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Friends:  Vishesh Arora | | | | | | Approaching a Wedding Cakeby Max Jackson 6 months agoHi CC, So the wedding cake is a hypothetical primitive shape, but it suits the purpose for explanation. A wedding cake is three cylinders stacked on top of each other in smaller size per object. I und | Re: Approaching a Wedding Cake
by Max Jackson 6 months ago
Okay, cool. So it sounds like eyeballing it using snap settings is a common way to coordinate objects in space, right I know that sounds like a dunce question. It's just that there's so many tools use
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| | | | | Choice of Blur?by Max Jackson 6 months agoHi CC, I don't really even know if this is really an AE question so pardon if I should post it in a different area. But... I really only started comparing blur in this program which is why I post this | | | | |
| | | | | Improving 3D Camera Tracker Count?by Max Jackson 6 months agoHi CC, I'm working on a shot that doesn't have a whole lot of light and I needs to track a few point on a woman's face looking around. I've done numerous pre-renders pushing contrast and I'm not getti | Re: Improving 3D Tracker Count?
by Max Jackson 6 months ago
Hi Shawn, Thanks a bunch for taking time to explain the difference. I don't completely follow but like all things that comes with time and practice. That shot was done on my very first day on the job.
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| | | | | CS6 - Using multiple masks?by Max Jackson 7 months agoHi CC, In CS5 you can use several masks on one solid layer. In CS6 I go to draw another mask and there's no option for blend modes... What's new or rather how can I use more than one mask per solid +1 | | | | |
| | | | | FreeForm AE: 3D Mesh Controls?by Max Jackson 7 months agoHi CC, I'm pretty brand-new to FreeForm AE. It's a cool tool for sure. I've been wrestling with it all night and and all afternoon. I've begun to understand the general logic behind edge control (at l | | | | |
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| | | | | Basic Pos/Neg Easing Formulas?by Max Jackson 7 months agoI've been trying to adapt different theories and I'm brand new to OOP functions in an After Effects framework, so while I could write something in like general Actionscript to create a vibration that | Re: Basic Pos/Neg Easing Formulas?
by Max Jackson 7 months ago
Okay cool. That was just was I was looking for. Some basic syntax showing me a little rope to get started. I just want to see that motion editor go up or down in a steady wave. I can always add random
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| | | | | Warping But Kepping The Edge Straight?by Max Jackson 7 months agoHi CC, I'm working on a comp where I have to bend the contents of a mirror. However, since the mirror has an edge I need to keep the "flag effect" from disconnecting back and forth over the edge. I'm | | | | |
| | | | | Easing time re-mapping video?by Max Jackson 7 months agoHi CC, I'm trying to use the graph editor to ease some time re-mapped footage and I just get the flatline point...thing. I try using the toggles but I can't figure out what next as they don't move lik | Re: Easing time re-mapping video?
by Max Jackson 7 months ago
It's strange for some reason the graph is behaving much more sensibly. I don't know what I was doing wrong earlier. Huh, rookie mistake I guess. I'm actually animating Particular shadows by proxy and
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| | | | | Making Particular 3Dby Max Jackson 7 months agoHi CC, I know this is a really basic question but how do you make Particular 3D It has 3D attributes but AE doesn't like me when I try to make it 3D and the rotation shows no depth. What needs to happ | | | | |
| | | | | Room Edge Bend Effect?by Max Jackson 7 months agoHi CC, I have an effect that travels down the edge of a room. Is there an effect that can help me distort my comp so it splits and I can adjust the angle to relatively match Or....am I just going to h | Re: Room Edge Bend Effect?
