alan Gordon 12 months ago
I would personally recommend shooting ProRes4444 for this situation. While you probably don't need ArriRaw, the Alexa can go to 4444 on board so why shoot less quality The space requirement isn't that
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| | | | | Contacting Companies for Jobsby Chris Tarroza 1 year agoI'm a video editor and motion graphics designer from Toronto. I've been working at a small ad agency for a year and am really hoping to move up to other, more experienced, studios in the city. There a | Re: Contacting Companies for Jobs
by Stephen Smith 1 year ago
I agree with Bob. Don't send e-mails. Everyone sends e-mail and it is just treated like Spam. If you have time I recommend visiting in person or cold calling. It separates you from the crowd. E-mail i
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| | | | | In the FCP-World, 10 comes after 1...by Chris Tarroza 1 year agoLooks like FCP has trouble counting properly. I have created multiple bins to sort through the different assets within the same project. I've named bins Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, etc... For whatever rea | | | | |
| | | | | AJA Kona LHe...What does it do exactly?by Chris Tarroza 1 year agoI have been working with an agency for almost a year. I have a Kona LHe and a KL Box, it was installed before I started for the previous editor but, embarrassingly enough, I really have no idea as to | | | | |
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| | | | | After Effects to Final Cut Pro Workflowby Chris Tarroza 2 years agoLike many I assume, I work between FCP and AE a lot: edit in FCP, create the graphic in AE, then import that graphic into FCP. As with any client work however, changes and revisions are just as certai | Re: After Effects to Final Cut Pro Workflow
by Ian Corbin 2 years ago
Hey Chris, I am having the exact same problem you explained in your initial post. I'm starting to think it's a permissions problem as well. I used to be able to render a file out of AE and them it wou
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| | | | | Service: Christopher Tarrozaby Chris Tarroza 2 years agoToronto Ontario, Canada Animation Post Production Christopher Tarroza Motion Graphics Editing With over 4 years of professional experience as a video editor and motion designer, I | | | | |
| | | | | Do good hard drives exist?by Chris Tarroza 3 years agoHi, For the past few days I've been doing my research into FW 800 hard drives to use for video editing with FCP and motion graphics work with After Effects. The footage I will be using will range from | Re: Do good hard drives exist?
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
I (the guy who started the thread) ended up getting an enclosure from Macsales, the Mercury Elite AL-Pro. Although it has been recommended by many, lo and behold, less than a month later...it doesn't
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| | | | | Video/Superimpose Glitchby Chris Tarroza 3 years agoHi everyone, I am running into a very strange glitch in FCP. I created some graphics in After Effects with alpha to superimpose in FCP. I rendered them out in a PNG codec. So I bring them in to FCP an | Re: Video/Superimpose Glitch
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
Thanks Dave. I tired each one of your suggestions to no avail. I even took that video clip from the Scratch folder and exported it out as a ProRes 422 file but that file still acted wonky. I'm going t
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| | | | | after effects to FCPby jessica incorvaia 3 years agohello, I have a question regarding a project I'm working on with my boyfriend and I'm the least tech savvy person in the world so bear with me please: We're editing a project in FCP, using prores 422, | Re: after effects to FCP
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
If you're done editing in FCP and you just have a single clip that you want to bring into AE, I would just place an In and an Out around the clip that you want and export it in it's original settings.
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| | | |  | adding keyframesby Robert Neuman 3 years agoHi, How can I add a keyfram between two existing keyframes so that the new keyframe's attributes is an average of the existing two. For example if there are two Scale keframes, the first set to 0 and | Re: adding keyframes
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
If you have already created keyframes, changing a setting will automatically create a new keyframe. Place the timeline indicator where you want the new keyframe to be. Then change the property that yo
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| | | | | Composition from Still Framesby Bolo Yeung 3 years agoHi All, Another basic question, but I have been having trouble with setting the composition length for a still image composition (single frame, composition length set at 10 seconds upon creation of la | Re: Composition from Still Frames
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
When in your composition that you want to lengthen, at the top menu click Composition Composition Settings, or hit Command+K (Mac) or Control+K (PC) for the shortcut! Change the duration as need be! O
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| | | |  | No Audio when rendered in cs3by Andy Chapman 3 years agoHey cowpeople, this is my first time posting so be easy :) i am using cs3 and when i do ram preview i get audio, but when i finish rendering, i do not get any audio atall. im not sure if anyone else h | Re: No Audio when rendered in cs3
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
Like Dave said, audio is off by default when rendering. When in your render queue, click on the 'Output Module' setting (it's usually underlined in yellow and defaulted to 'Lossless'). In the Output M
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| | | | | Mouse Scroll Zoom Inby Chris Tarroza 3 years agoHey guys, Just got a new iMac with the Magic Mouse and the mouse is horrendous with C4D! What bothers me most is the zooming in function that is typically reserved for a mouse wheel. Since the whole m | Re: Mouse Scroll Zoom In
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
Agreed. Any advice on what mouse is good I've heard good things about that Logitech MX Revolution... And I just had to ask... guessing there's no way around the zoom in thing
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| | | | | Connecting/Deleting Edgesby Chris Tarroza 3 years agoHello friendly people! I'm a big C4D noob, thus here's a noob question! As you can see in the image attached, I'm trying to get rid of those intersecting lines that can be seen on the top of the objec | Re: Connecting/Deleting Edges
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
Hi Adam, Thanks for the reply! I did manage to edit the polygons of the objects but I am now at another stand still. What i did was Use the knife tool to create pieces of polygons I could delete. Dele
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| | | | | Why is HD Better (for dummies)?by Chris Tarroza 3 years agoI work for a company that produces news segments for television broadcast, as well as online videos and corporate videos. Most of the footage is shot in SD but we do offer clients an HD option, we jus | Re: Why is HD Better (for dummies)?
by Chris Tarroza 3 years ago
Hi guys, thanks for the posts. I'm aware of the fundamental reason why HD is better (higher resolution than SD), but I'm wondering if there's anything else more... concrete... when explaining to clien
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