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How can I reuse an effect sequence in FCPX?
I'm creating a video for my son's fifth grade class that has a large number of interview clips. In each interview, I want to show a split-screen effect with a still photo on one side and a video of ...
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Choosing a frame-rate for an animation project
How do you choose a framerate for an animation project? In this case I know the exact context where the video will be displayed (company's head office, on a 51" HD TV) and it needs to look really ...
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What can I use to build a live video recording, streaming, marking application / platform?
I'd like to set up a platform such that I can record 2-4 video inputs into storage while also uploading it into a streaming cloud so that it can be viewed in near-live / real-time. Further, I'd like ...
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Where can I publish a 50 fps video?
I've produced a video in 50 fps progressive. I am having a hard time getting anyone to actually see it: all popular online video players are artificially capped to 30 fps.
Is there any way I can ...
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Fix timecode in merged vobs
I use mpeg streamclip to fix the timecodes in merged vobs. I would like a command line utility that does this without having to recode if possible.
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Timelapse video with meta information on every frame
I have a set of images that I want to make a time lapse video with. I have done this a few times but now I want to add some meta information to every image.
For example I have taken a picture every ...
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Which cameras produce video that can be edited on a mac without transcoding?
My old video camera is a Samsung HMX-H104. I love its time lapse video modes, but hate the fact that Samsung's bogus codec causes Quicktime (and also iMovie) to play Samsung recorded video at twice ...
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Importing an unsupported file type into Premiere Pro CS5
I am trying to import some footage into Premiere CS5. The footage was recorded on a Sony Z1 as HDV 1080i. My camera man captured the video into a series of files for me. He claimed they were in "...
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How does MKV segment linking work?
I downloaded a file vid1 that is in C:\dir1\ which links to another file vid2 in a subdirectory C:\dir1\dir2\ and it works if I move that file to dir1 (so both files are in dir1). I figure that it'll ...
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How can I see each frame of a mpeg transport stream under windows?
I am looking for a tool, preferably free, that will allow me to see and save each frame from MPEG-2 Transport Stream (video/mp2t).
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What metadata can be stored in a .dv file?
I'd just like to know what information I can expect to extract from a dv file. A lot of file formats have provisions for embedded metadata of all sorts, so my question is what if any data could a .dv ...
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Video Booth / Video Guest Book for Events
I am looking for a solution for windows/linux to create a video guest book for a wedding. The application would run on a netbook or a laptop with a front facing webcam. Basically, people should be ...
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Hardware/software to project video wirelessly?
Anyone have any recommendations for ways to do screensharing of video on a Mac wirelessly over WiFi to a projector? In a solution that doesn't require plugging in some kind of USB dongle.
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Is there a Jahshaka manual?
I downloaded Jahshaka, but I have no idea how to use it. Anybody know where to find a manual for it? Or even their website? I went to the SourceForge page, and clicked on the link to their website. ...
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Transfer Avid project from one machine to another
How can I transfer an Avid Media Composer project -- with all media -- from one computer to another?
Are there any issues with duplicating media when transferring media files?
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Selecting all clips on the right of the playhead
In Final Cut Pro 7, is it possible to select all clips and transitions on the right of the playhead with a shortcut?
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Very Good Free Lossless/Lossy Video Encoding For Editing on Windows 7 (regarding fraps recordings)
I am looking for a very good method to encode video recorded with fraps in 1080p into an intermediate format which I can edit in Avid Studio. Most video files load up into Avid, as far as I know, but ...
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One of my clip's Preview's isn't showing and the timeline color isn't showing in Adobe Premiere Pro. What should I do?
Me and my partner are working on a project in Premiere Pro of which I saved on the Creative Cloud directory and carefully synced all the files. My partner (who shot the video) from the other end ...
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In FFMPEG's H.265 encoder, which CRF value leads to "visually lossless" results?
I am trying to shrink some videos from 1920x1080 to 1280x720 and to achieve a reasonable compromise between video quality and file size. I have decided to give FFMPEG's H.265 encoder a try, and now ...
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How can I change the sample rate of an audio file, without re-encoding?
I have a lossy AAC audio file. I would like it to be slightly faster, and slightly higher pitched. I would like to avoid loosing any audio quality, such as by re-encoding the stream.
I am well aware ...
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Keeping child object still while parent is moving in AE
In After Effects, there's lots of times I've used the Parent feature (e.g., limbs of a body). However, I've run into an issue several times where I'd like the child layer to be still while the parent ...
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AE Expression: Define FontSize
I'm making a complicated watch UI with a lot of expressions linked to different values of the display.
As you can see from the image below, 9hrs isn't bonded to an expression yet, but it's graphically ...
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What does the 'evolution' property under Turbulent Displace in After Effects do?
It seems to add a ripple effect the more I increase the degree, but would like to read about it somewhere more. Couldn't find anything about it with a google/youtube search that specifically explains ...
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How do you solve a difficult camera track?
I've got a tricky camera track to do. Steadicam footage on a stage with a load of musicians and some smoke. After Effects built in tracker is not happy. I've tried masking the musicians out and just ...
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editing video (overlaying text) using AVfoundation is resulting weird behaviour in video
Whenever I move the pointer you can see video getting weird pixelation.
Complete video showing how it behaves in quicktime player: https://jmp.sh/TMaknmp
I am just applying overlay using ...
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Help: Short film Credits (only 3 people)
I'm just finishing up my animated short and preparing to submit to film festivals but I'm unsure how to go about end credits. The visuals of the film (written, design, storyboards, animation, ...