by Tudor "Ted" Jelescu 7 months ago
If you're referring to the shadow branches roots, I would pre-comp the animation, make it 3d and change the anchor point to have the Y axis at the point where you want the bend to be, duplicate and ro
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| | | | | Recording a Photoshop Animated Brush?by Max Jackson 8 months agoHi CC, I'm creating an animation in Photoshop because I like the brush options in Photoshop much more for what I'm doing than after effects. I'm doing sort of a shadow creeping effect. There's this on | | | | |
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| | | | | Rendering Questionby Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, This is my second major project (for me at least) using FCPro (v.7). Every time I take a clip insert it, nudge it, etc. it then says 'unrendered'. I can't touch any clip in my sequence without | Re: Rendering Question
by Max Jackson 2 years ago
Hi David, It wouldn't drag for some reason, so I selected everything, and COPY PASTED into the new sequence. It didn't even give me the pop-up window. But now it's giving me the colored bars up top li
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| | | | | Snapping to Selections Not Workingby Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, I'm using Photoshop CS5. I've used it for a while. Now I'm using it more than ever and I'm noticing not only are the guides not lining up to the grid like they used to in CS4. They're a hair of | | | | |
| | | | | Batch - Export w/o "Save As" Prompt ?by Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, I'm trying to export a large batch of photos by using actions to size to 20% and then Save-for-web (export). This has turned out to be one of the most difficult and frustrating things I've run | | | | |
| | | | | 12 FPS vs. 24 FPS "Shot on Twos"by Max Jackson 2 years agoConsidering motion blur, frame blending and other editing effects in mind... Is 12 FPS pretty much exactly the same thins as 24 FPS "shot on twos" I'm doing an editing project that's more like a motio | Re: 12 FPS vs. 24 FPS "Shot on Twos"
by Max Jackson 2 years ago
Right, 12 fps is pretty rare. The cool thing about Adobe Premiere is that if I put 12 fps material in a 15 fps sequence or 24 fps sequence, it doesn't stretch the speed. It interpolates it within the
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| | | | | Can FCPro 5 Handle DVCPRO HD ?by Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, I've got a project that requires 15 fps and FCPro 5 is the only thing that might work for the project. Before erasing my entire computer I was hoping to know if FCPro 5 can handle DVCPRO HD (10 | Re: Can FCPro 5 Handle DVCPRO HD ?
by Max Jackson 2 years ago
Hi everybody, My footage was shot at 30 fps, but with double frames. I'm not sure what the technical term is, but it's like 1 1, 2 2, 3 3, etc. because my final cut is going to be in 15 fps, almost li
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| | | | | Changing Video Size of Project?by Max Jackson 2 years agoIs there a way to change the frame size of the project once it's been made I find it really difficult to have to re-start my project every time I want to flip my frame between 1080p and 720p. That or | | | | |
| | | | | Adjustment Layer Alternative in Premiere?by Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, I'm embarking on a video short editing project that is going to use a number of layering, coloring, blurring sharpening, blending, as well as some compositing (keying tracking). I'm still in th | | | | |
| | | | | Killing Noiseby Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, For those having tuned in, the arms thing turned out pretty decent. My subject and lighting is stark and has black straight hair (yay for keying!). The background is a muddy green too, so I luc | Re: Killing Noise
by Dave LaRonde 2 years ago
If you have noise in the subject, you can use the key with the good edge and core -- noise and all -- to make a matte, which you then can use on the original footage. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Produc
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| | | | | Compositing and On-Set Fog?by Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, I'm doing a shoot in the next couple days. Now, one thing in my production notes that really has me hesitant is using a fog machine. I planned on using it, but I'm really concerned of it's usin | | | | |
| | | | | Rotoscoping a 2nd Set of Armsby Max Jackson 2 years agoHi CC, I'm shooting a dolly-tracked roto shot where I move in on a subject with a vest on. She turns to the camera. As she does, she reveals a 2nd set of arms from inside her vest. I've been over and | Re: Rotoscoping a 2nd Set of Arms
by Max Jackson 2 years ago
That would be a lot easier. My actress's second set of arms is actually a man. He has the same skin type and is really small. He really wanted the job, and I know him as an actor so...How can you turn
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| | | | | HDR Processing...What is it?by Max Jackson 2 years agoThis should probably be in the basics forum but since I am a professional who uses Photoshop on a daily basis, I think hope that gives me enough ignorant license to post this on the big board... What | | | | |
| | | | | Are Cows Creative?by Max Jackson 2 years agoJust curious...Not, like in a scientific anatomical sense or something that involves a lot of expensive rental equipment. More curious where the name came from and why the cow became the emblem or mas | Re: Are Cows Creative?
by Max Jackson 2 years ago
Hi Ronald, Thanks a bunch for the in-depth response. I had no idea that one of my little trivial yet poignant questions could be so revealing. Your response to my humble questions of origin regarding
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| | | | | Random Shuffle Layer Opacityby Max Jackson 3 years agoHi CC, I'm trying to randomly shuffle the opacity of 4 layers as the timeline plays. That is to say on is 100% while the rest are 0% so it looks like the timeline is shuffling through the layers. I'm | Re: Random Shuffle Layer Opacity
by Max Jackson 3 years ago
Okay, I think I'm starting to get the picture better now. I have to think of layers as being much more independent. Each layer must have code inside it to control it directly. I can't cross-assign inf
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| | | | | After Effects Javascript Reference Book?by Max Jackson 3 years agoI've been searching online and I can't seem to find any kind of handbook like this page: http: help.adobe.com en_US aftereffects cs using WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7a0ca.html A unabridged ve | | | | |
| | | | | How Do I get the Expression "=" to Appear?by Max Jackson 3 years agoAre there only certain objects that can have expressions I draw an ellipse and go down to the transform options and there aren't any options available. All the tutorials say go there and it's not ther | | | | |
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