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| | | | |  | AE & XFL for Flashby kurt murphy 2 years agoI love After Effects and don't really love Flash. I was excited of learning AE's better Flash export feature (XFL files). I have some questions: Does the XFL format recognize Parents or Nulls I've par | Re: AE & XFL for Flash
by Timothy Kurkoski 2 years ago
Kurt - What option did you choose for Layers With Unsupported Features in the XFL settings dialog If you chose Ignore, your .AI layers would not appear in the XFL. See the Help document that Todd link
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| | | |  | xfl, does it work at all?by John R 2 years agoI was asked to make a flash .swf banner. The supplied artwork was vector CMYK.eps. I have next to zero Flash knowledge (as it is the devils work) so I attempted to make the animation in AE. 1 x white | Re: xfl, does it work at all?
by Timothy Kurkoski 2 years ago
Hi John, I tried recreating your scenario but didn't have any problems with the XFL in Flash. Any chance you had the Unsupported Features setting in the XFL export dialog set to Ignore If you post an
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| | | | | About this Tutorial `paint_to_mask'by Harry Putnam 2 years agoI hope I haven't just completely missed boat on this brief Tutorial Authored by Timothy Kurkoski Just the first section kind of left things hanging far as I can tell. The tutor says ta da' as if somet | | | | |
| | | | | Tutorial: Turning Paint Into Masks in After Effectsby Timothy Kurkoski 8 years ago Adobe After Effects Turning Paint Into Masks in After Effects Paint strokes and masks in After Effects are both forms of vector paths, but converting one into the other isn't always straightfoward. T | Reply to Harry
by Timothy Kurkoski 2 years ago
Wow. I haven't looked at this tutorial in ages. Harry, it sounds like you've missed step 12. When you paste the motion path (the position keyframes) onto the mask shape, it is an open path and can't e
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| | | |  | AE 7 freezes during startup splash.by Umer Zafar 5 years agoHi there, I havent been able to run AE 7 recently because it stucks during its startup splash screen sequence when it is showing the amount of ram used e.g. "8 % of 496 MB ram used". This happened sim | | | | |
| | | | | RAW Camera Files in CS3?by zygotesoup 5 years agoI read in a review for AE CS3 that you can use raw camera files in your project. Does this mean from a photo camera or video I wasn't aware that you could film in raw camera mode on a video camera... | Re: RAW Camera Files in CS3?
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
To add to what Dave said... You can get a list of what cameras the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in supports, and therefore are supported by After Effects CS3, from here: http: www.adobe.com products photosho
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| | | | | CS3 8.01 update for Windowsby Rob Wolf 5 years agoAdobe Update is downloading 8.01 right now. Anyone know what's been updated I'm hoping that sound and OpenGL work more reliably now. R | | | | |
| | | |  | Where is Keylight in AE CS3by Randy McWilson 5 years agoI just installed CS3 Production Premium and Keylight is not in After Effects CS3. Does it have to be installed separately or downloaded Thanks Randy | Re: Where is Keylight in AE CS3
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
If you're using the trial version, Keylight won't be there. Also, make sure that you selected to install all components, as the third-party content can be deselected. But otherwise, as John said, Keyl
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| | | | | AE8 featuresby AccountClosedDueToNoRealnameUsed 5 years agois there a very comprehensive list of new features, or perhaps a very detailed review of AE8 Puppet tool is great, whopee, but I am hoping to learn of the little refinements that do not make the headl | Re: AE8 features
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
Check out the forums for AE CS3 on labs.adobe.com. Adolfo Rozenfeld, one of our fellow bovines in the Cow herd, is the moderator there and has been doing a great job of pointing out all the changes an
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| | | | | 3d camera/layers with stoke effect?by judas beast 5 years agohi can anyone help with 3D layers i have an animation i'm creating in AE 6.5 and i keep getting stuck... the original artwork was created in illustrator at regular screen pixel dimensions. it consists | | | | |
| | | |  | Batch Adjust Color for 50 images PS CS2.by Bob O Dell 5 years agoHow do I. Batch Adjust color PS CS2. I have 50 jpg images in one file on my PC. I want to change the color, "Hue-Saturation Filter" of all images at one time. Can I do this Do I need a plug-in to do t | | | | |
| | | |  | DISPLAYING fonts in 7.0?by BBInLosAngeles 5 years agoIn the drop-down window for choosing fonts in Photoshop 7.0, is there any way to display SAMPLES of each font I'm able to do it in Microsoft Word, for instance, so I'm able to see what my text looks l | Re: DISPLAYING fonts in 7.0?
