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Friends:  Deklin Jay  Doyle Lewis  Gib O'Connor  John Mark  Nikolya Gousteau  Vishesh Arora | | | | |  | 3D widgets dissapearingby chris brett 1 day agoHi - the 3D widget for x y z control have dissapeared -- anyone got any ideas please. --------------------------- chris -- | Re: 3D widgets dissapearing
by John Cuevas 22 hours ago
I thought he was talking about the script called "3D Widgets" Johnny Cuevas, Editor Thinkck.com "I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have
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| | | |  | well hello whats all this?by Aindreas Gallagher 2 days agohttp: photorumors.com 2013 06 16 adobe-is-considering-new-pricing-models-for-creative-cloud if true and not just internet vapours, the photoshop guys catch a major break - and we get kind of a buy out | Re: well hello whats all this?
by John Cuevas 2 days ago
The company recently sent out a survey to a selected users about the Creative Cloud, specifically about a new pricing structure of $9.99 for Photoshop or $29.99 for the entire suite on a 3 years contr
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| | | |  | "tracing" stroke effectby Marc Nibor 4 days agoHi, I got a layer that consists of a bunch of masks which are just basic lines. There is a stroke effect on the layer and I animated the end parameter to make it look like the line is drawn over time. | Re: "tracing" stroke effect
by John Cuevas 2 days ago
Glad to help. Johnny Cuevas, Editor Thinkck.com "I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will
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| | | | | research queryby chris brett 4 days agoHi - -- wondering if anyone can say if 3D plugins ( particular say ) will work as part of a ray traced setup in AE. Also same query about element 3D -- any ideas please -------------------- chris -- | Re: research query
by John Cuevas 4 days ago
I just turned on ray trace and particular still works together...and Darby is a bit faster than me, but he's 100% correct as usual. Johnny Cuevas, Editor Thinkck.com "I have not failed 700 times. I ha
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| | | |  | Changing color of text on an old photographby Brute Wolf 5 days agoI'm doing a short documentary where I zoom in on old documents. I'm wanting to highlight certain words in the text. I've masked the area I want to change, hoping to change the color to red. I've tried | | | | |
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| | | |  | Paste reverses layer orderby Matthew Beall 5 days agoI have noticed: if I select several layers in one comp and copy paste them into another, the layer order is reversed.. Is there a way around this It really screws up your track mattes.. :( | Re: Paste reverses layer order
by John Cuevas 5 days ago
Select your top layer, hold down shift and select the bottom layer, cntl+c, cntl+v will maintain the order. AE pastes in order of how you selected the layers. In a few quick tests if you hit Cntl+A, i
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| | | |  | Targeting a Light at a 3D layerby Eric Chard 6 days agoI wanted to target a light at a layer, so I used the pickwhip to substitute the layer's position for the lights POI. This worked fine. However, I wanted greater control, and the ability to fine-tune a | Re: Targeting a Light at a 3D layer
by John Cuevas 6 days ago
Eric, post your question in the Expressions Forum, I know there is a way to do this, but I just can't seem to work it out, where Dan or Kevin will probably be able to work this out immediately. Johnny
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| | | | | View THRU light? (CS6)by Eric Chard 6 days agoIn my 3D app there's a handy view: CURRENT LIGHT. Is it possible to have a comp view thru the current light in AE CS6 Thanks. ++++++++++++++++ "Putting the HARM in 'harmonica' since 2005." +++++++++++ | Re: View THRU light? (CS6)
by John Cuevas 6 days ago
You would have to build a camera for the light. Just to make sure it's working 100%, switch to your top view and create a new camera. Now hold down shift and pick whip the camera to the light you want
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| | | |  | Exporting/Rendering at 16:10by Joshua Ralph 1 week agoHi, Basically for a college project i created a spaceman animation, about 5 and a half minutes long. Since i love space art i used a large number of high quality backgrounds in my animation. Since my | Re: Exporting/Rendering at 16:10
by John Cuevas 1 week ago
Render out a master to AVI-Lossless master. Drag that into Media Encoder and now you can experiment a bit. I'd try creating a Quicktime then open up the "preset" side and select H.264 as your codec. I
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| | | |  | Adobe IS listening.by Gabe Strong 2 weeks agoI can't say much but the chatter all of us have been making HAS been heard at Adobe. I cannot disclose confidences and don't even know for sure what actions will be taken and if they will be enough to | Re: Adobe IS listening.
by Dave LaRonde 2 weeks ago
I hope you're not offended if I take this with a grain of salt. You can't say who who told you. You haven't said if this person is even with Adobe. You no details about an Adobe response to customer r
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| | | |  | An Alternate Packageby Sandeep Sajeev 3 weeks agoFCPX - 299 OR Media Composer 7 - 999 Cinema 4D Prime - 999 + MSA 250 Resolve Lite - Free OR Resolve - 999 (or just buy one of the cameras!) Motion - 50 Compressor - 50 Photoshop - 699 if you don't hav | Re: An Alternate Package
by John Cuevas 3 weeks ago
Keep us posted---been meaning to download the trial and dig into it a bit, but with only 24 hours in the day haven't got to it yet. Johnny Cuevas, Editor Thinkck.com "I have not failed 700 times. I ha
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| | | |  | So who thinks CC only is a GOOD idea?by Steve Connor 3 weeks agoBy now we know who doesn't like the idea, but who here, apart from Walter, thinks that what Adobe are doing is a good or even an acceptable idea Steve Connor There's nothing we can't argue about on th | Re: So who thinks CC only is a GOOD idea?
by Dave LaRonde 3 weeks ago
Herb Sevush "I don't get the connection - what makes the Cloud a better spur for new products than the Apple Store or any other means of internet distribution " Four words, and I bet you figured them
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| | | |  | which potential solution would you support?by Tim Dowse 1 month agoHey folks... I've written about this in other posts, but it seems like there are a couple of potential solutions to the biggest practical CC issue that most people have - namely they will lose access | | | | |
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| | | |  | One Size does not Fit Allby Jim Wiseman 1 month agoRegardless of the intent of Adobe with this model, it appears that many people do not like it. Perhaps "like" is too weak a word for taking away the security of actually owning the means of creation a | Re: One Size does not Fit All
by Chris Harlan 1 month ago
Joseph W. Bourke "For Adobe so loved the subscriber, that he gave his only begotten upgrade, that whosoever editeth should not perish, but have everlasting upgrades, as long as payethment continueth.
