I'm a rapidly aging 50-something with a one-person animation shop doing mostly technical animation (engineering, pharma), visual FX, and motion graphics, with the occassional ActionScript(Flash) programming job. | | | | Member Since: August 23rd 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA (US) | | | | |
| | | | |  | Correcting color stripes in AEby Chase Carnahan 1 day agoHey all, I'm having some serious trouble with some footage I shot a week ago. (This seems to happen on most of my footage in bright settings, too). Canon 7D Canon 10-22mm 3.5 1920x1080p 29.97fps squar | Re: Correcting color stripes in AE
by Jeff Brown 50 minutes ago
I believe chromatic aberration would not be exhibited in that way. What you have looks more like moire artifacts from compression, i.e., I don't think a new lens would help. -Jeff
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| | | |  | Kona 3 and After Effects CS5.5by Jef Huey 2 months agoWe just installed the AJA 10.1 drivers and the CS 5.5.3 plugins on a Win 7 64 bit system. It also runs MC 6.0.1 and the Kona card is happy with that software. The manual is pretty thin in regards to A | | | | |
| | | |  | Using ripped paper (AKA Images not vectors)by Olly Lawer 2 weeks agoHi, My client wants a ripped paper effect for the latest animation we're working on. My first concern was that the size of the image would be comprised in a HD comp, but actually, the test image (take | | | | |
| | | |  | Time not matching AE CS.5 & Media Playerby Micheal Bemma 2 weeks agoOk, so i have about a 7 minute clip. 1080 59.94p mts file type. AVC HD 32 bit So i'm watching it media player for the clips i want to take out. The points are getting further and further the farther i | | | | |
| | | |  | Circular polarized outputby Mitch Temkin 3 weeks agoDoes anybody know the details of creating a 3D animation that will be viewed on a circular polarized system Can this be done in AE If so, what are the output settings Workflow Thanks! Mitch Temkin | Re: Circular polarized output
by Jeff Brown 3 weeks ago
Mitch, If you don't know, there is a Stereoscopy forum here on the COW... I'm sure stereo questions are welcome here, but it's another resource. -Jeff
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| | | |  | Interlacing woesby Alex Rinquest 4 weeks agoCurrently working with 3 formats, CS5 on PC. Footage is Mpeg from Nikon DSLR, M2T from Sony HDcam and MP4 from Gopro. Delivery format SD Workflow is import M2T and Mpeg directly into HDV timeline 1080 | | | | |
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| | | |  | After Effects Renderingby Ally Nicoll 1 month agoHello all, I have checked the FAQ Stickies but don't see such a stupid question as I'm about to ask... are you ready for this Hang onto your keyframes... I'm making a 5 minute short movie. Shooting at | Re: After Effects Rendering
by Jeff Brown 1 month ago
One "extension" of that workflow is to first do a rough cut in your editing app to identify which scenes & shots you actually want to use. Then over to AE for the FX graphics, etc., then back to the e
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| | | |  | Problem with realtime fps.by Tarikh Chouhan 1 month agoIm using After Effects CS5. These are my specs on my computer: AMD Phenom II x4 3.1 GHz (quad core) 4GB RAM 9800GT 500GB HDD With those specs, AE should work normally. Heres my problem: A few months a | | | | |
| | | | | convergence point behind screen?by Hans Castrop 1 month agoI'm trying to get something clear about the basics here; the convergence point isn't always on the screen, right But how can it be behind the screen (or in front), because to be behind the screen it s | Re: convergence point behind screen?
by Jeff Brown 1 month ago
My understanding: If you have a visible screen frame (as on a monitor or monitor window), that will have zero convergence, because your left and right eyes are seeing the same thing. This will force y
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| | | | | 25fms to 24fms conversionby Nic Lush 1 month agoHowdy all...im hoping someone here can help. I have a 1080 25fms E- Cinema file , 5.1 audio. Im using Doremi's CineAsset ( will only convert stereo audio ) and easyDCP (will do 5.1 and image sequence) | Re: 25fms to 24fms conversion
by Jeff Brown 1 month ago
A common way to do 24 <-- 25 FPS conversion is to just reinterpret the footage as the frame rate you want. I.e., tell AE that your footage is 24FPS. Then: use audio software to make the soundtrack
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| | | | | MOV vs AVIby Harvey Goldberg 2 months agoI am using Adobe Premiere CS5.5 on a PC...Windows 7. When I export a timeline to an MOV using the same parameters that I use for an AVI, the color on the MOV is quite diminished. The format is Quickti | Re: MOV vs AVI
by Jeff Brown 2 months ago
To clarify: The "gamma" problem (as I understand it) only affects desktop display. The actual data in the file is OK. So, QuickTime within Premiere is fine, even the same file that looks washed out on
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| | | |  | Need blacker than blackby Cliff Stephenson 2 months agoHey, so I'm delivering a clip and have been told that the black portions between my clips need to be at least -15mV (right now they were delivered at 0mV). I'm using the a black video clip generated i | Re: Need blacker than black
by Jeff Brown 2 months ago
