After Effects Preview
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- IEATgraphics
How the heckkkk do u preview a lot of video material in after effects. I have a "couple" HD Videos in after effects that im trying to green screen together, and it just wont even let me scrub at all. any advice?
- F_180
set your preview resolution to 1/2 or lower
- PonyBoy0
you can also lower the quality of the preview...
- tank0
make it 1.4 and open it in the library.
if you mean in your comp itsellf,
no chance.you have to ram preview the bitch.
- chossy0
unfortunatly you will have to at least rener a little out at full res so you can check your keying but like the bold and mighty F_18 said drop your preview and playback resolution to 1/2 etc. this will help you get an idea if it is at least working correctly.
What kind of HD footage is it please?. Full HDCAM Uncompressed or HDV what codecs have you used on your source material, if you can't see anything then perhaps there is a more seriouse issue at hand that needs to be adressed......
- OeufOeuf0
HD, damn you're pretty screwed. Hope you have alot of processing power and ram... Good Luck!
- 305artist0
HD is not a big deal....2 gigs of ram+ and decent processor....just work in low res until you render a final if its still giving u problems...
- chossy0
when I say 'you can't see anything' I mean in a scrubbing sense but bear in mind like I'm sure tank will agree AE needs a little time to 'catch up' with your scrub if it is real high quality footage you are working from.
- F_180
"the bold and mighty F_18"
i like that chossy, i really like that.
- IEATgraphics0
Thanks a lot for the tips guys. More specs: I cut and exported TO an HDV format, FROM an XD format. The quality is a lot lower, but i only have 1 gig of ram in my Mac Pro Quad Zeon Intel Core system.
- PonyBoy0
RAM preview... yeah...
... limit your 'work area' when doing that...
... but yeah - each time you make an adjustment... you ahve to rebuild the RAM prviw again...
... sounds like it's got everything to do with the amount of 'power' you have to work with. :(
- 305artist0
just replace the FOOTAGE to FULL res when your DUN doing what U have 2 do.
- chossy0
HDV should be fine and dandy on allot of systems as the data rate of HDV is tiny.
XD man thats mental, we don't use those discs over here much it's a good format though.
- IEATgraphics0
GOOD STUFF BOYS, k 1 more thing, whats the best format/specs to export for TV? (thanks for doing my work for me:)
- 305artist0
youll have to suck my peepee now.
- Momentum20
lol
- tank0
format it depends.
get the tech specs from the tv station you're sending it tohere its simple.
or
pal4-3 or
pal16-9
- tank0
just u know.
after effects is not ment for large previewing and or editing.thats what final cut is there for,
make your bin there. and export the desired sequences to after effects to lay on your effects.brt
- PonyBoy0
'cept if you're keying out greenscreens... right tank?
can you do that in final cut or premier?
- tank0
final cut has got an excellent keyer.
you can't do junk mattes there thats a bitch
but for previewing an picking out what you need, never use after effects...it needs to render...
it fucks up you workflow.
pick the scenes out, edit them than bring to to after effects for desired keying.my 2 cents.
- PonyBoy0
cool... good advice!
btw... cuz i'm a bit of a video novice myself... what's a 'junk matte'?
excuse my n00bishness