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
Afraid not. Photoshop CS2 will show you a preview of the font right in the menu, but not CS, 7.0, or anything earlier. What I used to do for picking fonts is this: 1. Type the text into the document.
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| | | | | New Userby ohthisguy 5 years agoHi, I'm new to A.E. and I'm not sure where to begin. I'm a slow learner and prefer to watch tutorials on the internet and on DVDs. I've to tried to learn A.E. from books but I more of a visul person. | Re: New User
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
There are lots of good video tutorials available. You can start here at CreativeCow, the leaders here have created a sizeable library of lessons and tips, starting from the basics to the most complex.
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| | | | | Message for Timothy Kurkoskiby David Oulashian 5 years agoHi Timothy, Last month you posted that you were selling Adobe Illustrator ver 10 (I think). Is this still available or did you sell it already You can contact me at david.junk@sbcglobal.net. Thanks a | | | | |
| | | | | Photoshop effects layers?by SunriseSeagull 5 years agoHi everyone, Is it possible to edit a filter that has already been applied on a layer I mean like the Effect Controls in AE and Premiere Pro. Thanks a lot in advance! | Re: Photoshop effects layers?
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
Once you apply a filter to a layer, it's set in stone. However, there are two things you can do to get around that: 1. Adjustment layers. These only work for the pre-defined adjustment options (like l
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| | | | | creating a filmstrip lookby Andrew Dalton 5 years agoHi all, I'm trying to create a graphic for a brochure that has the look of a strip of 35mm film that can carry a different small image in each frame. Can anyone tell me of a plug-in that can do this e | Re: creating a filmstrip look
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
I don't know of any plug-ins that do this (they could exist, I just don't know them). Your best bet is to just get a filmstrip image and paste your images on top of it. I'm sure you can find one out t
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| | | | | RAW plug in problemsby zac bolinger 5 years agoI have CS1 and i can't get my Raw files to open in PSD. I downloaded the new 3.6 version of Camera Raw and it didn't seem to help. i can see the thumbnail files in the file browser, but when i try to | Re: RAW plug in problems
by Timothy Kurkoski 5 years ago
Photoshop CS doesn't support Camera Raw 3.x. The latest version you can use is Camera Raw 2.4. If your camera is only supported by 3.x, you can get around the problem by batch converting your files to
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| | | | | Pixel aspect ratioby Adam Bennett 6 years agoI've re-installed CS2 on a different PC and every time I open a tiff I've exported from After Effects I get a dialogue box that appears saying: "Pixel aspect ratio correction is for preview purposes o | Re: Pixel aspect ratio
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
That makes sense, assuming that you're using non-square PAR in AE, which is normal. If you're going to take the TIFF or JPEG files back to AE, you shouldn't be changing the PAR to square, leave it as
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| | | | | Sequence in Elements?by Joe Landau 6 years agoIs there a way to emulate the Sequence feature (multiple timelines) of Premiere Pro in Elements | Re: Sequence in Elements?
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
Not really, no. You can create multiple projects and render them out to separate AVI files, then recombine them all in one project. Doesn't really do the same thing, but achieves the same end result.