Ah, tape! Then it makes sense. Glad it worked out OK. My guess is like yours: the superblack is used for alpha-channel-like needs. -jeff
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| | | |  | DNxHD exportby Greg Andonian 2 months agoI've read several posts on here that said PPro can export DNxHD simply by downloading the codec from Avid. That sounded like it could be very helpful, so I decided to try it. But no matter what settin | Re: DNxHD export
by Jeff Brown 2 months ago
I can also confirm it works fine for encode and import, without any Avid hardware. You are accessing it via QuickTime, yes -Jeff
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| | | |  | PANASONIC BT-LH1700 HD Monitorby Chris Cottrell 2 months ago** IF THIS POST NEEDS TO BE REDIRECTED I UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER I COULD NOT FIND A FORUM FOR MONITORS** Lately here at the shop we have been encountering DOZENS of the Panasonic 17'' monitors with issues | | | | |
| | | | | ntsc / non-ntscby Sam Behrens 5 months agoDon't know if anybody is still monitoring this forum, but just in case . . . I'm working in the DeInterlace node in Composite with 1080i footage. There is a setting, "NTSC NON-NTSC". I'm a little conf | Re: ntsc / non-ntsc
by Jeff Brown 5 months ago
It looks like that refers to Field Dominance (Field Order). From the somewhat hidden Composite Toxic Help Doc (PDF): ------ Determining Field Dominance The field dominance is whether the top field com
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| | | | | recommendations for Video playback softwareby Anhtu Vu 5 months agoI'm looking to built a machine for Cinema Broadcast projection. I found something on the Mac from Softron, On the Air Video Express. Is there something similar on the PC that would support the Aja car | | | | |
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| | | | | AJA kona 3 analog in rgbby Eibe van de Velde 7 months agoThis may be newbie. Has the aja kona 3 no video input for RGB. And does the 3g have them. I just got the cables for my kona 3. But they seem to have no normal RGB input. I want to convert super vhs vi | Re: AJA kona 3 analog in rgb
by Jeff Brown 7 months ago
S-VHS is a 2-signal format: Luma + Chroma, or Y + Y C (if I remember correctly). Not RGB. I'm not sure if your Kona board has any analog inputs, you may need to find a device that converts S-video to
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| | | |  | Blog: The Coolest New Toy I found out aboutby gary adcock 7 months agoOk, If you are like me, you carry your iPad onset for everything, from camera and 3D rig manuals, ordering lunch, reading the script to using the damn thing as a slate when needed, and for the last us | | | | |
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| | | |  | SI 2K Blow-up to 2.35by Fernando Honesko 9 months agoHey guys, we are about to shot my very low budget short-film with a SI-2k. The DOP and I decided that it was important to have a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. But we, obviously, won't be able to pay for the an | Re: SI 2K Blow-up to 2.35
by Jeff Brown 9 months ago
First off, I have not done what you describe before. But, if I were to approach it, I'd keep everything at the native SI resolution (2048x1152) if possible, and just crop to make your 2.35 ratio: I do
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| | | |  | Shoot in HD and Broadcast in PAL 720x576by Avinash Naidu 9 months agoHi, we are making a cookery show which is telecast in our Regional Channel. We are planning to move to Digital SLR like Canon 5D, The issue is Canon shoots at 1920x1080, whereas the Channel needs the | Re: Shoot in HD and Broadcast in PAL 720x576
by Jeff Brown 9 months ago
Get a safe guide reticule, or a printout of one. Or get a copy of the American Cinematographer handbook. Or just do the math fit 4:3 into 16:9, see how much you lose on each side. Or get new crew memb
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| | | | | Cloningby Danny Davis 1 year agoHi all, It's been a while since i've used Combustion! I've got some cloning work coming up soon and I was wondering if C is still the tool to use or should I be looking for something else now that is | Re: Cloning
by Jeff Brown 12 months ago
Well, Combustion still works. Even works under Win7, though seems a little more buggy. Although being a 32-bit app, the 3 GB memory limit is there. I'd say it depends on your current system, budget, a
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| | | |  | Caldigit HDPro 2 TB- Beeping!by Gautam Pandey 1 year agoHi, We've been using the HDPro for a while now with no issues, but over the weekend something happened. There is a continuous 3 beep cycle thats going on. I went into Raid shield and and it say 'Array | | | | |
| | | | | HD Element Rebuildby Evan Schafer 1 year agoI'm currently rebuilding my HD Element after a drive was locked when I came into the office this morning. I've copied all my media to other locations as a backup. Can I work from the RAID as its rebui | | | | |
| | | |  | codecsby David Johnson 1 year agoCan anyone provide a link where any legit AJA codecs can be downloaded I'm about to set up our new new Windows 7 64-bit system and, because we often have to work with media from outside our shop and s | Re: codecs
by Jeff Brown 1 year ago
Yes, it is essentially "hidden" from any menu reference. Hope it works for you! -jeff
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