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| | | | | | Animating Bar Chartsby Ed Hecht 3 months agoI'm using horizontal vector bars (extruded and beveled in Illustrator), x-scaled over time to show their growth. I have a small text box that goes from 0-X% over that same time (using a nice expressio | | | | |
| | | | | Annoying Snapping Behaviorby Ed Hecht 5 months agoSo I have this annoying behavior in After Effects where an object (or point when using paths masks) snaps to a random position after moving to a location and releasing it. If I'm not paying close atte | Re: Annoying Snapping Behavior
by Michael Szalapski 5 months ago
What kind of mouse are you using Is it snapping TO anything Do you have snapping turned on - The Great Szalam (The 'Great' stands for 'Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble') No trees were harmed in
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| | | | | Swapping Multiple Layersby Ed Hecht 7 months agoI have a project (with a master comp) with over 100 instances of the same (sub-)comp that needs to be replaced en masse. In Windows, is there some variation of the Alt+Shift method to swap multiple la | Re: Swapping Multiple Layers
by Michael Szalapski 7 months ago
Now, you may be able to alt-drag comps from your project window onto highlighted ones in the timeline. I know you can do one at a time... - The Great Szalam (The 'Great' stands for 'Not So Great, in f
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| | | | | DSLR vs Super Zoomby Ed Hecht 10 months agoSo I have been thinking of offloading my Canon T2i (and all accessories: lenses, external flash, etc) for a Super Zoom (the Sony DSC-HX100 to be exact) as I have little time for photography now. (But | Re: DSLR vs Super Zoom
by Ed Hecht 10 months ago
Agreed, Noah. The more I think about it, the more I realize this would be a good grab and go camera-a nice extra tool for the arsenal.
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| | | | | Windows Media Export from After Effectsby Ed Hecht 10 months agoI'm a bit embarrassed that I don't know the answer to this question, with over 14 years video experience. But What settings do I tweak in After Effects to eliminate brief blocking pixelization when ex | Re: Windows Media Export from After Effects
by Ed Hecht 10 months ago
Erik, I found that variable bitrate gives the best results, though the file expands to about 5x the size of the CBR render with the VBR quality set at 100%. At 80% VBR, the file looked great with only
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| | | | | P2 Sort by dateby Ed Hecht 11 months agoRelatively new to P2, but is there no way to sort P2 clips by Date Time Created Modified in PP CS5 As the P2 files are not all named sequentially (which baffles the hell out of me), I am constantly ha | Re: P2 Sort by date
by Chris Knight 11 months ago
Instead of importing P2 folders, just view and edit them via the Media Browser. You can sort clips by date, duration, or name. You can even edit directly from P2 cards this way.
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| | | | | Newbie Spry Questionby Ed Hecht 2 years agoGreetings Developer Gurus! While not new to Dreamweaver, I have no experience with sprys beyond playing experimenting a bit with tabs and the accordion. Can someone tell me (or point me to a tutorial) | Re: Newbie Spry Question
by Ed Hecht 2 years ago
Thanks much for your reply, Richard. Good suggestion. My only qualm with the tooltip is that it doesn't allow for absolute positioning. From a response post at Adobe Help, I found another solution cal
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| | | |  | AE CS5 is hereby Dean Sensui 2 years agoAdobe sent an email last night saying that AE CS5 is available for download so I got it right away. The only downside for me right now is that the plugins "Primatte" and "Composite Wizard" aren't 64-b | | | | |
| | | | | Reversing the Stroking of a Pathby Ed Hecht 3 years agoApologies as I am sure it's been gone over countless times. I have several paths that need to be stroked out from one central origin point. I created all the paths previously-some seemingly from the d | Re: Reversing the Stroking of a Path
by Todd Kopriva 3 years ago
You can directly reverse the direction of a shape path. There's a pair of buttons (Reverse Path Direction On and Reverse Path Direction Off) next to the Path property in the Timeline panel. And stroki
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| | | | | Boris Grafitti Authorizationsby Ed Hecht 3 years agoHi All, Any idea how many machines authorizations Boris allows for this I recently evaluated it and really like it. But I am hoping that like Adobe with CS, they allow 2 installs. As I have a desktop | Re: Boris Grafitti Authorizations
by Ed Hecht 3 years ago
Thanks, Peter. I called today and the answer is YES, they do allow a second activation specifically for laptops. I'm sold! Thanks. Happy New Year fellow cows! Ed
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| | | | | A few issuesby Ed Hecht 4 years agoHi All, A few questions: 1) I know RAM preview is an issue for many. I have a 2.5 Quad Core XP system with 4GB RAM (Nvidia 9800 GT) and suddenly I cannot get RAM previews with HD projects. WHat are th | Re: A few issues
by Ed Hecht 4 years ago
Thanks, Jan. I figured it out by unchecking multiprocessing. Thanks for your quick reply! Just curious, what sort of system specs are needed to take advantage of multiprocessing I bought a quad core m
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| | | | | HV20-Firestore Compatibilityby Ed Hecht 5 years agoAnyone know if any of the Firestore products (specifically FS-4 HD)works with the new Canon HV20 in HD mode I have confirmed that the FS-4 Pro works with the HV20 in SD. I'd like to know before I spri | | | | |
| | | | | HDMI Capture: Worth the $240?by Ed Hecht 5 years agoAssuming Black Magic Intensity support for Canon HV20 capture (via HDMI) is right around the corner, what, if any, are the advantages of capturing via HDMI vs HDV (Firewire) Is it worth the $240 Thank | Re: HDMI Capture: Worth the $240?
by Ed Hecht 5 years ago
All great info. Thanks! I guess what I need to know in layman's terms is what are the pluses and minuses of HDMI vs (H)DV capture For example, if higher resolution capture is possible with HDMI, is th
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| | | | | Need Advice on PI3-Premiere Pro Workflowby Ed Hecht 5 years agoHello Folks, I think PI3 is the best thing since sliced bread. I used the trial at work for a month and squeezed every ounce out of it. I liked it so much, I bought it for myself at home! (Unfortunate | Re: Need Advice on PI3-Premiere Pro Workflow
by Ed Hecht 5 years ago
Thanks for your response, Alan. I followed your directions to export "raw" emitter avi's. The upper field-first versions were expectedly choppy. The lower field ones were all crisp and "video-like", u
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| | | | | update???( reply Please )by ryndemers 5 years agoI'm wondering when an update will be... you guys said it was coming out a while ago so...I really am just looking for some DV AVI support. Also WMV would be GREAT! thanks, ryndemers | | | | |
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