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| | | |  | Adobe CC to be released June 17thby Angelo Lorenzo 1 month agoAccording to the official PPro Twitter. Adobe also announcing that PPro is #1 in editorial market share. -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to encode ProRes on your Windows PC Introducing ProRes | | | | |
| | | |  | ShapeShifter AE - Gearsby Tudor "Ted" Jelescu 1 month agoShapeShifter AE V2 - really fast 3d in AE - I wanted to do a test that shows the complexity that can be achieved with SSAE. There's only one instance of the plugin used. http: www.youtube.com watch v=+2 | | | | |
| | | | | Animating in 2D?by Zevie Tannenbaum 2 months agoI'm trying to create a video similar to this one, http: www.youtube.com watch v=_Zo9TvzaDlc The problem isn't the animating, but all the characters. Is there a place to download characters, background | Re: Animating in 2D?
by Greg Neumayer 2 months ago
You could do a search for clip art, or maybe check the Illustrations section of sites like iStockphoto.com, Pond5, Thinkstock, Revostock, etc. However, I think your bigger problem will be finding ever
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| | | | | Editing "rules"by Christopher Travis 2 months agoHello all, What do people think about cutting straight from one talking head to another in an interview-led narrative i.e. no cutaways in between just comment A - cut- comment B. I just got told by my | Re: Editing "rules"
by Shane Ross 2 months ago
There are no rules concerning that. Except the rules dictated by the producer. I intercut interviewees many times...unless the producer says "I don't want to see that." Then I don't. There is no hard
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| | | | | Losing hard drive spaceby Daniel Wiltshire 2 months agoI recently started a After effects project and i had around 100GB of space of my Computer then when i checked after i was finished i had only 30GB space. I was just wondering how this happened and how | | | | |
| | | |  | AE Shatterby David Bark 2 months agoI'd like to shatter an image and have it explode off screen. I've brought in a psd file (it's a logo) but the shatter will not go beyond the boundary or size of the image itself. The pieces just disap | Re: AE Shatter
by David Bark 2 months ago
I just wanted the pieces to go off the screen as they shatter. They were constrained by the boundaries of the imported image, but once I pre-comped, all was well. Thanks! David Bark Lightshine Product
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| | | | | After Effects: Cineware & C4D Lite!!!!by John Cuevas 2 months agoRarely have I ever uttered the phrase GAME CHANGER, but if there ever was a time, this is it(so glad that for the last year and half, I've been getting up to speed on C4D). After Effects: Cineware & C+2  | Re: After Effects: Cineware & C4D Lite!!!!
by Todd Kopriva 2 months ago
I'll be publishing more details later today on the After Effects team blog. If you bookmark this page, you can come back to it and find the links that I'm adding over the next week or so for posts on
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| | | | | Cube Transition Wipe - Random Sized Cubes.by John Cuevas 3 months agoI am working my way through the Grey Scale Gorilla tutorial Cube Transition Effect and so far so good as far as doing the tutorial. But I was watching a few of the videos posted in the comments sectio | | | | |
| | | | | how do I change order in the timeline?by Hans Castrop 3 months agoI've been trying but can't seem to find it: How do I change the order of the footage in the timeline let's say I have 10 pieces of footage on the timeline and want to put nr 5 at the position of nr 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Article: How Did They Do All This?by John Cuevas 4 months ago Adobe After Effects How Did They Do All This When he saw a particular commercial for another local company years ago, John Cuevas was blown away, "so I asked our senior editor 'how did they do a | | | | |
| | | |  | Bourne Legacy Trailer Transition.by Moses Ross 5 months agoIt might sound silly but I wanna know whether the transition used in The Bourne Legacy movie trailer is manually done or done wtih the help of a plugin . If a plugin does exsist, does it exsist for Av | Re: Bourne Legacy Trailer Transition.
by John Cuevas 5 months ago
Probably a preset, not one I have(so I can't help you out there), but you could create that with Animatte pretty quickly. Johnny Cuevas, Editor Thinkck.com "I have not failed 700 times. I have succeed
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| | | |  | Looking For Feedbackby Dan Asselin 5 months agoHi Folks, Happy 2013. I sure would appreciate some feedback on a video I will be pushing prospective clients to in the new year http: www.effectivebusinessvideo.com zeval10.html 2 Things..... a....Yes | Re: Looking For Feedback
by John Cuevas 5 months ago
I noticed when you transitino between "Individual Interviews" and "Multi Camera Presentations", 2 of the interview picture-in-pictures with the text but the third one fades out underneath the next sho
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| | | | | Gib O'Connor 5 months ago
Hi John :)
I downloaded the trial version of " Particle Illusions " + emmiters but every time i try to apply a effect...nothing happs. What am i doing wrong. I need to see it work before i deside to buy it. Many thx in advance for ur answer.
| John Cuevas 5 months ago
I've tried 3 times to get a download link to get the trial version and still haven't gotten the email. I'm going to send them an email and see if I can get the plugin. |
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