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| | | | | layers / styles, powerbook problemby avil40 6 years agoI sometimes do some photoshop work on my Apple laptop at home. I have an usual problem that I cannot fix. If I open up Layers Styles and try to use the drop shadow feature the menu does not come up an | | | | |
| | | | | Poster sizeby Michael Mazur 6 years agoI am creating a movie poster and am wondering what the correct project size is for this. What are the dimansions and dpi that I should use to create a movie poster than will be scale of real movie pos | Re: Poster size
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
DPI depends on your printer. DPI of about 220-250 is appropriate for inkjet printers, for example. If you're having the poster printed professionally, contact your print service and ask them what DPI
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| | | | | Timecode overlay.by Warren Sampson 6 years agoHi Does AE have a timecode overlay option in the Comp window (similar to FCP) Sorry for the basic question. My Mac currently has no internet, so I can't use Adobe help. Thanks much. Warren | Re: Timecode overlay.
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
Yes, AE has a Timecode effect, it's under the Text category. There's also a text preset that uses an expression, it looks quite a bit better: Animation Presets Text Current Time Format. (I'm using AE7
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| | | | | creating background for chroma keyby bill hash 6 years agoIf I paint a backgound for chroma key in photoshop(or corel painter)what DPI should it be for mini dv and hdv. I am very well versed in having talent seperate from the greenscreenlighting as well as h | | | | |
| | | | | importing wmf filesby wayne shields 6 years agoHow do i get photoshopCS2 to recognise these files.Is there a way to convert them so that i can put them into a project | Re: importing wmf files
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
You're probably going to need to convert them to BMP GIF JPEG etc. using a different application. I'm afraid I can't recommend one, WMF is a really archaic format. Worst case scenario, if you can get
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| | | | | Export to swf problem...by Jay Byron 6 years agoI did the 3D Reflections and animated signature tutorials. I want to incorporate these in a web site. I exported as .swf files but was only able to play movie if I "rastorized" instead of "ignored" un | Re: Export to swf problem...
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
Rasterized means that the images are turned into frame-by-frame pixel data, the same as a normal video file. SWF files normal describe the images using vector data, which simply describes the shapes a
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| | | | | rendering with audioby Pioneer34 6 years agoAfter I put my composition into the render que audio is greyed out... how do I turn audio on so I can render audio and video in my avi | Re: rendering with audio
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
The audio option depends on two things: if you have audio in your comp, and if the format you've chosen supports audio. AVI files generally should support audio, but make sure that's what you're using
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| | | | | AE Training?by VaderKrypt 6 years agoHello, I am about to buy AE and i was also looking into some training. I found this ; at http: www.creativecowtraining.net But this DVD training is some ADVANCED technics.. I don't even have the basic | Re: AE Training?
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
Video: Total Training - Expensive, but extremely comprehensive. Lynda.com - No experience with this myself, but others recommend it. You can apparently buy a subscription for as long as you want. Book
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| | | | | Newbie needs some advice.....please.by kevdsn 6 years agoHi people, As the title says I am a newbie to premiere pro and digital video; If I explain my dilema perhaps someone would be kind enough to offer me some advice. I have shot a sports event of approx | | | | |
| | | | | Print photos from clipsby Lionpro 6 years agoIs it possible to create and print a photo froma video clip If so, can someone explain Thanks. | Re: Print photos from clips
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
Use the File Export Frame option to create a still image file of a single frame from your timeline. (Position the current time indicator on the frame you want to export first.) Then print the file usi
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| | | | | frame size(premiere pro 2)by Arthur489 6 years agoGood morning, I've a clip wich is 320 X 240,how can i adjust my frame size (I tried with the progect setting,but all the option haves frame of 720 X 480 )do I' ve to use the crop effect or is there an | Re: frame size(premiere pro 2)
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
The big question here is what is your output from Premiere going to be If you're going to output to DV, DVD, or other standard video formats, use the 720x480 frame sizes and scale the clip up to cover
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| | | | | Premier pro 1.5by sound4media 6 years agoHi I may be missing the obvious but how do you import export bins between different projects. regards steve | Re: Premier pro 1.5
by Timothy Kurkoski 6 years ago
You can import a Premiere project into another. That will import all the bins (delete what you don't need). You can't import single bins, nor can you export them, you just get the whole project in one
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