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Dave LaRonde replied to Quicktime 10.2 will not play mp4s from AECS6

"Tell you what: find a machine that does NOT have QT X installed on it.  Try for a machine with QT 7 installed.  Try playing the file on it a"

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5 hours ago
Dave LaRonde replied to need effect called Ice Fe Light Sweep for AE CS6

"In AE alone, huh?  Sort of a comic book illustration, huh?  No sweat.    Well, there'll be SOME sweat, but not too much,  There will be a"

in After Effects 10 replies
5 hours ago
Dave LaRonde replied to [n00b inside] which formats should I use when I export videos after having applied effects?

"Two very frequently-asked questions!  And as you might expect, they're covered in AE's FAQ's!   FAQ: What is the best format for rendering"

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13 hours ago
Dave LaRonde replied to need effect called Ice Fe Light Sweep for AE CS6

"I see your handle includes the term, "3D".  For more realism, do it in a 3D application, not AE."

in After Effects 10 replies
13 hours ago
Dave LaRonde replied to need effect called Ice Fe Light Sweep for AE CS6

"I'll try and find a rendered movie to use as a template and recreate the effect.     Well, at least you won't have to think in terms of lig"

in After Effects 10 replies
17 hours ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Rendering into mov, mp4 in AfterEffects CC trial version?

"Well, what CAN you render to?  Won't that work for a tryout?"

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1 day ago
Dave LaRonde replied to need effect called Ice Fe Light Sweep for AE CS6

"I have an old project that is using an effect called "Ice Fe Light Sweep."  I need "Ice Fe Light Sweep" for AE CS6.  I did a search for "Ice"

in After Effects 10 replies
1 day ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Best settings to render the fastest?

"Your situation is somewhat unclear, making diagnosis difficult.  Here's a list of good information to provide: FAQ: What information should"

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1 day ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Preview Playing Too Fast & Choppy how do i set it back normally?

"If this doesn't help you out: FAQ: Why is my output file huge, and why doesn't it play back smoothly in a media player?   ...it might help"

in After Effects 2 replies
1 day ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Exporting an uncompressed movie out of AE

"It might be on your OS installation disk(s)."

in After Effects 5 replies
2 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Exporting an uncompressed movie out of AE

"Get rid of QT10 and install QT7.  QT10 does NOT work properly."

in After Effects 5 replies
2 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to mapping a flipping coin on both sides of the coin

"You know, you'll probably be much more successful if you forget about trying to track it, and use a 3D application.  A 3D application such a"

in After Effects 2 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Question(s) about Mask Paths-Instructing a mask to follow an open mask path

"I hope someone else chimes in with some REAL help for you. I've farted around Pan Behind.... oh, maybe four or five times since the tool fir"

in After Effects 10 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Question(s) about Mask Paths-Instructing a mask to follow an open mask path

"Nope. But I shy away from Pan Behind anyway.  I find it's a lot easier to just use a solid as a track matte and animate the solid's position"

in After Effects 10 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Time remapping lip sync issue.

"Are you nesting your Mouths comp in a main comp, enabling Time Remapping on that nested Mouths precomp and then animating?  I can't tell fro"

in After Effects 2 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Question(s) about Mask Paths-Instructing a mask to follow an open mask path

"You can do it, but probably not the way you anticipated.    Make an elliptical mask on a solid, then double-click on the mask to enable th"

in After Effects 10 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Best visually lossless codec for cartoon prerenders with alpha

"For game development, I am used to generating single spritesheets which contain all image data, rather than many small files.  I am wonderin"

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5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Best visually lossless codec for cartoon prerenders with alpha

"You need to take another look at PNG...  the QT video codec, that is: it does indeed support alpha channels!  In general, the file sizes are"

in After Effects 7 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Video's playing too fast when multiplying...

"FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?"

in After Effects 10 replies
5 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to My .ai logo loses its color when I "create shapes from vector layer". Why?

"I can only think of one:  make that logo far larger than it is now to preserve the resolution and turn it into a bitmap.  I hope someone wis"

in After Effects 5 replies
6 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to My .ai logo loses its color when I "create shapes from vector layer". Why?

"If the Illustrator document has the components in indivdual layers (not groups: real layers), you can import the document into AE as a comp"

in After Effects 5 replies
6 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to layer shape repeater wave animation. how to?

"This may not be very sophisticated, but it'll work:   Make a comp with with a 128/128/128 (8-bit; do the arithmetic for 16 or 32-bit) solid"

in After Effects 4 replies
6 days ago
Dave LaRonde replied to Soft text after render, out of ideas

"You know, it you right-click on the image, your browser lets you open it in a new window.  You can even see it in full resolution.   I did"

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1 week ago
Dave LaRonde replied to QT function disabled

"CS 3 is kind of old.  Win 7, 8, and perhaps even XP weren't around in its heyday; that could be part of it.  But if you uninstalled quicktim"

in After Effects 3 replies
1 week ago
Dave LaRonde replied to My project keeps starting from the beginning

"Sorry, but that's totally incomprehensible:  what the heck are you trying to do?"

in After Effects 4 replies
1 week ago