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How to rename linked comps between Premiere and After Effects
I create a lot of linked comps from Premiere into After Effects.
What's the right approach to renaming them, so that they don't all end up with generic meaningless names?
By default they are named:
&...
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Adobe After Effects - Script - How to move puppet pins relative to some other pin/layer anchor?
I want to move some puppet pins relative to an anchor point.
Is there a simple script that does the math and makes the pin move with the anchor of a different layer?
This stuff seems pretty basic but ...
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Displaying map overlay in Final Cut Pro
I often see a map overlay in people's driving videos (showing a map in a corner that moves along the street to match the camera location of the main video as they drive through a street).
How do I ...
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DaVinci Resolve 17 doesn't show video and shows black screen on imported multimedia
DaVinci Resolve 17 doesn't show video and shows black screen on imported multimedia.
I have VivoBook Pro X580VD, Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-7300HQ bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake, Device-1: ...
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Is there a way to delete cache files on a per-project basis in After Effects?
Is there a way to delete cache files per-project in After Effects, instead of by date or by size of the cache?
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Is there an easy way to hold a stabilizer?
I recently purchased this stabilizer in order to shoot some video footage:
https://www.walimex-webshop.com/en/walimex-pro-dslr-steadycam-stabypod-m-80cm.html
The stabilizer is easily balanced and I am ...
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If I screen-capture a snapshot from a HDR movie, will the snapshot image be a HDR image?
I have a HDR movie content playing on a HDR supported PC, using software like the VLC layer. If I take a snapshot to get a png image file, will the image file include the HDR information? That is, if ...
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After Effects - Keystroke to move focus to the Project Panel
Is there a keystroke / keyboard shortcut to move focus to the Project Panel?
I know CMD+0 toggles Project Panel visibility, but is there a key that when pressed can be followed by UP/DOWN arrows to ...
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How to replace clip preserving trimming in Final Cut Pro X?
How can I replace an already trimmed clip with a new one so that the trim start and end positions are preserved?
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Audio out of sync when import file cut by ffmpeg with -c copy
I have a lot of clips made with ffmpeg using this command:
ffmpeg.exe -ss XX:XX -t XX:XX -i original.mp4 -c copy clip.mp4.
That copy option gives a couple seconds of silence in a result clip, but ...
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I have a video I made in Premiere Pro that is like slides with 150MB audio. How can I export it to a reasonable size?
I have a video I made in Premiere Pro that is like slides with 150MB audio. How can I export it to a reasonable size?
When I try to export it, it exports to a size of 7GB
I could perhaps do ...
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How do I compress a video and preserve quality in moving areas?
It's easier to notice details in still objects compared to moving ones, so modern codecs save bandwidth by reducing detail during movement. However, this optimization seems far too pronounced to me ...
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What is the name of the effect where every other frame is dropped and the remaining frames are duplicated?
What is the name of the effect where every other frame is dropped and the remaining frames are duplicated?
Like this...
ABCDEFG // 1: original
ACEG // 2: every other frame deleted
AACCEEGG //...
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Chrome renders WebM Video "darker" than other browsers / media players
Not sure if this is the correct community, but I have a question about video encoding and decoding.
I have a video that gets served in MP4 or WebM formats, depending on browser support. I noticed ...
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How to stack three videos side by side with ffmpeg
I'd like to combine three videos into one vertically stacked video. The three videos have different width and height.
I can combine them horizontally successfully with this command:
ffmpeg -i s1.mp4 ...
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What is the difference between SRT and RTP?
I am trying to understand the benefits of SRT over other protocols like RTP. Haivision has a decent introductory explanation for SRT as well as a white paper, but I am unclear how it compares to RTP. ...
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.mov file is not playing video in After Effects
I've recorded 7 videos yesterday. All recorded on a Canon 5D Mark III. The files are playing fine from Finder and Quicktime. But when I import them to After Effects, only one of them is not playing ...
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How to use ffmpeg to send video stream to another server that gives exactly same quality as manually copying the file to that server?
I tried doing this
ffmpeg -i tcp://192.168.1.41:5000?listen -c copy out.avi
and have another client publish to this server using
ffmpeg -i 1.avi -map 0 -c copy -f mjpeg tcp://192.168.1.41:5000
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convert a normal video file into an SBS video in ffmpeg
I am looking to convert a file with ffmpeg into a side-by-side video without cropping or resizing. can you give me an example?
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Is there a way in Premiere to process a file like logging and capture?
I have a list of timecode in and out points for the source footage, (the best takes etc).
Is there a way to process a file like logging and capture, processing the in and outs and saving as ...
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Recording for Youtube: ffmpeg Thread message queue blocked
I was recording screencasts on Ubuntu 16.04 for youtube with my plantronics headset C520-M which worked just nice. I was using ffmpeg successfully.
Now I wanted to add some "live" video explaining ...
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Switching between multiple m3u8 playlist
In a live stream setup, I have 2 cameras and each one sends RTMP stream to one different application which is on my Nginx-RTMP server. On the browser I am using Videojs Hls plugin.
Now my question ...
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Reverse order of clips when importing from card or camera in Final Cut Pro X?
When I'm doing to-camera commentary in my studio, a regular part of my workflow is to record some footage on my DSLR and then import it immediately into Final Cut Pro X. I'll often need another take (...
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Dropping Frames when Playing back Sped Up Footage in PP CC 2018
My playback of footage that is sped up 500% is awful in PP CC 2018 on my desktop but fine on my laptop. My CPU utilization is not maxing out on my desktop but I'm still dropping 90% of my frames. I'm ...
